Local Mandatory Arbitration Rule 8.3
                                EFFECTIVE DATE


   Contingent upon funding by the county legislative authority, these rules, as
amended, become effective on the first day of January 1997, subject to
amendment thereafter.  With respect to civil cases pending on that date, if the
case has not at that time received a trial date, or if the trial date has been
set for later than the first day of April, 1997, any party may serve and file a
statement of arbitrability indicating that the case is subject to mandatory
arbitration in accordance with the provisions of LMAR 2.1 (a).  If, within 10
court days, no party files a response indicating that the case is not subject
to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of LMAR 2.1 (b), the case will
be transferred to the arbitration calendar.  A case set for trial earlier than
the first day of April, 1997, will be transferred to arbitration only by
stipulation of all parties.


[Adopted Effective September 1, 1996, September 1, 2003]