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Sec. 16-27. Court Enforcement.

(a) Institution of action. In any case where the board or the committee has found that a respondent has engaged in or is

engaging in a discriminatory practice in violation of sections

16-14 and/or 16-15, and such respondent has failed to correct

or eliminate such discriminatory practice within the time limit

prescribed by the board or the committee and the time limit

for appeal to the board has elapsed, the board may file in its

own name in the Marion County circuit or superior courts a

complaint against the respondent for the enforcement of

section 16-26. Such complaint may request such temporary or

permanent injunctive relief as may be appropriate and such

additional af irmative relief or orders as wil effectuate the

purposes of this chapter and as may be equitable, within the

powers and jurisdiction of the court.

(b) Record of hearing; evidentiary value. In any action filed pursuant to this section, the board may file with the court a

record of the hearing held by the complaint adjudication

committee pursuant to section 16-26, which record shal be

certified by the secretary of the board as a true, correct and

complete record of the proceedings upon which the findings of

the complaint adjudication committee and/or the board were

based. The court may, in its discretion, admit any evidence

contained in the record as evidence in the action filed under

subsection (a), to the extent such evidence would be admissible

in court under the rules of evidence if the witness or witnesses

were present in court, without limitation upon the right of any

party to offer such additional evidence as may be pertinent to

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the issues and as the court shal , in its discretion, permit

(c) Temporary judicial relief upon filing of complaint. Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to section 16-17 by a person

claiming to be aggrieved, the chief of icer, in the name of the

board and in accordance with such procedures as the board

shal establish by rule, may seek temporary orders for

injunctions in the Marion County circuit or superior courts to

prevent irreparable harm to the complainant, pending

resolution of the complaint by the of ice, complaint

adjudication committee and the board.

(d) Enforcement of conciliating agreements. If the board

determines that any party to a conciliation agreement

approved by the chief of icer under section 16-24 has failed or

refused to comply with the terms of the agreement, it may file a

complaint in the name of the board in the Marion County

circuit or superior courts seeking an appropriate decree for the

enforcement of the agreement

(e) Trial de novo upon finding of sex discrimination related to