WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                              Ch. 10

3-410. DUTIES OF UNITS.

(A)     EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT.

IF ANY UNIT RECEIVES A COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION IN VIOLATION OF §
3-405 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE UNIT PROMPTLY SHALL ADVISE THE COORDINATOR OF
THE COMPLAINT.

(B)      AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS.

THE HEAD OF EACH PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT OR OTHER INDEPENDENT UNIT
SHALL:

(1)      IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE
SECRETARY, ANNUALLY PREPARE AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN THAT INCLUDES
THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO
ENSURE THAT THE PERSONNEL PRACTICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OR UNIT ARE NOT
DISCRIMINATORY; AND

(2)      SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY THE PROGRESS REPORTS ABOUT THE
PLAN THAT THE SECRETARY REQUIRES.

(C)      ANNUAL REPORT.

THE HEAD OF EACH PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT OR OTHER INDEPENDENT UNIT
SHALL:

(1)      FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR, SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
FOLLOWING JANUARY 1 AN ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OR UNIT UNDERTOOK IN THAT YEAR TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM,
INCLUDING:

(I)       PERSONNEL PRACTICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OR UNIT;
AND

(II)      RELATIONS WITH OTHER UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT; AND

(2)       PROVIDE A COPY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO:

(I)       THE COORDINATOR; AND

(II)     THE MARYLAND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c) of this section are new
language derived without substantive change from former Art. 64A, § 12E, the
fourth sentence of § 12B, the second sentence of § 12D, and, as it related to
the requirement for the contents of affirmative action plans, the fourth
sentence of § 12D.

Subsection (b)(2) of this section is new language substituted for the second
clause of the fifth sentence of former Art. 64A, §12B. The substitution is made
to emphasize the duty of the units to make the reports.

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