HB527 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Joseph C. Mitchell
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Alabama Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, adopted, Sec. 8-1-41 am'd.; Secs. 6-6-1 to 6-6-16, inclusive, repealed
Description: Under existing law, agreements to submit future controversies to arbitration are unenforceable in certain circumstances.
This bill would allow agreements to arbitrate future controversies to be enforced under certain circumstances.
This bill would adopt a modification of the revised uniform arbitration act to allow parties the ability to voluntarily choose arbitration as an alternative to resolving their disputes in court, would regulate that process, and would provide procedural safeguards to the structure and fairness of the arbitration process in Alabama.
Subjects: Arbitration

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business