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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED THE VIOLATION COMPLAINED
OF AND THE PARTICULARS THEREOF, AND SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS OF THE
COMMISSION PANEL. A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST MONTGOMERY
COUNTY OR ONE OF ITS INSTRUMENTALITIES OR AGENCIES SHALL
CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT THE COMPLAINANT HAS SOUGHT TO
RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY AND
THAT MORE THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS HAVE ELAPSED WITHOUT ITS
BEING RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY.

27-33. PROCEDURES AND ENFORCEMENT.

(A)    UPON THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT AS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 27-32, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION
SHALL MAKE SUCH INVESTIGATION AS IS NECESSARY TO
ASCERTAIN FACTS AND ISSUES. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THERE
ARE REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE A VIOLATION HAS
OCCURRED, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SHALL ATTEMPT TO
CONCILIATE THE MATTER BY METHODS OF INITIAL CONFERENCE
AND PERSUASION WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND SUCH
REPRESENTATIVES AS THE PARTIES MAY CHOOSE TO ASSIST THEM.
IN ATTEMPTING SUCH CONCILIATION, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
SHALL UTILIZE THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION. CONCILIATION CONFERENCES SHALL BE INFORMAL
AND NOTHING SAID OR DONE DURING SUCH INITIAL CONFERENCES
SHALL BE MADE PUBLIC BY THE COMMISSION PANEL OR ITS
MEMBERS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR ITS STAFF
UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE THERETO IN WRITING.

(B)    THE TERMS OF CONCILIATION AGREED TO BY THE
PARTIES MAY BE REDUCED TO WRITING AND INCORPORATED INTO A
CONSENT AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED BY THE PARTIES, WHICH
AGREEMENT IS FOR CONCILIATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION BY ANY PARTY THAT THE LAW HAS
BEEN VIOLATED. CONSENT AGREEMENTS SHALL BE SIGNED ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION PANEL BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE
ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION PANEL.

(C)    IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE TO
VIOLATE OR FAIL TO ADHERE TO ANY PROVISION CONTAINED IN A
CONSENT AGREEMENT. ANY FAILURE BY THE COMMISSION PANEL
TO ENFORCE A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF A CONSENT
AGREEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT OF
THE COMMISSION PANEL OR PROVISION OF SUCH AGREEMENT.

(D)    THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IS AUTHORIZED TO SEEK
INFORMATION FROM ALL AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INVESTIGATION
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

(E)     UPON DETERMINING THAT THE COMPLAINT LACKS
REASONABLE GROUNDS UPON WHICH TO BASE A VIOLATION OF THIS
ARTICLE, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SHALL SO INFORM THE
COMMISSION PANEL IN WRITING, AND THE COMMISSION PANEL MAY