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(c) (B) (c) The Commission shall meet at least once each month.
In addition, the Chairman OR A MAJORITY OF THE COMMIS-
SION shall have the right at any time to call special meetings of the
Commission upon five (5) days notice to the members thereof. The
Commission shall establish procedures for the conduct of said
meetings.

(d) If the Commission has knowledge that an alleged act of dis-
crimination is being investigated or processed by the Federal Gov-
ernment under the provisions of any Federal law relating to civil
employment opportunities or discrimination, the Commission shall
have no jurisdiction over said matter and shall not make any inves-
tigation on its own until a final determination by the appropriate

Federal agency.

13.

(a) After the filing of any complaint the [Commission] Executive
Director shall consider the complaint and [by majority vote] may
SHALL refer it to the Commission's staff for prompt investigation
and ascertainment of the facts. The results of the investigation shall
be made as written findings. A copy of the findings shall be fur-
nished to the complainant and to the person, firm, association, part-
nership or corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "respondent"),
against whom or which the complaint is made.

14.

(a) In case of failure to reach an agreement for the elimination of
the acts of discrimination and upon the entry of findings to that
effect, the entire file including the complaint and any and all findings
made shall be certified to. The chairman shall cause a written notice
to be issued and served in the name of the Commission together with
a copy of the complaint requiring the respondent to answer the
charges of the complaint at a public hearing before the Commission
at such time and place as may be certified in the notice.

The Chairman shall thereupon appoint a hearing tribunal of five
persons who shall be members of the Commission to hear such com-
plaint. , SAID HEARING SHALL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY
WHERE THE ALLEGED ACT OF DISCRIMINATION TOOK
PLACE. A TRANSCRIPT OF ALL TESTIMONY AT THE HEAR-
ING SHALL BE MADE. The case in support of the complaint shall
be presented at the hearing by the general counsel of the Commis-
sion and no commissioner who previously made or participated in the
investigation or caused the complaint to be filed shall participate in
the hearing except as a witness, nor shall he participate in the
deliberations of the tribunal in such case.

15.

(a) If any respondent refuses to comply with an order of the
Commission made within the scope of any of these subtitles, the Com-
mission may [certify the matter to the State's attorney of the politi-
cal subdivision in which is located the residence or main office of the
respondent.] , represented by its General Counsel, institute litiga-
tion in the appropriate Equity Court of