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award punitive damages as allowed by the Fair Housing Act. Charging parties shall make <br />such a request to the Commission in writing within five (5) days from the notice of final <br />Commission action, which notice shall advise charging parry of this right to damage <br />determination, and the Commission shall represent charging party at the Commission's <br />expense in such court action for damages. The Commission shall seek such a judicial <br />determination of damages within one (1) year of the alleged discriminatory housing <br />practice. If it is impracticable for the Commission to seek such a determination within <br />one (1) year of the alleged discriminatory act, it shall notify charging party and <br />respondent in writing of its reasons for not doing so, and shall undertake such judicial <br />determination as soon as practicable. <br />0) Reduce the terms of conciliation agreed to by the parties to a writing to be called a "consent <br />agreement" which the parties and a majority of the Commissioners shall sign and when so signed <br />the consent agreement shall have the same effect as a final decision of the Commission. If the <br />Commission determines that a party to a consent agreement is not complying with the <br />agreement, the Commission may obtain enforcement of the consent agreement in a circuit or <br />superior court upon showing that the party is subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. <br />(k) Institute actions in the St. Joseph Superior or Circuit Court for appropriate or equitable <br />relief. <br />(1) Transfer cases to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission or to an appropriate federal agency <br />and to receive case's transferred from the Indiana Civil Rights Commission or from, an <br />appropriate federal agency. The South Bend Human Rights Commission shall proceed to act on <br />any case transferred to it from the Indiana Civil Rights Commission as if the case had been <br />originally filed with the South Bend Human Rights Commission as of the date the charge was <br />filed with the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. <br />See. 2 -132. Discrimination in Performance of City Contracts. <br />Every contract to which the City is a party, including franchises granted to the public utilities, <br />shall contain a provision requiring the contractor and his subcontractor not to discriminate <br />against any employee or applicant for employment who is to be employed in the performance of <br />such contracts with respect to his hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, <br />because of his race, religion, color, sex, handicap, sexual orientation or gender identi1L national <br />origin or ancestry. Breach of this covenant may be considered a material breach of the contract. <br />See. 2- 132.1. Private Enforcement. <br />This section may be enforced by an aggrieved charging party through the commencement of an <br />action in the St. Joseph County Circuit or Superior Court or any other court of proper jurisdiction <br />not less than one (1) year after the occurrence or termination of the alleged discriminatory <br />practice. <br />14 <br />