Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/29/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2506

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

 

 

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1Department if the issues that which are the basis of the charge
2are being litigated in a State or federal court proceeding.".