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Senate File 494

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: S.J. 698
Committee Report Issued: S.J. 701 H.J. 1120
Passed Senate: S.J. 934
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 654B.3, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  a.  A person who is a farm resident, or other party,
  1  4 desiring to initiate a civil proceeding to resolve a dispute,
  1  5 shall file a request for mediation with the farm mediation
  1  6 service.  The person shall not begin the proceeding until the
  1  7 person receives a mediation release or until the court
  1  8 determines after notice and hearing that one of the following
  1  9 applies:
  1 10    (1)  The the time delay required for the mediation would
  1 11 cause the person to suffer irreparable harm.
  1 12    (2)  The dispute involves a claim which has been brought as
  1 13 a class action.
  1 14    b.  The requirements of paragraph "a" are jurisdictional
  1 15 prerequisites to a person filing a civil action that initiates
  1 16 a civil proceeding to resolve a dispute subject to this
  1 17 chapter.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill amends Code chapter 654B that provides for
  1 20 mediation involving livestock care and feeding contracts and
  1 21 nuisance disputes, by eliminating a provision that exempts
  1 22 from mediation a dispute involving a claim which has been
  1 23 brought as a class action.  
  1 24 LSB 3277SV 79
  1 25 da/gg/8

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