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Enacted November 4, 1969
Effective November 4, 1969
September Legislative Session 1969

Chapter 33
(Bill No. 46-69)

An Act to add two new articles to the Montgomery County Code
1965, to be known as Article I, title "Commission on Human Relations,"
and Article II, title "Discrimination in Places of Public Accommoda-
tion," Chapter 77, to directly precede Chapter 77, Section 77-13 as
enacted by Chapter 19 of the Laws of Montgomery County 1968; to
create a Commission on Human Relations who shall research, study,
advise and investigate matters relating to any practice of discrimina-
tion, prejudice, intolerance or bigotry that may exist on account of
race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin; shall exercise
educational programs and use persuasion in the elimination of such
practice; to initiate or receive complaints of discrimination, preju-
dice, intolerance and bigotry which deprives persons of equal rights,
protection or opportunity; to seek conciliation of such complaints
and make recommendations, procedures, programs or legislation to
eliminate discrimination; to proceed with other programs to relieve
group tension from causes not related to race, color, religious creed,
ancestry or national origin; to create a Commission Panel on Public
Accommodations in accordance with administrative and constitutional
due process to prohibit discriminatory practices against any person
on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin
in every place of public accommodation, resort or amusement of any
kind, in Montgomery County, Maryland, whose facilities, accommoda-
tions, services, commodities or use are offered or enjoyed by the
general public, either with or without charge, but shall not include
any accommodations which are in their nature distinctly private,
and to assure nondiscrimination to all persons, coexistent with the
intent and purposes but not necessarily the scope or limitation of
the Public Accommodations Provision of the United States Civil
Rights Act of 1964; to assure enforcement of the provisions of this
enactment within its terms; and to have the County Executive, with
the approval of the County Council, appoint members to the Commis-
sion on Human Relations, Commission Panel on Public Accommoda-
tions and Commission Panel on Housing.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland,
that—

Section 1. There are hereby added two new articles to the Montgomery
County Code 1965, to be known as Article I, title "Commission on Human
Relations," and Article II, title "Discrimination in Places of Public Ac-
commodation," Chapter 77, to directly precede Chapter 77, Section 77-13
as enacted by Chapter 19 of the Laws of Montgomery County 1968, to
read as follows:

Article I. Commission on Human Relations
Sec. 77-1. Statement of Policy.

It is hereby declared to be the public policy to eliminate discrimination,
prejudice, intolerance or bigotry of any forms that may exist on account
of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin.