The purposes of the commission on human relations and disabilities issues shall be
to provide, foster, encourage and stimulate mutual understanding, respect and harmonious
relations among all racial, religious, ethnic and minority groups (including people
with disabilities), to discourage and prevent prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, disorder
and discriminating practices against any group or its members, to function as the
advisory committee on disabilities issues in order to identify necessary services
not being provided for people with disabilities and to improve the delivery of services
for disabled persons in the most cost effective manner, to promote good will, to develop
a program for practical cooperation with state and federal agencies and nongovernmental
agencies having the like or kindred function, and to make such investigation and studies
in any field of human relations as may be required by the commission, or in judgment
of the commission, will aid in effectuating its general purposes.
