2932                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 875

to classify or refer for employment any individual on the
basis of his race, color, religion, sex, age, [or]
national origin, MARITAL STATUS, OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
HANDICAP UNRELATED IN NATURE AND EXTENT SO AS TO
REASONABLY PRECLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYMENT;

(c)  It shall be an unlawful employment practice for
a labor organization: (1) to exclude or to expel from its
membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, any
individual because of his race, color, religion, sex,
age, [or] national origin, MARITAL STATUS, OR PHYSICAL OR
MENTAL HANDICAP UNRELATED IN NATURE AND EXTENT SO AS TO
REASONABLY PRECLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYMENT;
(2) to limit, segregate or classify its membership, or to
classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment any
individual, in any way which would deprive or tend to
deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or
would limit such employment opportunities or otherwise
adversely affect his status as an employee or as an
applicant for employment, because of such individual's
race, color, religion, sex, age, [or] national origin,
MARITAL STATUS, OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP UNRELATED
IN NATURE AND EXTENT SO AS TO REASONABLY PRECLUDE THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYMENT; or (3) to cause or attempt
to cause an employer to discriminate against an
individual in violation of this section;

(d)   It shall be an unlawful employment practice for
any employer, labor organization, or joint
labor—management committee controlling apprenticeship or
other training or retraining, including on—the—job
training programs to discriminate against any individual
because of his race, color, religion, sex, age, [or]
national origin, MARITAL STATUS, OR PHYSICAL 03 MENTAL
HANDICAP UNRELATED IN NATURE OR EXTENT SO AS TO
REASONABLY PRECLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYMENT in
admission to, or employment in, any program established
to provide apprenticeship or other training;

21.

(a) It is the policy of the State of Maryland to
provide for fair housing throughout the State of
Maryland, to all its citizens, regardless of race, color,
religion, [or] national origin, MARITAL STATUS, OR
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP; and to that end to prohibit
discriminatory practices with respect to residential
housing by any person or group of persons, in order that
the peace, health, safety, prosperity and general welfare
of all the inhabitants of the State may be protected and
insured. This law shall be deemed an exercise of the
police power of the State of Maryland for the protection
of the people of the State, and shall be administered and
enforced by the State of Maryland Commission on Human
Relations.