Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 486
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 86 and 87
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 684.0002, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         684.0002 Scope of application.—
    8         (3) An arbitration is international if:
    9         (a) The parties to an arbitration agreement have, at the
   10  time of the conclusion of that agreement, their places of
   11  business in different countries; or
   12         (b) One of the following places is situated outside the
   13  country in which the parties have their places of business:
   14         1. The place of arbitration if determined in, or pursuant
   15  to, the arbitration agreement; or
   16         2. Any place where a substantial part of the obligations of
   17  the commercial relationship are to be performed or the place
   18  with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely
   19  connected; or
   20         (c) The parties have expressly agreed that the subject
   21  matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one
   22  country.
   23         Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 684.0003, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         684.0003 Definitions and rules of interpretation.—
   26         (2) A provision of this chapter, except s. 684.0039
   27  684.0038, which leaves the parties free to determine a certain
   28  issue, includes the right of the parties to authorize a third
   29  party, including an institution, to make that determination.
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   32         And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 14
   34  and insert:
   35         Judgments Act; amending s. 684.0002, F.S.; clarifying
   36         the meaning of a provision relating to international
   37         arbitration; amending s. 684.0003, F.S.; correcting a
   38         cross-reference in the Florida International
   39         Commercial Arbitration Act; amending s. 684.0019,
   40         F.S.; clarifying