Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1995-016 Resolution Regarding Legislative Matters 3 NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION REGARDING ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE MATTERS BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Board hereby requests the Senators and Representatives representing Orange County to introduce and support the following legislative matter: 1. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO ACT AS A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED DEFERRAL AGENCY AND AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND THE NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO ACT AS DEFERRAL AGENCIES FOR CASES FILED PURSUANT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WHERE ORANGE COUNTY IS THE NAMED RESPONDENT (Exhibit A to this Resolution) . Upon motion of Commissioner Don Willhoit , seconded by Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis , the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 18th day of April 1 1995. I, Beverly Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on April 18, 1995 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. 28 of the minutes of said Board. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this 1st day of May , 1995. lerk to I^ Board of Cqz&issioners 4 EXHIBIT A AMENDMENT TO A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT MAKING FURTHER SUNDRY AMENDMENTS CONCERNING GOVERNMENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY PART I. ORANGE COUNTY Sec. 5. Section 6 of Chapter 246, Session Laws of 1991, as rewritten by Section 14 of Chapter 358 of the 1993 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new section (g) and renumbering the existing sections (g) and (h) to read sections (h) and (i) : Ng) ( 1) The Board of Commissioners may authorize the Commission to serve as a deferral agency for cases deferred by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the Commission as provided in Section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. S 2000e-5, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. S 621 et seq. , and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. S 12101 et seq. , or for cases deferred by the Fair Housing Division of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as provided in 42 U.S.C. S 3616. (2) When a complaint is filed with the Commission, pursuant to the Ordinance which alleges employment discrimination naming Orange County as a respondent, the Commission may defer the case to the Office of Administrative Hearings. When a complaint is filed with the Commission pursuant to the Ordinance which alleges housing discrimination, discrimination in public accommodations or other bias related conduct naming Orange County as a respondent, the Commission may defer the case to the North Carolina Human Relations Commission. (3) The Office of Administrative Hearings is designated to serve as the Commission's deferral agency for cases deferred by the Commission to the Office of Administrative Hearings as provided in subsection (g) (2) of this section and as such shall have all of A I 5 the powers and authority necessary to function as a deferral agency including those enumerated in G.S. S7A-759 . (4) In accordance with the functions and duties enumerated in G.S. S143B-391, the North Carolina Human Relations Commission is designated to serve as the Commission's deferral agency for cases deferred by the Commission to the North Carolina Human Relations Commission as provided in subsection (g) (2) of this section and as such shall have all of the powers and authority necessary to function as a deferral agency. (5) The Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Human Relations Commission for the North Carolina Human Relations Commission are authorized to contract with Orange County to serve as deferral agencies. The Civil Rights Division in the Office of Administrative Hearings may carry out the functions of a deferral agency for the Office of Administrative Hearings. "