8410-93 Amending Article 9 of Chapter 2 Human Rights Ordinance

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(1) The term "c"Charge" shall mean any written grievances filed by a charging party with the Commission. The original shall be signed and verified before a notary public or other person duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments; notarial service shall be furnished by the Commission without charge. To be acceptable by the Commission a charge shall be sufficiently complete so as to reflect properly the full name and address of the charging party; the name and address of the respondent against whom the charge is made; the alleged discriminatory practice and a statement of the particulars thereof; if of a continuing nature, the dates between which said continuing acts of discrimination are alleged to have occurred; and a statement as to any other action, civil or criminal, instituted in any other form based upon the same grievance as is alleged in the charge, together with a statement as to the status or disposition of such other action. No charge based upon discrimination in housing and housing related transactions as prohibited by this act shall be valid unless filed within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the alleged act . No charge based upon any discrimination other than housing and housing related transactions shall be valid unless filed within ninety (90) days from the date of the alleged act, or from the date of the termination of a published and meaningful grievance procedure provided by a respondent employer, or labor union. (m) The term "r"Respondent" shall mean any person against whom a charge is filed. (n) The term "c"Consent agreement" shall mean a formal agreement entered into in lieu of adjudication. (o) The term "a"Affirmative action" shall mean those acts which the Commission deems necessary to assure compliance with the South Bend Human Rights Ordinance. (p) The term "sex" as it applies to segregation or separation in this article shall apply to all types of employment, education, public accommodation and housing. (q) "Handicap" or "handicapped" "Disabled" or "Disability" means, with respect to a person: (1) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one (1) or more of the person' s major life activities; (2) A record of having an impairment described in subdivision (1) ; or (3) Being regarded as having an impairment described in subdivision (1) . The term does not include current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance (as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §802) . The term does not include an individual solely because the individual is a transvestite. (r) The term "p"Person" means one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, labor organizations, cooperatives, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, receivers, fiduciaries and other organized groups of r‘ercnnc•