ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 212
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Burnette, Jackson, Kessler, Minard, Redd, Rowe,
Snyder, Wooton, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)
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[Passed March 30, 2001; to take effect July, 1, 2001.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section four, article eleven, chapter
five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended; and to further amend said article by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one,
all relating to continuing the human rights commission.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article eleven, chapter five of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that said article be further amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one, all
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 11. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
§5-11-4. Powers and objectives.
The commission shall have the power and authority and shall
perform the functions and services as in this article prescribed
and as otherwise provided by law. The commission shall encourage
and endeavor to bring about mutual understanding and respect among
all racial, religious and ethnic groups within the state and shall
strive to eliminate all discrimination in employment and places of
public accommodations by virtue of race, religion, color, national
origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness or handicap and shall strive
to eliminate all discrimination in the sale, purchase, lease,
rental or financing of housing and other real property by virtue of
race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, blindness,
handicap or familial status.
§5-11-21. Termination of commission
The human rights commission shall terminate on the first day
of July, two thousand seven, pursuant to the provisions of article
ten, chapter four of this code, unless sooner terminated, continued
or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.