(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, shall be vested in the chief elected official of the Board of Commissioners.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the Board of Commissioners, 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’s Civil Rights Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6stateRef, and the chief elected official of the Board of Commissioners shall refer all said complaints to the Commission, as provided for under division (A) above, to said Commission for purposes of investigation, resolution, and appropriate relief, as provided for under I.C. 22-9.5-6stateRef.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the Board of Commissioners shall administer the 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 Board of Commissioners to further such purposes.
(Ord. 2014-IV, passed 4-15-2014) Penalty, see § 90.99