(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.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, county, because of lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible. civil actions under this chapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the articles of this chapter by complainants to the Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to I.C. 22-9.5-6, et seq., and the Board 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, et seq.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of 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 Board and with the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The Board, or the Board's designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(1982 Code, § 123.03) (Ord. passed 9-21-1998; Ord. 2021-006, passed 3-3-2021)