A person commits a violation of civil rights when:
(A) He or she denies to another the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities and services of any public place of accommodation or amusement because of race, religion, color, national ancestry or physical or mental handicap;
(B) He or she, as the operator of a public place of accommodation or amusement, directly or indirectly, publishes, circulates, displays or mails any written communications, except a private communication sent in response to a specific inquiry, which the operator knows is to the effect that any of the facilities of the public place of accommodation or amusement will be denied to any person because of race, religion, color, national ancestry or offenses physical or mental handicap or that the patronage of a person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable for any of those reasons;
(C) He or she, as an official, refuses to employ or discriminates in the employment of another for any work relief project because of race, religion, color or national ancestry or because of physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability; or
(D) He or she, as an official, denies or refuses to any person the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges of the official’s office or services or of any property under the official’s care because of race, color, national ancestry or physical or mental handicap.
(1981 Code, § 42.13)