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SENATE BILL NO. 633
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:176(F), relative to school interscholastic extracurricular athletic programs;2
to prohibit certain schools from being a member of, or participating in any3
competition sponsored by, organizations that do not provide for arbitration of4
eligibility issues; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:176(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;8
prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions9
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F.(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school11
or nonpublic school that receives any public funds may be a member of, or12
participate in any competition sponsored by, any intrastate interscholastic13
extra-curricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for14
third-party arbitration of eligibility issues.15
(2) For the purposes of this Section, the term "third-party arbitration"16
means a process that provides all of the following elements:17
(a) The rules and procedures established by the association or18
organization shall generally comply with the spirit of the rules and procedures19
of the American Arbitration Association.20
(b) Arbitrators shall be approved by the American Arbitration21
Association and the parties.22
(c) Arbitration shall be implemented only after all internal remedies23
have been exhausted.24
(d) Each party shall bear the cost of its own representation and any other25
costs related to its presentation, if any.26
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(e) Except as provided in Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph, the losing1
party shall bear the costs of the arbitration proceeding.2
(f) The resulting arbitration decision shall be final and non-appealable.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: