A local commission may have the following powers in addition to powers authorized by other laws:

1. 1. To employ an executive director and other employees and agents and fix their compensation;
2. 2. To cooperate with individuals and state, local, and other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the federal government and other states and municipalities;
3. 3. To accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public or private, to help finance its activities;
4. 4. To receive, initiate, investigate, and seek to conciliate complaints alleging violations of this act or of an ordinance prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap or legislation establishing the commission;
5. 5. To make studies appropriate to effectuate its purposes and policies and to make the results thereof available to the public; and
6. 6. To render at least annually a report, a copy of which shall be furnished to the State Commission.

Laws 1968, SB 367, c. 388, § 704, emerg. eff. May 17, 2011; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1081, c. 165, § 17, eff. November 1, 1985.