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§ 20-1031. Petition to enforce Commission's order

West's Annotated Code of MarylandState GovernmentEffective: October 1, 2009

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
State Government (Refs & Annos)
Title 20. Human Relations (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 10. Enforcement (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Discriminatory Housing Practices (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2009
MD Code, State Government, § 20-1031
§ 20-1031. Petition to enforce Commission's order
Petition by Commission
(a)(1) The Commission may file a petition for the enforcement of an order of the Commission and for appropriate temporary relief or a restraining order.
(2) The petition shall be filed in the circuit court for the county where the discriminatory housing practice is alleged to have occurred or where any respondent resides or transacts business.
(3) The clerk of the court shall send a copy of the petition to the parties to the proceedings before the Commission under § 20-1029 of this subtitle or before the administrative law judge.
Intervention
(b) Any party to the proceedings before the Commission under § 20-1029 of this subtitle or before the administrative law judge may intervene in the circuit court in an enforcement proceeding brought under this section.
Preservation of objections
(c) Unless the failure or neglect to make the objection is excused because of extraordinary circumstances, an objection not made before the Commission under § 20-1029 of this subtitle or before the administrative law judge may not be considered by the court in an enforcement proceeding brought under this section.
Date of finality of Commission’s order
(d) If a petition for judicial review is not filed under § 20-1030 of this subtitle, the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Commission's final order shall be conclusive in connection with any petition for enforcement filed by the Commission under subsection (a) of this section after the 45th day after the order is entered.
Petition by person entitled to relief
(e) If a petition for judicial review has not been filed under § 20-1030 of this subtitle within 60 days after the date the Commission's final order is entered, and the Commission has not sought enforcement of the order under subsection (a) of this section, any person entitled to relief under the order may petition for enforcement of the order in the circuit court for the county in which the discriminatory housing practice is alleged to have occurred.

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Added by Acts 2009, c. 120, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2009.
MD Code, State Government, § 20-1031, MD STATE GOVT § 20-1031
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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