| | Section 30 is intended to conform the provisions allowing | electronic signatures in Sections 1(3)(B) and 19 of the RUAA | with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce | Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001, 7002 (2000). |
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| | This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding | commenced or right accrued before January 1, 2004.__Subject to | section 8703, an arbitration agreement made before January 1, | 2004 is governed by the Uniform Arbitration Act, former | chapter 706. |
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| | (This is section 33 of the Uniform Act.) |
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| | 1. This section continues the prior law under the UAA with | respect to a pending action or proceeding or right accrued | until the UAA is repealed in accordance with Sections 31 and | 3(a) and (c) or the parties agree in a record under Section | 3(b) to apply the RUAA to an arbitration agreement made under | the UAA. Because courts generally apply the law that exists at | the time an action is commenced, in many circumstances the new | law would displace the old law, but for this section. |
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| | 2. While most States have general savings statutes, these | are often quite broad. The intent of Section 33 is to follow | Rule 19 of the NCCUSL Procedural and Drafting Manual which | states that a specific savings clause should be included in a | statute "to preserve a law that the Act supersedes and which | otherwise would apply with respect to described transactions | and events that occur before the Act takes effect to minimize | disruption inherent in change from the old to the new law." | The Comment to Rule 19 uses as an example statutes where there | is a transition period like the Uniform Partnership Act upon | which Sections 3, 31, 32, and 33 of the RUAA are based. |
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| | This chapter may be known and cited as "the Revised Uniform | Arbitration Act." |
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| | Sec. A-3. Effective date. This Part takes effect January 1, 2004. |
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