In connection with any investigation of a complaint filed under this division, the executive director or the director's designee may:
(a) request the reports and relevant records of any person being investigated or proceeded against that:
(1) may relate to employment practices prohibited by this division; and
(2) are relevant to matters raised in the complaint or similar matters; and
(b) interview any persons necessary in carrying out the purposes of this division. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1; 1977 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 11; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 16; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
Editor’s note—Section 27-21 is cited and quoted in Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Phillips, 413 Md, 606, 994 A.2d 411 (2010). The above section is mentioned in Broadcast Equities v. Montgomery County, 123 Md. App. 363, 718 A.2d 648 (1998), vacated, Montgomery County v. Broadcast Equities, Inc., 360 Md. 438, 758 A.2d 995 (2000) (Broadcast Equities, Inc. failed to exhaust its administrative remedies before the Human Relations Commission).
Section 27-21, formerly § 27-23, was renumbered, amended and retitled pursuant to 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.
Former Section 27-21, relating to procedure for complaints against county, derived from 1972 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1; 1977 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 11, 1979 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 3; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 1, was repealed by 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.