(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commissioner as set forth in division (B) hereof shall be vested in the Board of Commissioners of Greene County, Indiana.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, because of lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under the chapter, the Board of Commissioners herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the sections 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 Greene 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 executive departments and agencies of Greene 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 Greene County, Indiana, and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The Board of Commissioners of Greene County, Indiana, or its designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 2014-01, passed 5-7-2014)