§ 29-102

(a) By ordinance or resolution, the County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may establish a Human Relations Commission for the county.

(b) The purposes of the Commission are to:

(1) promote understanding and harmony of relationship among the people of the county through the study of the nature and causes of social friction and prejudice;

(2) advance the means for the alleviation of social friction and prejudice; and

(3) further the American ideal of equality and justice.