Section 344.240 - Scope of and procedure for judicial review -Hearing - Appeal(1) Any complainant, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final order of the commission, including a final order dismissing any complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement, may obtain judicial review, and the commission may obtain an order of the court for enforcement of its final order, in a proceeding brought in the Circuit Court in a county in which the alleged unlawful practice which is the subject of the final order or complaint occurs or in which a respondent resides or has his principal place of business.(2) Except for a discriminatory housing practice, if the commission has failed to schedule a hearing in accordance with KRS 344.210(1) or has failed to issue a final order within one hundred eighty (180) days after the complaint is filed, the complainant, respondent, Attorney General, or an intervenor may petition the Circuit Court in a county in which the alleged unlawful practice set forth in the complaint occurs or in which the petitioner resides or has his principal place of business for an order directing the commission to schedule a hearing or to issue its final order. The court shall follow the procedure set forth in KRS Chapter 13B and this section so far as applicable.(3) If before the expiration of sixty (60) days after the date of the commission order is entered for a discriminatory housing practice and no petition for review has been filed under subsection (1) of this section, any person entitled to under the discriminatory housing practice order may petition for a decree enforcing the order in the Circuit Court for the county in which the discriminatory housing practice is alleged to have occurred.(4) Except for subsection (2) of this section, all provisions in this section shall apply to orders issued in a discriminatory housing practice proceeding.Effective:7/15/1996
Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 320, effective7/15/1996. --Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 26, effective 7/14/1992. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 120. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 10. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 2, Art. 5, sec. 507.