(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commissioner as set forth in division (B) below hereof shall be vested in the chief elected official of the town.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the town, because of lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this chapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the provisions of this chapter by complainants to the State Civil Rights Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6 and the chief elected official of the town shall refer all said complaints to the Commission as provided for under division (A) above to said Commission for purposes of investigation.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the town shall administer their departments, programs, and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the chief elected official and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The chief elected official of the town or the chief elected official’s designee shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 2013-13, passed 1-14-2014)