Get Active: House Bill 1237. Losing your Constitutional Rights

[johncoby2]

HB1237 will require all new home builders to have a disclosure statement on new home contracts DEMANDING that the homeowner agree to mandatory arbitration.

But.....the bill will not require the disclosure to state:

BOTH PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO THIS CONTRACT THE RIGHT TO A CIVIL TRIAL GUARANTEED BY THE 7TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IS WAIVED.

Arbitration in new home contracts has been proven to be a complete consumer scam. It is EXPENSIVE and grossly UNFAIR to the homebuyer.

email [e-mail] and tell him NO on HB1237.

for background read "The Abuse of Arbitration in New Home Contracts" www.hadd.com/documents/arbitration.pdf

[crispini]

1. Yuck!

:kick: to remember this one and write a note later.

[liveoaktx]

2. Watching a show on Cspan right now about BMA

Very interesting. I never thought about this before, but there are a number of instances they're discussing (farmers, car dealerships) regarding this. Clauses like these are harmful and hurtful. BMAs remove the deterrents for companies to behave themselves.

I'll try to make a vid clip of the part I heard.