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<section number="2-231.04" name="Prohibited inquiries; retaliation" law="code" slug="sec-2-231.04" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV12OFHURI_SD10ACEMRECI_S2-231.04PRINRE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Inquiry on application. An Employer shall not require an Applicant or Potential Applicant to disclose on an employment application the existence or details of the Applicant's or Potential Applicant's Arrest Record or Conviction record.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Employer is the County, then it is prohibited from making any inquiry into whether the Applicant or Potential Applicant has ever partaken in the consumption or use of Cannabis or Marijuana.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Preliminary inquiry into Criminal Record. In connection with the proposed Employment of an Applicant, an Employer shall not, at any time until the conclusion of a first interview:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require the Applicant to disclose whether the Applicant has an Arrest Record or Conviction Record, or otherwise has been accused of a crime;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conduct a Criminal Record check on the Applicant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>inquire of the Applicant or others about whether the Applicant has an Arrest or Conviction record or otherwise has been accused of a crime.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An Employer is prohibited at any time from inquiring into or considering convictions or Conviction Records of any Applicant for Employment where the Sentence of the Applicant was completed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a nonviolent felony, at least five (5) years or sixty (60) months ago; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a misdemeanor, at least thirty (30) months ago.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An employer shall not at any time inquire into or consider arrests of an applicant that did not result in a conviction, except where the result was probation before judgement. In cases that resulted in probation before judgement, such outcomes shall be treated as misdemeanors for the purposes of this Section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An employer shall not at any time inquire into or consider any arrest or conviction of an applicant for possession of marijuana, cannabis, or cannabis-related materials or paraphernalia, provided any sentence for such crime has been completed, unless it was a conviction that included an intent to distribute.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>An employer is prohibited from conducting background checks or investigations that do not conform to the restrictions of this Section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Retaliation. An Employer shall not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>retaliate against any person for:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>lawfully opposing any violation of this Subdivision;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>filing a complaint, testifying, assisting, or participating in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Subdivision; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>obstruct or prevent enforcement or compliance with this Subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
