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Montgomery County establishes Human Relations Commission under state law
Summary
By a 2–1 vote commissioners established a county Human Relations Commission to receive discrimination complaints and to set local procedures under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
Montgomery County commissioners voted Sept. 4 to establish a county Human Relations Commission, a locally based body empowered under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to investigate and pursue civil‑rights matters locally.
Ben Field, the county solicitor, presented the resolution and told commissioners the 1955 statute — amended in 1966 to allow local commissions — permits counties to create commissions with powers similar…
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