77R11232 DAK-D                           
         By Dunnam                                             H.B. No. 1740
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1740:
         By Clark                                          C.S.H.B. No. 1740
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to appeal of certain court orders and judgments relating
 1-3     to arbitration.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 171.098(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
 1-6     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A party may appeal a judgment or decree entered under
 1-8     this chapter or an order:
 1-9                 (1)  granting or denying an application to compel
1-10     arbitration made under Section 171.021;
1-11                 (2)  granting or denying an application to stay
1-12     arbitration made under Section 171.023;
1-13                 (3)  confirming or denying confirmation of an award;
1-14                 (4)  modifying, [or] correcting, or vacating an award;
1-15     or
1-16                 (5)  that would be appealable under the Federal
1-17     Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Section 16) [vacating an award without
1-18     directing a rehearing].
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an order issued or
1-20     judgment entered by a court on or after the effective date of this
1-21     Act.  An order issued or judgment entered before the effective date
1-22     of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
1-23     the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
1-24     for that purpose.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.