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Ch. 176
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have
any effect on or application to any cause of action arising before the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, April 24, 2007.
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CHAPTER 177
(House Bill 314)
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings and Civil Actions - Relief
FOR the purpose of altering various provisions of the Maryland Human Relations
Commission law; providing that an administrative law judge oversees certain
proceedings before the Commission; providing requiring certain cases to be
heard by an administrative law judge, rather than a hearing examiner;
requiring that a complaint of discrimination and certain documents shall be
certified to the general counsel of the Commission rather than the Commission
chairman; altering the circumstances under which a certification is required to
be made: requiring that the Executive Director of the Commission, rather than
the Commission chairman, cause a certain notice to be issued and served;
providing a process for electing to file a civil action rather than an
administrative hearing concerning certain acts of discrimination; authorizing a
complainant to bring a civil action alleging a discriminatory act or elect to have
a civil action brought by the Commission; providing a process for the filing of a
civil action by the Commission or a complainant; expanding the relief available
for certain acts of discrimination to include an award of certain compensatory
damages, punitive damages, and attorney attorney's fees and expert witness
fees under certain circumstances; establishing that certain limitations on
compensatory and punitive damages shall increase by a certain amount each
year; authorizing a complainant to demand a trial bv jury under certain
circumstances: providing a process for a certain person or the Commission to
intervene in a civil action brought by the Commission certain civil actions:
authorizing the court to award certain relief to an intervening person party:
making stylistic and conforming changes; repealing certain obsolete provisions;
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