Section 172.207 - Stay of Arbitration and Resort to Other Proceedings(a) The agreement of the parties to submit a dispute to conciliation is an agreement of the parties to stay a judicial proceeding or arbitration from the beginning of conciliation until the termination of conciliation.(b) Each applicable limitation period, including a period of prescription, is tolled or extended on the beginning of a conciliation under this chapter for each party to the conciliation until the 10th day following the date of termination of the conciliation.(c) For purposes of this section, conciliation begins when a party requests conciliation of a dispute and each other party agrees to participate in the conciliation.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 172.207
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 249-24 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.