(a) A presiding arbitrator shall:
- (1) call a hearing to be held not later than the 10th day after the date on which the presiding arbitrator is appointed; and
- (2) notify the other arbitrators, the public employer, and the association in writing of the time and place of the hearing, not later than the eighth day before the hearing.
- (b) An arbitration hearing shall end not later than the 20th day after the date the hearing begins.
- (c) An arbitration hearing shall be informal.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.