BILL NUMBER: AB 3030	CHAPTERED  09/30/02

	CHAPTER  1159
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Corbett

                        MARCH 12, 2002

   An act to add Sections 1281.84 and 1287.1 to the Code of Civil
Procedure, relating to arbitration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3030, Corbett.  Arbitration.
   (1) Existing law permits consumers to contract to arbitrate and
regulates the conduct of arbitrations.
   This bill would provide that a private arbitration company or
self-regulatory organization (SRO) that administers a consumer
arbitration in violation of specified provisions of law shall, in the
court's discretion, be subject to disgorgement of any administrative
fee obtained as a result of that violation.
   (2) Existing law requires a court to vacate an arbitration award
under specified circumstances.
   This bill would prohibit an arbitrator or private arbitration
company involved in a consumer arbitration from conducting or
administering further arbitration of the dispute if a court vacates
the award, unless the consumer party elects otherwise in writing
prior to any rearbitration of the matter.
   (3) This bill would provide that it shall become operative only if
it and Assembly Bills 2574, 2915, and 3029 are enacted and become
effective on or before January 1, 2003.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1281.84 is added to the Code of Civil
Procedure, to read:
   1281.84.  Any private arbitration company or self-regulatory
organization (SRO) that administers a consumer arbitration in
violation of Section 1281.6, 1281.81, 1281.82, 1281.92, or 1284.3
shall be subject, at the discretion of the court, to disgorgement of
any administrative fee obtained as a result of the violation of these
sections.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1287.1 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to
read:
   1287.1.  If a court vacates an award in a consumer arbitration, an
arbitrator or private arbitration company involved in the
arbitration may not conduct or administer any further arbitration of
the dispute, unless the consumer party so elects in writing prior to
any rearbitration of the matter.
  SEC. 3.  This act shall become operative only if this bill and
Assembly Bills 2574, 2915, and 3029 are enacted and become effective
on or before January 1, 2003.