(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this chapter and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commission as set forth in division (B) below shall be vested in the President of the Board of Commissioners of the county.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-6 the Board of Commissioners of the county, because of a lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this chapter, herein elect to refer all formal complaints of violation of the articles of this chapter by Complainants to the State Civil Rights Commission (“Commission”) for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6 and the Board of Commissioners of the county shall refer all said complaints to the Commission as provided for under division (A) above to said Commission for the purposes of investigation, resolution and appropriate relief as provided under I.C. 22-9.5-6.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the county 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 Executive Officer and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The Board of Commissioners of the county shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(E) If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be determined to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of its provisions to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(Ord. 1-4-10, passed 2-5-2001)