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16-123-321. Conciliation.
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16-123-321. Conciliation.
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the director or the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, to the extent feasible, shall engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint.
(b) A conciliation agreement reached through conciliation is a written agreement between a respondent, the complainant, and the commission requiring approval from all three (3).
(c)(1) A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration of the dispute arising from the complaint.
(2) A conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief, including monetary relief.
(d) A conciliation agreement shall be made public, unless the complainant and respondent agree otherwise and the director determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purposes of this subchapter.
(e) If the director has reasonable cause to believe that a respondent has breached a conciliation agreement, the director may authorize and the Attorney General may file a civil action for the enforcement of the conciliation agreement as provided by § 16-123-330.
(f) No statements or actions made within the course of conciliation may be made public or used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding under this subchapter without the written consent of the persons concerned.
(g) After completion of the director's investigation, the director shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, information derived from the investigation and the final report related to that investigation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-123-321
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16-123-321. Conciliation.
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the director or the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, to the extent feasible, shall engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint.
(b) A conciliation agreement reached through conciliation is a written agreement between a respondent, the complainant, and the commission requiring approval from all three (3).
(c)(1) A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration of the dispute arising from the complaint.
(2) A conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief, including monetary relief.
(d) A conciliation agreement shall be made public, unless the complainant and respondent agree otherwise and the director determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purposes of this subchapter.
(e) If the director has reasonable cause to believe that a respondent has breached a conciliation agreement, the director may authorize and the Attorney General may file a civil action for the enforcement of the conciliation agreement as provided by § 16-123-330.
(f) No statements or actions made within the course of conciliation may be made public or used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding under this subchapter without the written consent of the persons concerned.
(g) After completion of the director's investigation, the director shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, information derived from the investigation and the final report related to that investigation.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-123-330. Attorney General — Action for enforcement.
(a) If a timely election is made under § 16-123-329, the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall authorize and the Attorney General shall file and maintain on behalf of the aggrieved person a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking appropriate relief under this section.
(b) If the commission determines, as under § 16-123-321, and after consultation with the office of the Attorney General, that a conciliation agreement has been breached by the respondent, the Attorney General may file a civil action on behalf of the aggrieved person in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the party seeking enforcement of the conciliation agreement resides.
(c) An aggrieved person may intervene in the civil action.
(d) If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may grant as relief any relief that a court may grant in a civil action under this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-123-330
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-123-330. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.