Section 12-106 - Effect of failure to appeal or decide.
§ 12-106. Effect of failure to appeal or decide.
(a) Failure to appeal.- Except as otherwise provided in this title, if a grievant fails to appeal a decision in accordance with this title to the next step in the grievance procedure, the grievant is considered to have accepted the decision.
(b) Failure to decide.- Except as otherwise provided in this title, a failure to decide a grievance at any step in the grievance procedure in accordance with this title is considered a denial from which an appeal may be made.
[An. Code 1957, art. 64A, § 55; 1993, ch. 10, § 2; 1996, ch. 347, § 1.]