Delaware House Bill 313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-31 - Reported Out of Committee (MANUFACTURED HOUSING) in House with 4 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill amends existing section 7001A, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making several revisions to the existing alternative dispute resolution methods (“ADR”) that are to be followed by the parties. Among the improvements to this section, the bill clarifies that: the ADR specialist must be an objective, disinterested person; the parties must attempt to resolve their differences first by taking advantage of the ADR procedures existing in the Code, prior to initiating litigation; the parties must attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute or, if they do not make a good faith effort to do so, sanctions will be imposed, and all persons necessary to resolution of the dispute must be present at the ADR conference. Then, after attempting mandatory mediation, a party or the parties, if they want to pursue further action, must choose between binding arbitration and filing a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Additionally, this bill strikes section 2519, Chapter 25, Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Council on Manufactured Housing.

An Act To Amend Titles 25 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Manufactured Home Communities And Consumer Protection Advisory Councils.

Rep. John Atkins [D]	Sen. George Bunting [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Robert Walls [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-31	House	Reported Out of Committee (MANUFACTURED HOUSING) in House with 4 On Its Merits
2010-03-31	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-21	House	Introduced in House and assigned to Manufactured Housing Committee
2010-01-21	House	Assigned to Manufactured Housing Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/ff9b299dfa01b162852576b2004f0474?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+313/$file/legis.html?open