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Council delays source-of-income provision in human relations ordinance after solicitor warns of court risk
Summary
Norworth Borough Council agreed July 15 to remove a proposed source-of-income protection from revisions to its Human Relations Commission ordinance and to add an explicit education function after legal counsel flagged a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that could leave that provision vulnerable to challenge.
Norworth Borough Council members on July 15 agreed to remove a proposed source-of-income protection from revisions to the borough's Human Relations Commission (HRC) ordinance and to add a paragraph explicitly authorizing the commission to provide public education. The council directed staff to return a revised ordinance for consideration next month.
The change followed a presentation from staff about three suggested revisions to the HRC ordinance. The council’s solicitor told the group that a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision has been used to challenge similar source-of-income protections in other…
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