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5:12-135.  Equal employment opportunity;  enforcement by the commission
    The commission, in addition to and without limitation of other powers which  it may have by law, shall have the following powers:

    a.  To investigate and determine the percentage of population of minority groups in the State or in areas thereof from which the work force for the licensee is or may be drawn;

    b.  To establish and promulgate such percentages as guidelines in determining the adequacy of affirmative-action programs submitted for approval pursuant to the provisions of section 134 of this act;

    c.  To impose such sanctions as may be necessary to accomplish the objectives of section 134;

    d.  To refer to the Attorney General or his designee circumstances which may  constitute violation of the  "Law Against Discrimination,"  P.L.1945, c. 169  (C. 10:5-1 et seq.);

    e.  To enforce in a court of law the provisions of section 134 or to join in  or assist any enforcement proceeding initiated by any aggrieved person; and

    f.  To require the designation by a licensee of an equal employment officer  to enforce the provisions of section 134 and this section and the regulations  promulgated hereunder.

     L.1977, c. 110, s. 135, eff. June 2, 1977.