Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 154.021 · Subchapter B. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES
REFERRAL OF PENDING DISPUTES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, refer a pending dispute for resolution by an alternative dispute resolution procedure including:
(1) an alternative dispute resolution system established under Chapter 26, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 2372aa, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(2) a dispute resolution organization; or
(3) a nonjudicial and informally conducted forum for the voluntary settlement of citizens' disputes through the intervention of an impartial third party, including those alternative dispute resolution procedures described under this subchapter.
(b) The court shall confer with the parties in the determination of the most appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedure.
(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).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1121, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (H.B. 1083), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.154.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 154.021. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 154.022NOTIFICATION AND OBJECTION.Printed as Section 154.021
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 154.051APPOINTMENT OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES.Printed as Section 154.021
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 155.004APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.Printed as Sections 154.021 through 154.023, 154.053, 154.054, and 154.071 through 154.073
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