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1700.45
. Notwithstanding Section 1700.44, a provision in a contract
providing for the decision by arbitration of any controversy under
the contract or as to its existence, validity, construction,
performance, nonperformance, breach, operation, continuance, or
termination, shall be valid:
(a) If the provision is contained in a contract between a talent
agency and a person for whom the talent agency under the contract
undertakes to endeavor to secure employment, or
(b) If the provision is inserted in the contract pursuant to any
rule, regulation, or contract of a bona fide labor union regulating
the relations of its members to a talent agency, and
(c) If the contract provides for reasonable notice to the Labor
Commissioner of the time and place of all arbitration hearings, and
(d) If the contract provides that the Labor Commissioner or his or
her authorized representative has the right to attend all
arbitration hearings.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any arbitration
shall be governed by the provisions of Title 9 (commencing with
Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
If there is an arbitration provision in a contract, the contract
need not provide that the talent agency agrees to refer any
controversy between the applicant and the talent agency regarding the
terms of the contract to the Labor Commissioner for adjustment, and
Section 1700.44 shall not apply to controversies pertaining to the
contract.
A provision in a contract providing for the decision by
arbitration of any controversy arising under this chapter which does
not meet the requirements of this section is not made valid by
Section 1281 of the Code of Civil Procedure.