Conciliation; provisions of agreement; disclosure; use of
information as evidence; parties' access to information
Sec. 5. (a) The commission shall, during the period beginning
with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge
or a dismissal by the commission, to the extent feasible, engage in
conciliation with respect to the complaint.
(b) A conciliation agreement is an agreement between a
respondent and the complainant and is subject to commission
approval.
(c) A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration
or other methods of dispute resolution. Dispute resolution that results
from a conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief,
including monetary relief.
(d) A conciliation agreement shall be made public unless the
complainant and respondent agree otherwise and the commission
determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purposes of
this article.
(e) Nothing said or done in the course of conciliation may be
made public or used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding under
this article without the written consent of the persons concerned.
(f) After completion of the commission's investigation, the
commission shall make available to the aggrieved person and the
respondent, at any time, information derived from the investigation
and the final investigation report relating to that investigation.
As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 27, 2006