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<section number="2-523" name="Conditioning benefits, services, or opportunities on immigration status prohibited" law="code" slug="sec-2-523" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV46COIN_S2-523COBESEOPIMSTPR">
  <level label="a">
    <text>No agent or agency may condition the provision of County benefits, opportunities, or services on matters related to citizenship or immigration status unless required to do so by state or federal law, or court order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Where presentation of a Maryland driver's license or identification card is accepted as adequate evidence of identity, presentation of a photo identity document issued by the person's country of origin, such as a driver's license, passport, or matricula consular (consulate-issued document), or by a pre-approved non-profit organization shall be accepted and shall not subject the person to a higher level of scrutiny or different treatment than if the person had provided a Maryland driver's license or identification card except that this Subsection shall not apply to the completion of the federally mandated I-9 forms.</text>
  </level>
</section>
