82R9312 TJS-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 3444
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required disclosure for appointment of certain
impartial third parties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 154, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 154.0521 to read as
follows:
Sec. 154.0521. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED. To be appointed an
impartial third party to facilitate an arbitration under this
subchapter, a person must disclose to all parties the nature of any
financial or other relationship the person has to any party.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the appointment of an impartial third party that takes place on
or after the effective date of this Act. An appointment of an
impartial third party that takes place before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.