(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commission as set forth in division (B) hereof shall be vested in the Board of Commissioners of Dearborn County, Indiana.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, Dearborn County, Indiana, 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 this chapter by complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6 and the Board of Commissioners of Dearborn County, Indiana shall refer all said complaints to the Commission as provided for under division (A) of this section to said Commission for purposes of investigation, resolution, and appropriate relief as provided for under I.C. 22-9.5-6.
(C) All departments and agencies of Dearborn County, Indiana 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 Board of Commissioners of Dearborn County, Indiana and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The Board of Commissioners of Dearborn County, Indiana, or its designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(BC Ord. 11-2004, passed 12-20- 04; Am. BC Ord. 2019-018, passed 10-15-19)