CHAPTER 39

S.P. 51 - L.D. 145

An Act Concerning Appeal Rights under the Maine Enterprise

Option Program

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

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1197, sub-§8-B, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:

B-1.__A person aggrieved by the decision of the hearing officer may appeal to the commission by filing an appeal in accordance with rules established by the commission as long as the appealing party participated in the hearing by that hearing officer and was given notice of the effect of the failure to participate in writing prior to the hearing.

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1197, sub-§8-B, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 130, §2, is amended to read:

C. A person aggrieved by the decision of the hearing officer commission may appeal by commencing an action pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter VII 7. The Commissioner of Labor must be made a defendant in any such appeal.