CHAPTER 372
(Senate Bill 644)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Commission for Women

FOR the purpose of establishing a Commission for Women in Frederick County;
requiring the Board of County Commissioners to appoint the members of the
Commission for Women; establishing the powers and duties of the Commission
for Women; and generally relating to the Commission for Women in Frederick
County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Frederick County
Section 2-2-69

Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1979 Edition and November 1997 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 11 - Frederick County

2-2-69.

(A) THERE SHALL BE A COMMISSION FOR WOMEN IN FREDERICK COUNTY.

(B) THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN.

(C) THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN SHALL
INCLUDE:

(1) SERVING AS A SOURCE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR WOMEN;

(2) IDENTIFYING, RESEARCHING, AND HELPING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO
THE PROBLEMS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS;

(3) PROMOTING THE FULL AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN
WORK, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIETY;

(4) STRENGTHENING THE HOME LIFE BY DIRECTING ATTENTION TO
CRITICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING WOMEN AS WIVES, MOTHERS, HOMEMAKERS,
AND WORKERS;

(5) RECOMMENDING METHODS OF OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST WOMEN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGING
WOMEN TO BECOME CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE;

(6) SECURING APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION OF WOMEN'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FREDERICK COUNTY; AND