In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated. “Community Relations Commission” or “Commission” means the Baltimore Community Relations Commission established by City Code <cite data-path="|4">Article 4 {“Community Relations”}</cite>, Subtitle 2 {“Community Relations Commission”}. “Employee” means, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any individual who works in Baltimore City for an employer. “Employee” does not include:an individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organization where the services rendered to that organization are on a voluntary basis or in return for charitable aid conferred on the individual; an individual who is employed by his or her parent, spouse, or child; or an individual who is employed as a domestic within a private residence. “Employer” means, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person who employs 2 or more full-time equivalent employees working in the City of Baltimore. “Employer” does not include the federal government, the State government, or any instrumentality or unit of either. “Lactation accommodation” means both lactation break and lactation location. “Lactation break” means the break time that an employer is required by this subtitle to provide an employee for purposes of expressing breast milk. “Lactation location” means the space, room, or location that an employer is required by this subtitle to provide an employee for purposes of expressing breast milk. “Person” has the meaning stated in <cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)">§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}</cite> of the City Code’s <cite data-path="|general">General Provisions Article</cite>. Notwithstanding <cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)">§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}</cite> of the <cite data-path="|general">General Provisions Article</cite>, in this subtitle “person” also includes, except as used in <cite data-path="|11|§16-30">§ 16-30 {“Criminal penalties”} of this subtitle</cite>, any department, board, commission, council, authority, committee, office, or other unit of City government. Ord. 18-213 Ord. 22-125

For the Code-wide standard uses of mandatory terms (“must” and “shall”), prohibitory terms (“may not”, “must not”, and “no ... may”), and permissive terms (“may”), see <cite data-path="|general">City General Provisions Article</cite>, <cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-104">§ 1-104</cite>.

Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the <cite data-path="|general">City General Provisions Article</cite>, the Community Relations Commission must adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subtitle. Ord. 18-213 Text Conformed 02/18/21 By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text of this section to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.