[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR115.209]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 115_CERTIFICATION AND FUNDING OF STATE AND LOCAL FAIR HOUSING 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B_Certification of Substantially Equivalent Agencies
 
Sec. 115.209  Denial of interim certification.

    (a) If the Assistant Secretary determines, after application of the 
criteria set forth in this part that the State and local law or 
ordinance, on its face or in its operation, does not provide substantive 
rights, procedures, remedies, and availability of judicial review for 
alleged discriminatory housing practices which are substantially 
equivalent to those provided in the Fair Housing Act, the Assistant 
Secretary shall inform the State or local official in writing of the 
reasons for that determination.
    (b) The agency, within 20 days from the date of the receipt of this 
notice, may submit, in writing, any opposition to the planned denial of 
interim certification to the Assistant Secretary. The Assistant 
Secretary will evaluate all

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pertinent written comments, information, and documentation. If, after 
reviewing all materials submitted by the agency, the Assistant Secretary 
is still of the opinion that interim certification should be denied, the 
Assistant Secretary will inform the agency in writing of that 
determination.
    (c) If the agency does not, within 20 days of receipt of the 
Assistant Secretary's notice of denial of interim certification, make a 
request of the Assistant Secretary under paragraph (b) of this section 
to submit additional data, views, or comments, no further action shall 
be required of the Assistant Secretary and denial of interim 
certification shall occur.