HF 1692

SECOND ENGROSSMENT

Article 1: Uniform Arbitration Act language provided.

Sec. 1: Definitions provided.

Sec. 2: Arbitration notice language provided.

Sec. 3: Act application language provided.

Sec. 4: Arbitration agreement effect language provided; nonwaivable provisions.

Sec. 5: Court application language provided.

Sec. 6: Arbitration agreement validity language provided.

Sec. 7: Motion to compel or stay arbitration language provided.

Sec. 8: Provisional remedies language provided.

Sec. 9: Arbitration initiation language provided.

Sec. 10: Separate arbitration proceedings consolidation language provided.

Sec. 11: Arbitrator appointment; service as a neutral arbitrator language provided.

Sec. 12: Arbitrator disclosure language provided.

Sec. 13: Majority action language provided.

Sec. 14: Arbitrator immunity, competency to testify, and attorney fees and costs language provided.

Sec. 15: Arbitration process language provided.

Sec. 16: Representation by lawyer language provided.

Sec. 17: Witnesses, subpoenas, depositions, and discovery language provided.

Sec. 18: Pre-award ruling court enforcement by arbitrator language provided.

Sec. 19: Award language provided.

Sec. 20: Arbitrator change of award language provided.

Sec. 21: Remedies, fees, and expenses of arbitration proceeding language provided.

Sec. 22: Award confirmation language provided.

Sec. 23: Award vacancy language provided.

Sec. 24: Award modification or correction language provided.

Sec. 25: Award judgment; attorney fees and litigation expenses language provided.

Sec. 26: Jurisdiction language provided.

Sec. 27: Venue language provided.

Sec. 28: Appeals language provided.

Sec. 29: Application and construction uniformity, no fault automobile insurance act, conflict, and prevailing law language provided.

Sec. 30: Savings clause provided.

Sec. 31: Electronic signatures in global and national commerce act relationship language provided.

Sec. 32: Repealer provided.

Sec 33: Effective date provided.

Article 2: Conforming amendments made.

Sec. 1: Full service station; building alterations provisions modified.

Sec. 2: Teacher termination; hearing and determination by arbitrator provisions modified.

Sec. 3: Charges against teacher; hearing and determination by arbitrator provisions modified.

Sec. 4: Labor disputes; arbitration provisions modified.

Sec. 5: Manufacturer, wholesaler, assembler, or importer; arbitration provisions modified.

Sec. 6: Motor vehicle manufacturers; alternative dispute settlement mechanism provisions modified.

Sec. 7: Disputes over county costs arbitration provisions modified.

Sec. 8: Planning dispute resolution; binding arbitration submissions provisions modified.

Sec. 9: Effective date provided.