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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 741

private and personal in nature, designed to accommodate only a
particular sex.

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(a) (1) The agencies, officers and employees of the State
of Maryland, OR OF ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN THE
STATE, may not engage in any of the discriminatory practices
which are prohibited by §§ 5, 16, 20, 21, and 22 of this article.

(2) However, the provisions of § 5 and § 20 may not
be construed to prevent the State of Maryland, ANY COUNTY, OR ANY
MUNICIPALITY from providing separate facilities for males and
females in [State-owned] GOVERNMENT-OWNED or [State-operated]
GOVERNMENT-OPERATED public institutions or from operating or
funding special or separate programs and facilities for children,
the aged, or other special populations.

(b) (1) In any employment discrimination case in which an
agency, officer or employee of the State of Maryland, OR OF ANY
COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE, is a respondent, the rules,
procedures, powers, rights, and remedies which are applicable in
such a case shall be those which are applicable in a
discrimination case in which a private person is the respondent.

(2) (I) In discrimination cases in which an agency,
officer or employee is a respondent, the power of the Human
Relations Commission includes the authority to seek injunctive
relief or judicial enforcement of its orders against such
respondents.

[(c)] (II) In a discrimination case in which the Human
Relations Commission, or a member, officer or employee of the
Commission is a respondent, the Governor shall specially
designate a person to perform the functions usually performed by
the Commission.

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(e) If upon all the evidence, the hearing examiner finds
that the respondent has engaged in any discriminatory act within
the scope of any of these subtitles, the hearing examiner shall
so state the findings. The hearing examiner shall issue and
cause to be served upon the respondent an order requiring the
respondent to cease and desist from the discriminatory acts and
to take affirmative action to effectuate the purposes of the
particular subtitle. If the respondent is found to have engaged