Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Section 15.2-965 Human rights ordinances and commissions

§ 15.2-965. Human rights ordinances and commissions

A. Any locality may enact an ordinance, not inconsistent with nor more stringent than any applicable state law, prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, and education on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, age, marital status, or disability.

B. The locality may enact an ordinance establishing a local commission on human rights which shall have the powers and duties granted by the Virginia Human Rights Act (§ 2.2-3900 et seq.).

(1987, c. 569, § 15.1-37.3:8; 1997, cc. 404, 587.)

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