Statement of Nondiscrimination

RESOLUTION NO. 1 – JANUARY 2024

“STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION”

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Person with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape , American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800)877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD- 3027, found online at https://www.ascr.usda.gov/filing-program-discrimination-complaint-usda-customer and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Short version:
Sangre de Cristo Electric Association is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Certification:

I, Blake Bennetts, Secretary of Sangre de Cristo Electric Association, Inc., do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of said corporation and entered in the minutes of the meeting held on the twenty-fourth day of January 2024, at which meeting a quorum was present and acting throughout.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name as Secretary and affixed the corporate seal of said corporation this 24th day of January 2024.

SEAL

/s/Secretary
Blake Bennetts, Secretary