Sen. Linda Holmes

Filed: 4/2/2014

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3514

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3514, AS AMENDED,

3 with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.

4 2, on page 14, line 26, after the period, by inserting "Within

5 7 days after the receipt of the panel by the non-participating

6 party and upon filing a written request with the Board, the

7 non-participating party shall receive a one-time 7-day

8 extension for the period within which to participate in the

9 selection process. This extension takes effect during the

10 initial 7-day period to select a neutral chairman and shall

11 toll the running of that 7-day period. If, after the expiration

12 of the initial 7-day period and the 7-day extension, the

13 non-participating party does not participate in the selection

14 process, the Board shall appoint as the neutral chairman the

15 arbitrator from the panel chosen solely by the party who

16 participated in a timely selection.".