§ 5-5-11. FILING COMPLAINTS; PROCEDURE.

(A)

Any person who claims to have been injured by a prohibited activity covered by this chapter may file a complaint with the director. Such complaints shall be in writing and shall identify the person alleged to have committed or alleged to be committing a discriminatory practice and shall state the facts upon which the allegations of a discriminatory practice are based. The director shall prepare complaint forms and furnish them without charge to any person, upon request.

(B)

All complaints must be filed within 180 days following the occurrence of an alleged discriminatory practice. Upon filing or referral of any complaint, the director shall within ten days provide notice of the complaint by furnishing a copy of such complaint to the persons named therein who allegedly committed an alleged discriminatory practice (hereinafter referred to as respondent). The respondent may file an answer to the complaint within 15 days of receipt of the written complaint.

(C)

If at any time the director or his/her designee shall receive or discover credible evidence and shall have reasonable cause to believe that any person or persons have committed a discriminatory practice as prohibited by this chapter, as to which no complaint has been filed or is about to be filed, the director may prepare and file a complaint upon his/her own motion and in his/her own name and such complaint shall hereinafter be treated in the same manner as a complaint filed by a person aggrieved.

(D)

The director may grant expedited review to any complaint filed under this chapter, in accordance with the policy concerning expedited reviews as determined by the director in consultation with the commission.

Source: 1992 Code Section 7-5-11; Ord. 031106-12; Ord. 031211-11.