KRS 344.320: Powers of local commissions.

A local commission may be authorized to:

(1) Receive, initiate, investigate, hear, and determine charges of violations of

ordinances, orders, or resolutions forbidding discrimination adopted by the city or

county.

(2) Compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence before it by

subpoena issued by the Circuit Court of the county wherein the local commission is

authorized to act.

(3) Issue remedial orders, after notice and hearing, requiring cessation of violations.

(4) Issue such affirmative orders as in the judgment of the local comm ission will carry

out the purposes of this chapter. Affirmative action ordered may include but is not

limited to the remedies enumerated in subsection (3) of KRS 344.230.

(5) Employ an executive director, attorneys, hearing examiners, clerks and other

employees and agents.

(6) Accept grants, gifts, or bequests, public or private to help finance its activities.