LD 1318
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LR 1321
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subpoena of an arbitrator may be punished for contempt of
court on application by the arbitrator to the Superior
Court for the county in which the failure occurs.__The
arbitrator may use other information in addition to that
provided by or elicited from the parties.__The arbitrator
shall issue a decision within 10 days of the commencement
of arbitration and that decision is binding on the parties.__
If the parties reach an agreement on the matters in the
arbitrator's decision prior to signing the contract, they
may submit a joint final offer to the arbitrator.__The
arbitrator shall rescind the previous decision and accept
and render the joint final offer as the decision.

 
B.__Within 5 days of the arbitrator's decision, the board
shall prepare a contract, which must include all terms
agreed to by the parties in bargaining or settled by
voluntary or required mediation or by arbitration, and
present the contract to the parties, who shall sign the
contract within 2 days of its presentation.

 
C.__The Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the
board, shall establish a panel of arbitrators, who must be
qualified by education, training or experience to carry
out the responsibilities of an arbitrator under this
chapter.

 
D.__Upon notification by the parties as provided in this
subsection, the Commissioner of Labor shall submit to the
parties a list containing an odd number of names of
members of the panel of arbitrators who are available for
arbitration.__The parties shall alternately strike names
from the list until a single name is left, who is the
arbitrator. The order of striking names must be determined
by chance.

 
E.__All costs of arbitration must be borne equally by the
parties.__The arbitrator shall submit a statement of
charges and expenses to the parties and to the board.__
Each party shall pay the arbitrator directly.

 
4.__Criteria for arbitrator decision.__The arbitrator shall
consider the following factors in making a decision pursuant
to subsection 3:

 
A.__Prices or projected prices for the harvesting or
hauling services paid by other forest landowners in the
State and in other states;

 
B.__The quantity of forest products available in the
market area or competing areas;


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