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RES -2021 - 001 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE <br /> OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County , North Carolina : <br /> WHEREAS , in 2016 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed <br /> Session Law 3 , a law that came to be known as the " bathroom bill , " which among other things , <br /> restricted the authority of local governments to prohibit discrimination against groups and classes of <br /> residents of North Carolina ; and <br /> WHEREAS , in 2017 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Roy Cooper signed <br /> Session Law 4 , a repeal of Session Law 2016 . 3 , which among other things , removed the restriction <br /> on the authority of local governments to prohibit discrimination against groups and classes of <br /> residents of North Carolina in the provision of public accommodations effective December 1 , 2020 ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS , the Board of Commissioners of Orange County believes all residents of Orange <br /> County who may seek public services or public accommodations should be free to do so without <br /> encountering discrimination based on age ( as defined in the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance) , race , ethnicity , color , national origin , religion , creed , sex , gender, gender identity , <br /> gender expression , marital status , familial status , source of income , disability , political affiliation , <br /> veteran status , and disabled veteran status . <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED , that the Code of Ordinances , Orange <br /> County , North Carolina , Chapter 12 , is hereby amended by adding sections to be numbered 12 - 50 <br /> through 12 - 56 , which sections read as shown in the attached revised ordinance to further prohibit <br /> discrimination in Orange County . <br /> This Amendment is effective upon adoption . <br /> Adopted b the Orange Count Board of Commissioners this day of , 2021 . <br /> Y g Y 1�1� <br /> By : Attest : <br /> Renee Price , Chair . Laura Jens n , Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> a IN <br /> [ SEAL] <br /> s <br /> Cti f FWD <br /> _T / b'. • "'OyMe{[cloy[ <br /> R.3q$ <br />