| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-A.__Administrative dismissal.__If the complainant fails to | | appear in person at any meeting scheduled by the commission or | | its designated representative, or if the complainant fails to | | be available for any telephone conferences scheduled by the | | commission or its designated representative, then the | | complaint must be administratively dismissed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, | | §7, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 327, | | §3, are further amended to read: |
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| | A. Dismissed the case under section 4612, subsection 2; | | or |
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| | | B. Failed, within 90 days after finding reasonable | | grounds to believe that unlawful discrimination occurred, | | to enter into a conciliation agreement to which the | plaintiff was a party; or |
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| | | Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 327, §4, | | is repealed. |
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| | | This bill requires the complainant in a Maine Human Rights | | Commission action to appear at all fact-finding conferences or | | the complaint will be dismissed and gives the commission | | additional time to complete its investigation. |
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