Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

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.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, §7, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 327, §3, are further amended to read:

A. Dismissed the case under section 4612, subsection 2; or

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.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 327, §4, is repealed.

SUMMARY

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.