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Senate Bill 532 History
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Senate Bill No. 532
(By Senators Walters, Chafin and Fitzsimmons)
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[Introduced March 14, 2013; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary .]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §55-10-9, relating to
prohibiting corporations that contractually engage in
predispute binding arbitration with residents and citizens of
the State of West Virginia from receiving state funding, state
contracts or state purchasing agreements.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §55-10-9, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 10. ARBITRATION.
§55-10-9. Corporations that require binding arbitration; effect on
state funding, state contracts and purchasing
agreements.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, a
corporation that contractually engages in pre-dispute binding
arbitration with citizens or residents of the State of West
Virginia may not receive state funding, a state contract or a state
purchasing agreement. For the purpose of this section, "state"
includes the State of West Virginia and its political subdivisions,
boards, commissions, agencies and instrumentalities.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit corporations
that engage in pre-dispute binding arbitration with citizens or
residents of the State of West Virginia from receiving state
funding, state contracts and state purchasing agreements.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.