FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 491
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCOTT.
Read 1st time February 13, 2003, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1699S.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 226, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to contract disputes involving the department of transportation.
Section A.Chapter 226, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 226.096, to read as follows:
226.096.Any case against the department of transportation as a defendant arising from a contract awarded pursuant to subdivision (9) of subsection 1 of section 226.130 and involving a dispute or controversy in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars shall, upon the request of any party, be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Construction Industry Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in the circuit court of Cole County, Missouri.