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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

SECTION 20 1. EQUAL PROTECTION AND
NON-DISCRIMINATION. NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF
LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW,
NOR BE DENIED THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS. NO
PERSON SHALL BE DENIED THE ENJOYMENT OF HIS CIVIL OR
POLITICAL RIGHTS OR BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE
EXERCISE THEREOF BECAUSE OF RELIGION, RACE, COLOR,
NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR SEX.

SECTION 202. RIGHTS OF WITNESSES AND OTHER
PERSONS. ANY WITNESS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNTY
COUNCIL OR ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES MAY BE REPRESENTED BY
COUNSEL. ANY PERSON WHOSE CHARACTER SHALL HAVE BEEN
IMPUGNED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OR BY ANY OF ITS
COMMITTEES, OR BY ANY WITNESSES BEFORE THE COUNTY
COUNCIL OR ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES, SHALL BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR WITH OR WITHOUT COUNSEL, TO
PRESENT EVIDENCE, TO CROSS-EXAMINE ANY PERSON WHO MAY
HAVE IMPUGNED HIS CHARACTER, AND TO CALL WITNESSES OF
HIS OWN, AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL, UPON
APPLICATION BEING MADE, EXERCISE ITS SUBPOENA POWER TO
COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF SUCH PERSONS AND WITNESSES.

SECTION 203. RIGHT TO INFORMATION. ANY PERSON
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT ANY DOCUMENT IN THE
POSSESSION OF ANY AGENCY RECEIVING OR DISBURSING
COUNTY FUNDS. A CERTIFIED COPY OF ANY SUCH DOCUMENT
SHALL BE FURNISHED UPON PAYMENT OF A REASONABLE FEE
PRESCRIBED BY LAW. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: (1) BUDGET
ESTIMATES PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE; (2) DOCUMENTS RELATING TO
PROSPECTIVE LAND PURCHASES AND PROSPECTIVE RIGHTS OF
WAY; (3) POLICE INVESTIGATION RECORDS EXCEPT WHERE
OTHERWISE MADE PUBLIC BY LAW; (4) PERSONNEL AND LEAVE
RECORDS; (5) DOCUMENTS PREPARED IN ANTICIPATION OF
CIVIL LITIGATION EXCEPT AS GOVERNED BY THE MARYLAND
RULES OF PROCEDURE; (6) RECORDS OF A CONFIDENTIAL AND
PRIVATE NATURE, AS DEFINED BY STATE LAW; AND (7)
COMPETITIVE BIDS PRIOR TO THE OPENING THEREOF.

ARTICLE III
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH