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<section number="10-181.04" name="Settlement of claims by County; annual reports required" law="code" slug="sec-10-181.04" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV5SESUFU_S10-181.04SECLCOANRERE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Definitions. In this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings indicated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Civil Rights claim means an assertion by a claimant that the County or County 21 employee injured the claimant by a violation of federal, state, or local civil rights statute.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Party means a person who settles a claim or a person who allegedly committed the misconduct.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Self-Insurance Fund means insurance coverage, including a legal defense, provided to the County and its officials, employees, and agents.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Self-Insurance Fund Lawsuit means a claim or legal proceeding that is covered under the Self Insurance Fund that alleges a violation of:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>federal or state constitutional rights;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>civil rights claims; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>common law tort claims.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>By October 1 of each year, the County Attorney shall submit to the County Executive and the County Council, and shall publish on the County website, a written report that summarizes the settlement of each Self-Insurance Fund Lawsuit or other lawsuit alleging employment discrimination during the prior fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For each settlement in a lawsuit alleging violation of federal or state constitutional rights, civil rights claims, employment discrimination or intentional torts, the report shall identify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the claimant or claimants; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the dollar amount, or other consideration, under the settlement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the nature of the claim; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the County departments or offices involved in the claim; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>demographic information voluntarily provided by the parties; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the applicable legal authority or reason if any information relating to the settlement is excluded because disclosure may be in violation of law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The County shall not agree to a non-disclosure in a settlement agreement that would prevent public disclosure of the settlement agreement. This subsection does not apply to information that is prohibited from disclosure under law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The County Attorney shall, at the conclusion of a settlement agreement, provide a demographic sheet for parties to voluntarily disclose demographic information. The demographic sheet shall, at a minimum, collect the following data:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>race;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ethnicity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>gender identity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>age;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>sexual orientation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>religion; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any other demographic information voluntarily provided by the parties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A party of a settlement agreement may choose to opt out and decline providing demographic information by signing an attestation statement provided by the County Attorney.</text>
  </level>
</section>
