Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF0891

1E Relating to dispute resolution

ARTICLE 1 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION
ACT

Adopting the "Uniform Arbitration Act"; defining certain terms and
specifying the application of the provisions; providing for notice; regulating
effect of agreement to arbitrate and nonwaivable provisions; requiring
application to court under certain conditions; specifying validity of agreement
to arbitrate, exception; providing for motion to compel or stay arbitration,
provisional remedies, initiation of arbitration, consolidation of separate
arbitration proceedings, appointment of arbitrator and service as a neutral
arbitrator, disclosure requirements, and action by majority; providing for
immunity of arbitrator, competency to testify and attorney fees and costs;
providing for arbitration process requirements, representation by lawyer,
attendance of witnesses, subpoenas, depositions and discovery; providing for
court enforcement of pre-award ruling by arbitrator, award process requirements,
change of award by arbitrator under certain conditions, awarding of remedies,
fees and expenses of arbitration proceedings, confirmation of award authority,
vacating of an award by court under certain conditions, award modifications or
corrections, court judgment on award, attorney fees and litigation expenses,
jurisdiction, appeals authority and venue requirements; providing for uniformity
of application and construction, specifying certain requirements for conflicts
with the no-fault automobile insurance act and prevailing law; savings clause;
providing for uniformity of application and construction and for the
relationship to the federal electronic signatures in global and national
commerce act; savings clause; repealing certain previous arbitration
provisions

ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Making conforming amendments
to certain statutory provisions relating to motor fuel franchise agreements,
teacher hearings and determinations, mediation of labor disputes and relations,
sales representative agreement termination actions, new motor vehicle warranties
alternative dispute settlement mechanisms, economic development arbitration of
disputes over county costs and municipal comprehensive planning dispute
resolutions
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