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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="20-1004" title_number="20" title_name="Human Relations" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged discriminatory act may file a complaint with the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The complaint shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and address of the person or State or local unit alleged to have committed the discriminatory act; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the particulars of the alleged discriminatory act;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contain any other information required by the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>be signed by the complainant under oath.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a complaint shall be filed within 6 months after the date on which the alleged discriminatory act occurred.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A complaint filed with a federal or local human relations commission within 6 months after the date on which the alleged discriminatory act occurred shall be deemed to have complied with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A complaint alleging an unlawful employment practice other than harassment shall be filed within 300 days after the date on which the alleged discriminatory act occurred.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A complaint filed with a federal human relations commission within 6 months or a local human relations commission within 300 days shall be deemed to have complied with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A complaint alleging harassment against an employer shall be filed within 2 years after the date on which the alleged harassment occurred.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A complaint filed with a federal human relations commission within 6 months or a local human relations commission within 2 years after the date on which the alleged harassment occurred shall be deemed to have complied with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commission, on its own motion, and by action of at least three commissioners, may issue a complaint in its name in the same manner as if the complaint had been filed by an individual, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Commission has received reliable information from an individual that a person has been or is engaged in a discriminatory act; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after a preliminary investigation by the Commission’s staff authorized by the chair or vice–chair, the Commission is satisfied that the information warrants the filing of a complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
