Agenda 8-i - Amendment to the Civil Rights Ordinance

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RES-2019-015 3 RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina: WHEREAS, on June 10, 1991, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 623, entitled "An Act to Make Various Amendments to Laws Applicable in Orange and Chatham Counties"; and WHEREAS, Part 2, Section 6 of Ratified Senate Bill 623 authorizes the Orange County Board of Commissioners to adopt Civil Rights Ordinance and create a commission to assist in the enforcement of the Civil Rights Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 623 became effective upon ratification by the Senate on the 10th day of June, 1991 and became effective on that date (Session Law 1991, Chapter 246); and WHEREAS, on July 16, 1993, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 809, entitled "An Act to Make Sundry Amendments Relating to Local Governments in Orange and Chatham Counties" which amended Senate Bill 623; and WHEREAS, Part V, Section 6 of the Ratified Senate Bill 623 authorized the Orange County Board of Commissioners to adopt a Civil Rights Ordinance prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations and delegate authority to a commission the powers, which are necessary and proper, to assist in the enforcement of the Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 809 became effective upon ratification by the Senate on the 16th day of July, 1993 and became effective on that date (Session Law 1993, Chapter 358); and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a Civil Rights Ordinance on June 4, 1994 and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough by Resolution authorized the application of the Civil Rights Ordinance within their respective jurisdictional boundaries; and WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Ordinance required members of the Orange County Human Relations Commission as a prerequisite to serving on a hearing panel to have received training by the North Carolina Human Relations Commission; and WHEREAS, now there are a number resources available to train members of the Orange County Human Relations Commission and to limit training to that received by the North Carolina Human Relations Commission would not benefit the Civil Rights program. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, Chapter 12, is hereby amending sections 12-17(e) and 12-18(I), which sections read as shown in the attached revised ordinances. This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption. Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 7t" day of March, 2019.