CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS

IC 22-9.5-2

    

Chapter 2. Definitions

IC 22-9.5-2-1

Applicability of definitions

    

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this
article.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-2

"Aggrieved person" defined

    

Sec. 2. "Aggrieved person" includes any person who:

        (1) claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing
practice; or

        (2) believes that the person will be injured by a discriminatory
housing practice that is about to occur.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-3

"Commission" defined

    

Sec. 3. "Commission" refers to the civil rights commission or to
a local agency designated by an ordinance adopted under
IC 22-9.5-4-1.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.111-1992, SEC.5.

IC 22-9.5-2-4

"Complainant" defined

    

Sec. 4. "Complainant" means a person, including the commission,
who files a complaint under IC 22-9.5-6.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-5

"Conciliation" defined

    

Sec. 5. "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues
raised by a complaint or by the investigation of a complaint, through
informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent,
and the commission.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.



IC 22-9.5-2-6

"Conciliation agreement" defined

    

Sec. 6. "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement
setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-7

"Discriminatory housing practice" defined

    

Sec. 7. "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act prohibited
by IC 22-9.5-5.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-8

"Dwelling" defined

    

Sec. 8. "Dwelling" means:

        (1) any building, structure, or part of a building or structure that
is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a
residency by one (1) or more families; or

        (2) any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for the
construction or location of a building, structure, or part of a
building or structure described by subdivision (1).

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-9

"Family" defined

    

Sec. 9. "Family" includes a single individual.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-10

Repealed

    (Repealed by P.L.99-2007, SEC.224.)

IC 22-9.5-2-11

"Person" defined

    

Sec. 11. "Person" means one (1) or more individuals,
corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations,
labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies,
joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees,
trustees in cases under Title 11, receivers, and fiduciaries.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.294.

IC 22-9.5-2-12

"Respondent" defined

    

Sec. 12. "Respondent" means:

        (1) the person accused of a violation of this article in a
complaint of discriminatory housing practice; or

        (2) any person identified as an additional or a substitute
respondent under IC 22-9.5-6-4 or an agent of an additional or
a substitute respondent.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.

IC 22-9.5-2-13

"To rent" defined

    

Sec. 13. "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let, or to
otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not
owned by the occupant.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.