OAR 808-008-0020: Applicability of Rules; Application of ORS 36.600-36.740

(1) The rules in this division shall apply when: (a) A claim is referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings for arbitration under OAR 808-004-0590; (b) The parties to the arbitration agree that the Landscape Contractors Board may arbitrate a landscape dispute and the agency accepts the dispute for arbitration under ORS 671.703; (c) A timely claim is filed relative to work performed under a contract that contains an arbitration clause specifying that the Landscape Contractors Board shall arbitrate disputes arising from the contract and the agency accepts the dispute for arbitration under ORS 671.703; or (d) Arbitration by the Landscape Contractors Board is ordered by a court under ORS 36.600 or 36.625. (2) Except as otherwise provided in the rules in division 8 of this chapter, an arbitration conducted under this division shall be governed by ORS 36.600 to 36.740, and sections 3 and 31, chapter 598, Oregon Laws 2003. (3) The amendments to the rules in division 8 of this chapter that became effective on or after January 1, 2004 apply only to disputes referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings for an arbitration: (a) On or after January 1, 2004; and (b) Before January 1, 2004, if each party to the dispute files a written consent to the application of these amendments to the arbitration.