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Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 3/29/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2506
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2506 on page 1, by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 9 through 16 with the following:
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| 4 | | "(a) For charges filed under Article 7A, if the charging |
| 5 | | party has initiated litigation in a State or federal court or |
| 6 | | an administrative proceeding before a local government |
| 7 | | administrative agency, and if a final decision on the merits in |
| 8 | | that litigation or administrative proceeding would preclude |
| 9 | | the charging party from bringing another action based on the |
| 10 | | pending charge, the Department shall cease its investigation |
| 11 | | and administratively close the pending charge. Nothing in this |
| 12 | | Section shall preclude the Department from continuing to |
| 13 | | investigate an allegation in a charge that is unique to this |
| 14 | | Act or otherwise could not have been included in the litigation |
| 15 | | or administrative proceeding. |
| 16 | | (b) For charges filed under Article 7B, the The Department |
| 17 | | may
administratively close a charge pending before the |