Form revised March 16, 2004

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Seattle Office for Civil Rights	Germaine W. Covington	Kristi Beattie/4-5266

Legislation Title: An Ordinance relating to civil rights, creating a new Public Accommodations Chapter, SMC 14.06, and amending Chapter 14.08 by amending and repealing various sections thereof.

Summary of the Legislation: This proposed ordinance revises Seattle’s Open Housing Ordinance. Briefly, we have moved language pertaining to discrimination in places of public accommodations to a separate Chapter, 14.06, and amended Chapter 14.08 to clarify and streamline it. We have added definitions and made our law more compliant with the Federal Law with respect to construction and design violations, prohibited discrimination in access to multiple listing services, and added language allowing charges to be brought and penalties to be levied in cases of perjury.

· Background: (Include brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable): See above.

· Please check one of the following:

__X__ This legislation does not have any financial implications. (Stop here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)