Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 172.116 · Subchapter E. ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS
APPOINTED EXPERT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as agreed by the parties, the arbitration tribunal may:
(1) appoint an expert to report to it on a specific issue to be determined by the tribunal; and
(2) require a party to:
(A) give the expert relevant information; or
(B) produce or provide access to relevant documents, goods, or other property.
(b) Except as agreed by the parties, if a party requests or if the arbitration tribunal considers it necessary, the expert shall, after delivery of a written or oral report, participate in an oral hearing at which each party may:
(1) question the expert; and
(2) present an expert witness on the issue.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.172.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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