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urn: urn:us-la:rs:51:2236
citation: "R.S. 51:2236"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 51 › Chapter 38"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1988, number: 886, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1993, number: 820, section: 9, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1997, number: 1409, section: 3, effective_date: 1997-08-01, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2022, number: 529, section: 3, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Parishes and municipalities may prohibit discrimination

A. Parishes and municipalities may adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, or natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof, such penalties being in addition to the remedial orders and enforcement herein authorized.

B. Parishes and municipalities may adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions prohibiting discrimination, but no ordinance, order, or resolution shall attempt to exempt more transactions from its coverage than are exempted by R.S. 51:2250.