{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-152.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 152.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"alternative dispute resolution system\" means an informal forum in which mediation, conciliation, or arbitration is used to resolve disputes among individuals, entities, and units of government, including those having an ongoing relationship such as relatives, neighbors, landlords and tenants, employees and employers, and merchants and consumers.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1090 (S.B. 1271), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 152. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.152.htm#152.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"1a5e87dd7661a5bb4041331502051d0bff25ae770453cd8a53daaac073c5de90","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-151.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-152.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}