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| 1 | 1 | 81R6122 TJS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Elkins H.B. No. 1083 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to mediation orders in certain arbitration proceedings. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 154.021, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) Except as provided by agreement of the parties, a court | |
| 12 | 12 | may not order mediation in an action that is subject to the Federal | |
| 13 | 13 | Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16). | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 15 | 15 | to an action that is commenced on or after the effective date of | |
| 16 | 16 | this Act. An action that is commenced before the effective date of | |
| 17 | 17 | this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before | |
| 18 | 18 | that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |