{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30-4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-4","heading":"Arbitration hearing - Submission of arbitration","body":"statement - Evidence - Selection decision.\n\nThe arbitration board, acting through its chairperson, shall\n\ncall a hearing to be held within ten (10) days after the date of the\n\nappointment of the chairperson and shall, acting through its\n\nchairperson, give at least seven (7) days of notice in writing to\n\neach of the other two arbitrators, the bargaining agent and the\n\ncorporate authorities of the time and place of such hearing. At\n\nleast seven (7) days before the date of the hearing the bargaining\n\nagent and the corporate authorities shall submit to each other and\n\nto the arbitration board members a written arbitration statement\n\nlisting all contract terms which the parties have resolved and all\n\ncontract issues which are unresolved. Each arbitration statement\n\nshall also include a final offer on each unresolved issue. The\n\nterms and offers contained in the arbitration statements shall be\n\nknown collectively as each parties’ last best offer. The hearing\n\nshall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial\n\nproceedings shall not be binding. Any documentary evidence and\n\nother data deemed relevant by the arbitrators may be received into\n\nevidence. The arbitrators shall have the power to administer oaths\n\nand to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of\n\nwitnesses, the production of books, records, and other evidence\n\nrelative or pertinent to the issues presented to them for\n\ndetermination. A hearing shall be concluded within twenty (20) days\n\nfrom the time of commencement. Within seven (7) days after the\n\nconclusion of the hearing, a majority of the arbitration board\n\nmembers shall select one of the two last best offers as the contract\n\nof the parties. The criteria to be used by the board in determining\n\nwhich offer to select shall be limited to those in Section 6 of this\n\nact. The arbitration board may not modify, add to or delete from\n\nthe last best offer of either party. Written notice of the\n\nselection decision shall be mailed or delivered to the employer and\n\nthe union.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"28ebd913578a6c613464e850f737118afb1be5a03bd880544338aafc18329977","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30-3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-901.30-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}