NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION
CHAPTER 315
HOUSE BILL 754
AN ACT TO ALLOW NEW HANOVER COUNTY TO PREVENT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. A county board of commissioners may adopt ordinances prohibiting acts of employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, gender, religion, handicap, or age.
Sec. 2. Penalties for violation of any ordinance adopted under this act, and enforcement of such ordinances, shall be the same as for county ordinances generally under Chapter 153A of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3. This act shall apply to New Hanover County only.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of April, 1979.