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~x+~eeiT A <br />GENERAI: ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />SESSION .2003 <br />Short Title: <br />Sponsors: <br />Referred to: <br />Antidiscrimination Ordinances. <br />(Public) <br />1 A BILL TO BE ENTTTT.ED <br />2 AN A.CT TO AUTI-IOIZTZE CITIES AND COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA <br />3 TO ENACT ORDINANCES FRO~TIBITING DISCRIMINATION. <br />4 ~ ~. <br />5 The General Assembly o~North Carolina enacts: <br />6 ~ ~ SECTION 1. Article 23 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended <br />7 by.adding a new section to read: ~ . , <br />8 "§ 1~3A-4S1. nrdinanc .s prohibiting discrimination <br />9 ~ A county maY adopt an ordinance desigderl to prohibit discrimination in <br />10 employment. ho'usin~•, and pub is accommodations The hacec of discrimination whic}~ <br />11 ~~c be ~prohi ited are limited t race, color religion uender, national o~~in~a~e~g, <br />12 disahili.ty. familial statue detineci in C"Y S =11A-3(lb~,, and veteran statue Ac s of <br />13 discrimination ~hihiteci by an ordinance adopted under this section ghall lie the same <br />14 acts pmhihited under applicable fei"leral law A county ma; amend any ordinance <br />1~5 prohibiting discrimination that is adopted under this section to ensure that the ordinance <br />16 remains substantially e~,uwalent to the applicable federal lava' <br />17 .~ An, co y that has adopted an ordinance under this section may t,,,r 'n that. <br />18 ordinance. ado~pmcedures and delegate pcZwer, to a 1•Ittman Relations Commission <br />19 ('Commission'1 which arP necessary and proper for carC,yi~r g oti and enforcing the <br />20 ordinance To assist in the enf~rcernent of the ordinance the Commission has, but is not <br />21 limited to. the follovaing ~ wers• <br />22 l.(~ deceiving and reviewing. c__~laints that allele a violation of the <br />23 ~ ordinance has occurred,, is occurring, nr i about to occur. <br />?4 .(2~, ~`onductin rove .igations into the basis of complaints. In this reed <br />25 the Commission may iceue suhnoenas com~elling~i~~ prnclitctinn of <br />26 documents or corn ep lling wifiesses, or nth. to appear before the <br />27 C'o~nmjgsion to give testimony and to take depositions and serve <br /> <br />