81R6122 TJS-D
By: Elkins H.B. No. 1083
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to mediation orders in certain arbitration proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.021, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by agreement of the parties, a court
may not order mediation in an action that is subject to the Federal
Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action that is commenced on or after the effective date of
this Act. An action that is commenced before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.