Bill Text: CA AB897 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grocery workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2015. [AB897 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB897-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 897	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 1297.18 to, and to repeal Article 2
(commencing with Section 1297.351) of Chapter 7 of Title 9.3 of Part
3 of, the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to international
commercial disputes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 897, as introduced, Gonzalez. International commercial
disputes: representation and assistance.
   Existing law includes provisions that govern arbitration and
conciliation proceedings for international commercial disputes.
Existing law authorizes the parties in a conciliation proceeding to
appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their
choice, and provides that a person representing or assisting a party
is not required to be a member of the legal profession or licensed
to practice law in California.
   This bill would recast the provision regarding representation and
assistance of parties, thus making the provision applicable to any
arbitration or conciliation proceeding conducted pursuant to the
statutory provisions that govern arbitration and conciliation of
international commercial disputes. The bill would also express the
intent of the Legislature that those statutory provisions be broadly
construed so as to promote California's interest in becoming a major
center for international commercial arbitration.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The statutes governing the arbitration and conciliation of
international commercial disputes were enacted in 1988 to recognize,
support, and promote the benefits of international commercial
arbitration and conciliation in California.
   (2) California's robust, internationally oriented economy and
concentration of large companies occupying positions of global
leadership make California an ideal venue for international
commercial arbitration.
   (3) The economic benefits of being a center for international
commercial arbitration are substantial, broadly based, and
distributed across both state and municipal levels.
   (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
statutes governing the arbitration and conciliation of international
commercial disputes be broadly construed so as to promote California'
s interest in becoming a major center for international commercial
arbitration.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1297.18 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure,
to read:
   1297.18.  In any proceeding or procedure conducted pursuant to
this title, the parties may appear in person or be represented or
assisted by any person of their choice. A person representing or
assisting a party need not be a member of the legal profession or
licensed to practice law in California.
  SEC. 3.  Article 2 (commencing with Section 1297.351) of Chapter 7
of Title 9.3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure is repealed.