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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND HUMAN <br /> RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY OF ST.JOSEPH FOR ENFORCEMENT <br /> OF THE COUNTY'S HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE <br /> This Agreement is made and entered into this day of , 2017, by and <br /> between St. Joseph County, Indiana(the "County"), and the City of South(the City)through the <br /> South Bend Human Rights Commission(the "Commission"). <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, The South Bend Human Rights Commission (the "Commission") is an <br /> agency of the City of South Bend (the City) and both the City and the County of St. Joseph (the <br /> County) are political subdivisions organized and existing pursuant to the laws of the State of <br /> Indiana. Both the City and the County are empowered pursuant to Ind. Code §36-1-7 to enter into <br /> this Interlocal Agreement and to cooperate in furtherance of the joint action described in this <br /> Agreement; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County has previously enacted a Human Rights Ordinance (St. Joseph <br /> County Code, Title III, Chapter 37) which is effective in those parts of St. Joseph County which <br /> are not part of the corporate limits of the City of South Bend; and <br /> WHEREAS, as part of that Human Rights Ordinance,the County designated the Indiana <br /> Civil Rights Commission as the enforcing body,but reserved the right to designate an alternative <br /> local agency at such a time as the alternative local agency would be in existence and eligible to <br /> carry out that enforcement; and <br /> WHEREAS, entering into an interlocal agreement with the South Bend Human Rights <br /> Commission would make the Commission"eligible"to carry out enforcement of the Human <br /> Rights Ordinance for claims under the Human Rights Ordinance occurring outside the corporate <br /> limits of the City of South Bend; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County desires to designate the South Bend Human Rights <br /> Commission, as an alternative local agency which is in existence and made eligible by this <br /> Interlocal Agreement, as the enforcing body of the St. Joseph County Human Rights Ordinance; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Commission is amenable to being designated as the enforcing body of <br /> the St. Joseph County Human Rights Ordinance. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE,the County and the Commission agree as follows: <br /> 1. Purpose of Inter-Local Agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to <br /> designate the South Bend Human Rights Commission as the enforcing body for claims under the <br /> St. Joseph County Human Rights Ordinance arising out of occurrences located outside the <br />