5257
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.

(A)    THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A "COMMISSION
PANEL ON EMPLOYMENT," (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "COMMISSION
PANEL") WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS OF
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS, ONE
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, AND TWO MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE OR TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, ALL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED,
AND MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE, BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE,
SUBJECT TO THE CONFIRMATION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OF
WHICH ONE SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS, TO CARRY OUT THE
ADJUDICATORY AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS PERTAINING TO
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT THAT SAID
PANEL SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY INVESTIGATION OF AN
ALLEGED VIOLATION BEFORE IT OR IN ANY CONCILIATION
PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HEARING ON THE
MERITS.

(B)    THE COMMISSION PANEL AND ITS STAFF SHALL
COOPERATE WITH ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH
EMPLOYMENT AND RELATED MATTERS.

(C)    THE COMMISSION PANEL SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY (30)
DAYS FOLLOWING EACH QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, REPORT
TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WHO SHALL
MAKE PUBLIC THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED DURING EACH
QUARTER, THE NATURE AND THE DISPOSITION MADE THEREOF.

(D)    THE COMMISSION PANEL, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR A DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE,
MAY MAKE, ISSUE, ADOPT, PROMULGATE, AMEND AND RESCIND
SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY TO
EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF, AND ARE NOT IN CONFLICT
WITH, THIS ARTICLE. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND SUCH
AMENDMENTS THERETO, SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL APPROVED
BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED.

(E)    THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION PANEL SHALL
BE APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION AND SHALL PRESIDE AT AND DIRECT THE
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS OF THE PANEL. ALL DECISIONS OR
ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION PANEL SHALL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
AT LEAST THREE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL.

27-32. FILING OF COMPLAINTS.

ANY PERSON MAY FILE WITH THE HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION A COMPLAINT IN WRITING, SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED,
OR THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF
A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS THEREOF, EXCLUDING THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION PANEL, MAY INITIATE A COMPLAINT IN
WRITING, WHICH SHALL STATE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE