PRINTER'S NO. 2766
No. 2165 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY FISHER, MARCH 15, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 15, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 16, 1836 (P.L.715, No.186), entitled
2 "An act relating to Reference and Arbitration," further
3 providing for appeals from arbitrators' awards.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Clause V. of section 27, act of June 16, 1836
7 (P.L.715, No.186), referred to as the Reference and Arbitration
8 Law, amended March 15, 1956 (P.L.1279, No.391), is amended to
9 read:
10 Section 27. Either party may appeal from an award of
11 arbitrators, to the court in which the cause was pending at the
12 time the rule or agreement of reference was entered, under the
13 following rules, regulations and restrictions, viz.:
14 * * *
15 V. In all cases under section 8.1 hereof, any party
16 appealing shall first repay to the county the fees of the
17 members of the board of arbitrators herein provided for, but not
18 exceeding fifty percent of the amount in controversy. The
19 balance of the arbitrator's fees shall be absorbed and paid by
1 the county. Such fees shall not be taxed as costs or be
2 recoverable in any proceeding. All appeals shall be de novo;
3 however, the several courts of common pleas may, by rules of
4 court, provide for the exclusion of testimony offered by
5 witnesses on appeal who did not testify at the arbitration
6 hearing, unless good cause is shown for not calling the profered
7 witness at the arbitration hearing.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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