<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 15-2. - Purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               The purpose of this chapter, and the policy of Durham County, is to promote the equal
               treatment of all individuals and provide them freedom from discrimination on the basis
               of race, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
               national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, military status,
               religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability in employment and access to all
               places of public accommodation.
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               (b)
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               This chapter shall be construed according to the fair import of its terms.
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               (c)
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               Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any requirement,
               power, or duty in conflict with any existing federal or state law.
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               (d)
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               Neither filing a complaint with the county, nor anything else in this chapter, shall
               toll or otherwise extend the deadlines for filing a complaint with any other state
               or federal agency, such as the equal employment opportunity commission, having jurisdiction
               over the complaint.
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               (e)
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               This chapter does not create a private cause of action.
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               (Res. of 11-8-2021(1), Â§ 1)
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