Indiana House Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
Pending: House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that if a contract purports to choose, as the law governing the contract, the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, a foreign legal code, a legal system, an arbitration process, or an alternative dispute resolution process that does not grant the parties the same fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges granted under the Constitutions of the United States or the State of Indiana, the choice is not enforceable. Provides that an arbitration or alternative dispute resolution ruling or decision is not enforceable if the decision or ruling is made by a third person and based on foreign jurisdiction law, a foreign legal code, or a legal system that does not grant the parties the same fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges granted under the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Indiana.

Contract, arbitration, and ADR validity.

Rep. Cynthia Noe [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
2010-01-11		Authored by Representative Noe

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1237
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1237.1.html