(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights granted by this article, or that any group of persons has been denied any of the rights granted by this article and such denial raises an issue of general public importance, the Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate circuit court.
(b) (1) The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate circuit court for appropriate relief with respect to a discriminatory housing practice referred to the Attorney General by the commission under subsection (f), section eleven of this article. A civil action under this paragraph may be commenced not later than the expiration of eighteen months after the date of the occurrence or the termination of the alleged discriminatory housing practice.
(2) The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate circuit court for appropriate relief with respect to breach of a conciliation agreement referred to the Attorney General by the commission under subsection (c), section eleven of this article. A civil action may be commenced under this paragraph not later than the expiration of ninety days after the referral of the alleged breach under subsection (c), section eleven of this article.