(a) Section 27-16A does not apply to religious institutions or organizations or charitable or educational organizations operated, supervised, or controlled by religious institutions or organizations which give preference to members of the same religion in a real estate transaction, as long as membership in such religion is not restricted by race, color, sex, or national origin.
(b) In the case of age, the following is not an unlawful practice:
(1) Inquiring about a person's age to determine a pertinent element of credit-worthiness;
(2) Using empirically derived credit systems that consider age if such systems are based on statistically sound data;
(3) Offering credit life insurance or credit disability insurance, in conjunction with any mortgage loan, to a limited age group;
(4) Refusing to grant a mortgage loan to a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. (1988 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 2; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
Editor's note—Section 27-17, formerly § 27-16B, was renumbered pursuant to 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.
Former Section 27-17, relating to declaration of policy under division 3, discrimination in employment, derived from 1974 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; 1977 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 9; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 7; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 13; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 36, § 3, was repealed by 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.