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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

{c) Any person who has been subjected to any act
of discrimination prohibited under Section 77—14 of
this Article shall be deemed to have been denied a
civil right and shall be entitled to sue for damages,
injunction or other civil relief including reasonable
attorney's fees; provided, however, that no suit shall
be commenced until forty-five (45) days after a
complaint alleging such an act of discrimination has
been filed with the Commission Panel pursuant to
Section 77—15 and provided, further, that if any
proceedings with respect to such complaint are still
pending before the Executive Secretary or the
Commission Panel, the court may, in its discretion,
stay proceedings before it for not more than sixty
(60) days pending resolution of the complaint. In
addition to any judicial enforcement provided
elsewhere in this Article, in any case in which the
Commission Panel determines that the person complained
against has violated this Article, the Commission
Panel may certify the matter to the County Attorney to
seek any available state or federal judicial relief in
any court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of the
person subjected to such violation, and, where
appropriate on behalf of residents of Montgomery
County similarly situated.

SECTION 7. Effective date. This Act shall take
effect on the 76th day following the date on which it
becomes law.

VETO: March 17, 1972

Override of Veto: April 4, 1972

Chapter 24
Bill No. 4-72

AN ACT to amend Chapter 79, title "Building Code," of
the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended, by
repealing and re—enacting with amendments,
Section 79-31, title "Section 131.0" to permit
the issuance of building permits for the
reconstruction or repair of a single family
dwelling existing on September 1, 1971 destroyed
or damaged by a flood, located within a fifty
year flood plain which abuts a creek or other