2005 Texas Property Code CHAPTER 437. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

PROPERTY CODE

CHAPTER 437. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS


	§ 437.001. AWARD FILING.  (a) If an arbitration award is 
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the filer 
shall also, not later than the 30th day after the date an award is 
made in a residential construction arbitration, file with the 
commission a summary of the arbitration award that includes:
		(1)  the names of the parties to the dispute;                                 
		(2)  the name of each party's attorney, if any;                               
		(3)  the name of the arbitrator who conducted the 
arbitration;              
		(4)  the name of the arbitration services provider who 
administered the arbitration, if any;
		(5)  the fee charged to conduct the arbitration;                              
		(6)  a general statement of each issue in dispute;                            
		(7)  the arbitrator's determination, including the 
party that prevailed in each issue in dispute and the amount of any 
monetary award;  and
		(8)  the date of the arbitrator's award.                                      
	(b)  The commission shall establish rules to permit the 
voluntary filing of the information listed in Subsection (a) by any 
interested party.  Any agreement prohibiting the disclosure of the 
information listed in Subsection (a) is unenforceable.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 458, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.      


	§ 437.002. ENFORCEMENT.  (a) The commission by rule shall 
establish a fee not to exceed $100 for the late filing of an 
arbitration award and procedures for the collection of that fee.
	(b)  A party to an arbitration, or an attorney for a party, 
may report an overdue filing of an arbitration award to the 
commission.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 458, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.