Title 5, Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

Title 5, Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 §4551. Title

5 §4552. Policy

5 §4553. Definitions

5 §4553-A. Physical or mental disability

5 §4554. Construction

5 §4555. Application (REPEALED)

Subchapter 2: COMMISSION

5 §4561. Members

5 §4562. Terms of office

5 §4563. Quorum

5 §4564. Compensation; reappointment

5 §4565. Removal from office

5 §4566. Powers and duties of the commission

5 §4566-A. Certification and conformity with rules

Subchapter 3: FAIR EMPLOYMENT

5 §4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment

5 §4572. Unlawful employment discrimination

5 §4572-A. Unlawful employment discrimination on the basis of sex

5 §4573. Not unlawful employment discrimination

5 §4573-A. Defenses

5 §4574. Mandatory retirement age prohibited

5 §4575. Mandatory retirement age prohibited

5 §4576. Gender equity in school administrative positions

5 §4577. Compensation history inquiry as evidence of unlawful discrimination

Subchapter 4: FAIR HOUSING

5 §4581. Right to freedom from discrimination in housing; exceptions

5 §4581-A. Unlawful housing discrimination

5 §4582. Unlawful housing discrimination (REPEALED)

5 §4582-A. Unlawful housing discrimination on the basis of disability

5 §4582-B. Standards and certification

5 §4582-C. Standards for multifamily and public housing constructed on or after September 1, 2012

5 §4583. Application

Subchapter 5: PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS

5 §4591. Equal access to public accommodations

5 §4592. Unlawful public accommodations

5 §4593. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1974 and January 1, 1982

5 §4594. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1982 and January 1, 1984

5 §4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1984 and January 1, 1988

5 §4594-B. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1988 and September 1, 1988

5 §4594-C. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1988 and January 1, 1991

5 §4594-D. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1991 and January 1, 1996

5 §4594-E. Waivers for existing buildings (REPEALED)

5 §4594-F. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1996 and March 15, 2012

5 §4594-G. Standards for facilities constructed or altered after March 15, 2012

5 §4594-H. Marking of parking space access aisles

Subchapter 5-A: A FAIR CREDIT EXTENSION

5 §4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, marital status, ancestry, religion or national origin in any credit transaction

5 §4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination

5 §4597. Definitions

5 §4598. Enforcement

Subchapter 5-B: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

5 §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education

5 §4602. Unlawful educational discrimination

5 §4603. Rulemaking; review

5 §4604. Enforcement

Subchapter 6: COMMISSION ACTION

5 §4611. Complaint

5 §4612. Procedure on complaints

5 §4613. Procedure in Superior Court

5 §4614. Attorney's fees and costs

Subchapter 7: CIVIL ACTIONS BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS

5 §4621. Civil action

5 §4622. Limitations on attorneys' fees and damages; procedures

5 §4623. Consolidation of cases

Subchapter 8: MISCELLANEOUS

5 §4630. Discrimination by public entities prohibited

5 §4631. Burden of proof

5 §4632. Offensive names

5 §4633. Prohibition against retaliation and coercion

5 §4634. Right to breast-feed

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