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CHAPTER 760 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 11 a section numbered 11-71.1, relating to public procurement; alternative dispute resolution. [H 2224] Approved April 6, 1995

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 11 a section numbered 11-71.1 as follows:

§ 11-71.1. Alternative dispute resolution.

Public bodies are authorized to enter into agreements to submit disputes arising from contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter to arbitration and to utilize mediation and other alternative dispute resolution procedures; however, such procedures entered into by the Commonwealth, or any department, institution, division, commission, board or bureau thereof, shall be nonbinding and subject to § 2.1-127, as applicable, and such procedures entered into by school boards shall be nonbinding.