Article II. Individual Rights

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor be denied the equal protection of the laws. No person shall be denied the enjoyment of their civil or political rights or be discriminated against in the exercise thereof because of religion, race, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, or disability in such a way that such person is adversely affected in the areas of housing and residential real estate, employment, law enforcement, education, financial lending, public accommodations, or commercial real estate.

Any witness appearing before the County Council or any of its committees may be represented by counsel. Any person whose character shall have been impugned by the County Council, or by any of its committees, or by any witnesses before the County Council or any of its committees, shall be given the opportunity to appear with or without counsel, to present evidence, to cross-examine any person who may have impugned his character, and to call witnesses of their own, and the County Council shall, upon application being made, exercise its subpoena power to compel the attendance of such persons and witnesses.

In accordance with State law, any person shall have the right to inspect any public record in the possession of any unit or instrumentality of County government. A copy of any such document shall be furnished upon payment of a reasonable fee prescribed by law.