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<br />363.06 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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<br /> (5) If a lessor, after he has engaged in a discriminator)' practice defined in
<br />section 363.03, subdivision 2, clause (I), (a), leases or rents a dwelling unit to a
<br />person who has no knowledge of the practice or of the existence of a charge with
<br />respect to the practice, the ies~r shall be liable [or actual damages sustained by a
<br />rson b)' reason o[ a final order as provided in this section requiring the person to
<br />evicled from the dwelling unit.
<br />(6) In an)' complaint issued under this section, the commissioner may seek
<br />relief for a class of individuals affected by an unfair discriminator)' practice
<br />occurring on or after a date six months prior to the filing of the charge from which
<br />the complaint originales.
<br /> (7) The commissioner may adopt policies to determine the order in which
<br />charges are processed based on their particular social or legal significance,
<br />administrative convenience, difficulty of resolution, or other standard consistent
<br />with the provisions of this chapter.
<br /> Subd. 5. AUempts to eliminate un/air pra~ices. The commissioner, in com-
<br />plyin.g with subdivision 4, shall endeavor to eliminate the unfair discriminatory
<br />practice through education, conference, conciliation and persuasion at the place
<br />where the practice occurred, or the respondent resides or has his principal place of
<br />business.
<br /> Subd. 6. Publication of accounts o~ ~ The commissioner may publish
<br /> an account of a case in which the complaint has been dismissed or the terms of
<br /> settlement o! a case that has been voluntarily adjusted. Except as provided in
<br /> other sections of this chapter, the,commissioner shall not disclose any information
<br /> concerning his efforts in a particular cas~ to eliminate an unfair discriminatory
<br /> practice through education, conference, conciliation and persuasion.
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<br /> Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1976 c 301 s 5] '
<br /> Subd. 8. Aceess to documents. The charging party or his representative may
<br /> review thc answer of the respondent to the charge submitted pursuant to subdivi-
<br /> sion 1. The department shall make these documents avail~,ble to the charging
<br /> party.
<br /> Hislory: 1955 c 516 s 8; 1961 c 428 s $; 1965 c 586 s 3; 1967 c 897 s 19;
<br /> 1969e 975s 9,10; 1975e 729s6-$; 1976e301 s 1,2; 1979e 156s.i; 1980 e 540 s
<br /> $; 1981c$30s2-5; 1981e.~ s i; 1982c424s 130
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<br /> 363.07 [Repealed, 1967 c 89'/s 29]
<br />· 363.071 HEARINGS.
<br /> Subdivision i. Conduct of hearings. A complaint issued b~ the commission-
<br /> er shall be heard as a contested case, except that the report of the hearing
<br /> exarn~ner shall bc binding on all parties to the proc. ceding and il' appropriate shall
<br /> b~ implemented by an order as provided for in subdivision 2. The hearing shall
<br /> bc conducted at a place designated by the commissioner, within the counly where
<br /> the unfair discriminatory practice occurred or where the Fespondent resides or has
<br /> his principal place of business. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance
<br /> with Minnesota Statutes 1965, Sections 15.0418, 15.0419, 15.0421, 15.0422, and is
<br /> subject to appeal in accordance with section 15.0424.
<br /> Subd. 2. Determination of discriminator)' practice. The h~aring examiner
<br /> shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and if the h~aring examiner
<br /> finds that the respondent has engaged in an unfair discriminatory practice, the
<br /> heafng examiner shall issue an order dirccting the respondent to cease and desist
<br /> from the unfair discriminator')' practice found to exist and to take such affirmative
<br /> action as in the judgment of the examiner will effectuate the purposes of this
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<br /> Subd. 3.
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<br /> Subd. 4.
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