(A) If the hearing officer determines that the Respondent has not engaged in an unlawful act, he or she shall state his or her findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall tender to the Commission an order dismissing the complaint. A copy of the order shall be delivered to the Complainant, the Respondent, and such other public officers and persons as the Commission deems proper.
(B) If the hearing officer determines that the Respondent has engaged in an unlawful act, he/she shall state his/her findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall tender to the Commission an order requiring the Respondent to cease and desist from the Commission of unlawful acts and to take such affirmative action as in the judgment of the Commission will carry out the purposes of this chapter. A copy of the order shall be delivered to the Respondent, the Complainant, and to such other public officers and persons as the Commission deems proper.
(C) Affirmative action ordered under this section may include but is not limited to:
(1) Payment to the Complainant of damages for injury caused by an unlawful act including compensation for humiliation and embarrassment.
(2) Payment to the Complainant of property damages caused by an unlawful act.
(3) The Commission may publish or cause to be published the names of persons who have been determined to have engaged in an unlawful act.
(4) Within 20 days after receipt of the order tendered to the Commission by the hearing officer pursuant to subsections (A) or (B) of this § 92.44, the Commission shall either approve the hearing officer's order and issue the order as an order of the Commission or disapprove the order and send to the hearing officer a written statement of the reasons for its disapproval and its instruction that a new hearing be held in light of the Commission's expressed reasons for disapproval. The failure of the Commission to act within the 20-day period prescribed hereby shall constitute approval of the hearing officer's tendered order and said order the expiration of said period shall be an order of the Commission.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 98.52) (Lou. Ord. No. 281-1991, approved 11-13-1991; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 193-2004, approved 12-10-2004)