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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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 4.__Criteria for arbitrator decision.__The arbitrator shall | | consider the following factors in making a decision pursuant | | to subsection 3: |
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| | | A.__Prices or projected prices for the harvesting or | | hauling services paid by other forest landowners in the | | State and in other states; |
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| | | B.__The quantity of forest products available in the | | market area or competing areas; |
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