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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 51, § 2237. Local human rights commissions

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Any parish or municipality, or one or more parishes and municipalities acting jointly, may create a human rights commission, hereinafter referred to as a “local commission”:

(1) To provide for execution within its jurisdiction of the policies embodied in this Chapter, Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 241). 1

(2) To safeguard all individuals within its jurisdiction from discrimination because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

1 See, inter alia, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000A et seq.
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