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<br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION Zoos <br />l i:nterro~atorieS in accordance with the North Carolina Rules of Civil <br />2 Procedure. In th .event an,v person refuses to comply with a suh Dena <br />3 or diccnyery request the Commission may ap ~21y to the Su,.perior court <br />. 4 for an order to com17e1 compliance with the subp~g~a or d~scoverv <br />5 recltiest. Information and records discovered by the Commission during <br />6 an invegtt~aation or conciliation shall 'be mr~in ta~ed in co~tfidence bvby <br />7 the S'c~znmission and are not subject td the p rovisions of G S 132-E <br />8 ~ and Cr S I~32-9 until and unless they are off ered into evidence in a <br />9 ~ judicial proceeding authorized bXthis section a nd an ordi ance <br />IO ,~, ®Pply~g.Co the superior court for mandato~y~prohibito~ i~,' in)t etive <br />I 1 ~ relief. or hothL~,ursttant to Role 65 of the North .Sarolina Rules of Civil <br />' 12 ~ Procedure if it determines. after ~.;pr.~liminarv in~restigation, that <br />13 prompt judicia action is necessaxX., to ca out the,~~ss~of the <br />14 ordinance. ~ .. ~. <br />1S ~ Malting a~determination of whether or no# the re is reasonable cause to <br />16 believe that a ~nlawfiil discriminatory pra ctice has occurred, is <br />17 occttmn~,, or is about to occur. The determina tion shall be ~%n writing:. <br />18 The dete ins icon s~Y recite facts derived fmm_ information and <br />19 cords made confidential by~~~djviSion ~~~ 21 of this section, Th.e <br />20 written determination is not subject to the pmvisions of ~,~ 13?-h and <br />21 G.S. 132-9 until and ~nl,~s~ it is offered into evidence in a judicial <br />22 proceeding; authori~ed~ by this section and an. or dinance. <br />23 ~5 Is uing a right-to-sue letter o ~ a ccimplaining ply .upon request <br />24 after 60 dais folloyc!in„~ receipt of a complaint,, <br />2S ,(~ Attemntine to conciliate a resolution of the complaint betwee the <br />26 ~ parties. <br />27 l?~ Rn ..,dog into conciliation agreements in str.ch instances where <br />28 ~on,~iliatio~,efforts hay.@ beef successfiil. <br />29 Th <br />ems <br />m ay, in enactine an ordinance, delegate the dow ers of the Commission <br />30 , <br />, <br />under this sectio n and ~ e ordjnattc~ to ~n administrative departm ent ~f the rnunty <br />31 u The o rdinance ~ may provide that complainants who receive aright-to-cite <br />32 fetter from the Commission may brim a civil action in sup~ rigl court against the <br />33 respondent withi n one year of the issuance of the right-to=slie letter The ordi_na~e <br />34 chall Provide tha t in a civil action fi ed which seeks damages fro m the respondent either <br />35 the ~ompiainant or the responde t ma~requ~t,and u= on req~ ~st~ i5 entitled to ~ ju~,~ <br />36 trial The superi e or jury,, ~ ap~rop~ate~s all b <br />~d <br />or court e auk ori~ed tQ impose <br />37 m1nd~.tot~r and , <br />~, <br />~,rohi~iitoTy iojunctive lie a GemDensatorv clam~Qes• and an -other <br />38 ~~ropri.ate relief; howeve the superior court jurleP or ~u, r <br />y S h~.ll not order punitive <br />39 dame un1e5S ~ <br />~unitive dart~ages are provided as a re~r~edy u nder existing State or <br />40 , <br />federal aw In cases involving unlawful emgloyrnent practice s the fact finder may <br />41 or~r e~,.,reinstatem ent or hiring,. with hack nav <br />