HOUSE BILL 799

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Rhonda King

AN ACT

RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR TOLLING OF LIMITATION PERIOD IN ACTIONS FOR WRONGFUL DISCHARGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section in Chapter 37, Article 1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] ACCRUAL OF CAUSE OF ACTION IN CLAIM FOR WRONGFUL DISCHARGE.--A cause of action for wrongful discharge, whether sounding in contract or tort, accrues when the claimant has received a final decision in a completed grievance or other administrative process afforded him by his employer as a discretionary or mandatory dispute resolution remedy."

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