SB2506sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/29/2016

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2506

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2506 on page 1, by replacing lines 9 through 16 with the following:

"(a) For charges filed under Article 7A, if the charging party has initiated litigation in a State or federal court or an administrative proceeding before a local government administrative agency, and if a final decision on the merits in that litigation or administrative proceeding would preclude the charging party from bringing another action based on the pending charge, the Department shall cease its investigation and administratively close the pending charge. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Department from continuing to investigate an allegation in a charge that is unique to this Act or otherwise could not have been included in the litigation or administrative proceeding.

(b) For charges filed under Article 7B, the The Department may administratively close a charge pending before the Department if the issues that which are the basis of the charge are being litigated in a State or federal court proceeding.".