CHAPTER 279

H.P. 1043 - L.D. 1424

An Act Relating to the Award of Attorneys' Fees and

Damages under the Maine Human Rights Act

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

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

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. 2. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 327, §4, is amended to read:

C. Issued a right-to-sue letter under section 4612, subsection 6 and the action was brought by the aggrieved person not more than 2 years after the act of unlawful discrimination of which the complaint was made as provided in section 4613, subsection 2, paragraph C.; or

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read:

D.__Dismissed the case in error.