ORD-2021-001 Amendment to the Code of Ordinances – Non-Discrimination Ordinance

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7 RES-2021-001 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, in 2016 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed Session Law 3, a law that came to be known as the "bathroom bill," which among other things, restricted the authority of local governments to prohibit discrimination against groups and classes of residents of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, in 2017 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Roy Cooper signed Session Law 4, a repeal of Session Law 2016-3, which among other things, removed the restriction on the authority of local governments to prohibit discrimination against groups and classes of residents of North Carolina in the provision of public accommodations effective December 1, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County believes all residents of Orange County who may seek public services or public accommodations should be free to do so without encountering discrimination based on age (as defined in the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance), race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, source of income, disability, political affiliation, veteran status, and disabled veteran status. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, Chapter 12, is hereby amended by adding sections to be numbered 12-50 through 12-56, which sections read as shown in the attached revised ordinance to further prohibit discrimination in Orange County. This Amendment is effective upon adoption. Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of , 2021. By: Attest: Renee Price, Chair Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board Orange County Board of Commissioners [SEAL]