Sec. 41A.061. CONTINUED QUALIFICATION OF ARBITRATOR; RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT. (a) The comptroller shall include a qualified arbitrator in the registry until the second anniversary of the date the person was added to the registry. To continue to be included in the registry after the second anniversary of the date the person was added to the registry, the person must renew the person's agreement with the comptroller to serve as an arbitrator on or as near as possible to the date on which the person's license or certification issued under Chapter 901, 1101, or 1103, Occupations Code, is renewed.
(b) To renew the person's agreement to serve as an arbitrator, the person must:
(1) file a renewal application with the comptroller at the time and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller;
(2) continue to meet the requirements provided by Section 41A.06(b); and
(3) during the preceding two years have completed at least eight hours of continuing education in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution procedures offered by a university, college, real estate trade association, or legal association.
(c) The comptroller shall remove a person from the registry if the person fails or declines to renew the person's agreement to serve as an arbitrator in the manner required by this section.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1211 (S.B. 771), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2010.
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