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RES -2019 - 015 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE OF <br /> ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County , North Carolina : <br /> WHEREAS , on June 10 , 1991 , the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 623 , entitled " An Act to <br /> Make Various Amendments to Laws Applicable in Orange and Chatham Counties " ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Part 2 , Section 6 of Ratified Senate Bill 623 authorizes the Orange County Board of Commissioners to <br /> adopt Civil Rights Ordinance and create a commission to assist in the enforcement of the Civil Rights Ordinance ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS , Senate Bill 623 became effective upon ratification by the Senate on the 10th day of June , 1991 and <br /> became effective on that date ( Session Law 1991 , Chapter 246 ) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , on. July 16 , 1993 , the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 809 , entitled " An Act to <br /> Make Sundry Amendments Relating to Local Governments in Orange and Chatham Counties " which amended <br /> Senate Bill 623 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Part V , Section 6 of the Ratified Senate Bill 623 authorized the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners to adopt a Civil Rights Ordinance prohibiting discrimination in employment , housing and public <br /> accommodations and delegate authority to a commission the powers , which are necessary and proper , to assist in <br /> the enforcement of the Ordinance ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Senate Bill 809 became effective upon ratification by the Senate on the 16th day of July , 1993 and <br /> became effective on that date ( Session Law 1993 , Chapter 358 ) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a Civil Rights Ordinance on June 4 , 1994 and <br /> the Towns of Chapel Hill , Carrboro and Hillsborough by Resolution authorized the application of the Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance within their respective jurisdictional boundaries ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Civil Rights Ordinance required members of the Orange County Human Relations Commission as <br /> a prerequisite to serving on a hearing panel to have received training by the North Carolina Human Relations <br /> Commission ; and <br /> WHEREAS , now there are a number resources available to train members of the Orange County Human Relations <br /> Commission and to limit training to that received by the North Carolina Human Relations Commission would not <br /> benefit the Civil Rights program . <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED , that the Code of Ordinances , Orange County , North Carolina , Chapter 12 , <br /> is hereby amending sections 12 - 17 ( e ) and 12 - 18 ( 1 ) , which sections read as shown in the attached revised <br /> ordinances . <br /> This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption . <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 7th day of March , 2019 . <br /> By : Attest : <br /> Penny Rich , Chair Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners t <br /> [ SEAL ] <br />