(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 chief elected official of the town.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the town, because of lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under the chapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of this chapter by complainants to the State Civil Rights Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6 and the chief elected official of the town, 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. 22-9.5-6.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the town 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 chief elected official and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The chief elected official of the town, or the chief elected official’s designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(e) Any person who violates § 95.08 shall be fined according to local, state and federal law; and if bodily injury results, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
(Ord. 2016-3, passed 7-19-2016)