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344.600 Complaint on discriminatory housing practice -- Investigation.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
(a)
(b)
1.
An aggrieved person may, not later than one (1) year after an
alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred or terminated,
file a complaint with the commission alleging a discriminatory
housing practice. All other complaints of an alleged discrimination
practice must be filed pursuant to the procedure described in KRS
344.200. The commission, on its own initiative, or the Attorney
General may also file a complaint alleging a discriminatory housing
practice.
2.
The complaint shall be in writing and shall contain the information
and be in a form required by the commission.
3.
The commission may also investigate housing practices to
determine whether a complaint should be brought under this section.
Upon the filing of the discriminatory housing practice complaint:
1.
The commission shall within five (5) days serve written notice upon
the aggrieved person acknowledging the filing and advising the
aggrieved person of the time limits and choice of forums provided in
KRS 344.635.
2.
The commission shall, not later than ten (10) days after the filing or
the identification of an additional respondent under subsection (2) of
this section, serve on the respondent a written notice identifying the
alleged discriminatory housing practice and advising the respondent
of the procedural rights and obligations of respondents under this
chapter, together with a copy of the original complaint;
3.
Each respondent shall file, not later than ten (10) days after receipt
of notice from the commission, an answer to the complaint; and
4.
The commission shall commence an investigation of the alleged
discriminatory housing practice within thirty (30) days of filing the
complaint and complete the investigation within one hundred (100)
days after the filing of the complaint, unless it is impracticable to do
so.
If the commission is unable to complete the investigation within one
hundred (100) days after the filing of the complaint, the commission shall
notify the complainant and respondent in writing of the reasons for not
doing so.
Complaints and answers shall be under oath or affirmation, and may be
reasonably and fairly amended at any time.
A person who is not named as a respondent in a complaint, but who is
identified as a respondent in the course of investigation, may be joined as
an additional or substitute respondent upon written notice, under
subsection (1) of this section, to that person, from the commission.
The notice, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of
this section, shall explain the basis for the commission's belief that the
person to whom the notice is addressed is properly joined as a
respondent.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 378, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1994.
Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 16, effective July 14, 1992.
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