(A) If the Commission finds that any person has committed an unlawful practice as defined in this chapter it may subject such person to a fine not greater than civil penalties established by the Federal Fair Housing Act in Section 812. The Commission may, if such person refuses to pay the fine, file an action in the Circuit Court for the collection thereof.
(B) If a real estate broker, a real estate salesman, or an employee thereof has failed to comply with any order issued by the Commission, or has been found to have committed an unlawful practice in violation of this chapter, the Commission shall so notify in writing the Real Estate Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(C) Should the Commission determine at anytime that a complaint filed with it alleging a violation of this chapter was filed in bad faith, the Commission shall forthwith issue an order requiring the complainant(s) to pay to the respondent the amount of the reasonable expenses caused the respondent by the filing of the complaint, including reasonable attorney's fees, and such order may be enforced in the same manner as any other order issued by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of those sections.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 98.99) (Lou. Ord. No. 252-1967, approved 12-26-1967; Lou. Ord. No. 116-1968, approved 5-17-1968; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 349-1991, approved 1-3-1992; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 193-2004, approved 12-10-2004)