73R1863 DLF-D By Smithee H.B. No. 1028 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to interlocutory appeal of an order compelling arbitration 1-3 under federal law. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section A, Article 238-2, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. A. An appeal may be taken from: 1-8 (1) An order denying an application to compel 1-9 arbitration made under Section A of Article 225 or under 9 U.S.C. 1-10 Section 4; 1-11 (2) An order granting an application to stay 1-12 arbitration made under Section B of Article 225; 1-13 (3) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an 1-14 award; 1-15 (4) An order modifying or correcting an award; 1-16 (5) An order vacating an award without directing a 1-17 rehearing; or 1-18 (6) A judgment or decree entered pursuant to the 1-19 provisions of this Act. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 1-21 applies only to a suit that is commenced on or after that date. A 1-22 suit that is commenced before the effective date of this Act is 1-23 governed by the law in effect at the time the suit is commenced, 1-24 and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.