Sections
8 entriesSection 467Establishes a seven-member Dispute Resolution Advisory Council within Consumer Affairs, with five gubernatorial appointees and one each from the Senate Rules Committee…Section 467.1Requires chapter-funded dispute-resolution programs to operate under county contract and comply with the chapter and advisory-council rules. Allows counties to grant funds…Section 467.2Requires a dispute-resolution program to meet specified conditions before receiving chapter funding, including trained neutral facilitators, sliding-scale services free to indigent participants,…Section 467.3Requires funded programs, before dispute resolution begins, to give prospective participants an easy-to-read written statement describing the dispute, process, party rights and…Section 467.4Bars a program-assisted dispute-resolution agreement from court enforcement or admission in judicial or administrative proceedings unless the parties’ consent or agreement clearly…Section 467.5Requires every proceeding conducted by a chapter-funded dispute-resolution program, including arbitration and conciliation, to comply with the specified Evidence Code chapter governing…Section 467.6Requires each funded dispute-resolution program to keep the statistical records required by the referenced reporting provision and any additional records required by…Section 467.7Allows a person who voluntarily enters dispute resolution to revoke consent, withdraw, and seek judicial or administrative relief unless the parties agreed…