(a) Any provision of a contract or agreement entered into to settle a lawsuit which purports to restrict any person's right to disclose the existence or harmfulness of an environmental hazard is declared to be against the public policy of the State of Arkansas and therefore void.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “environmental hazard” means a substance or condition that may affect land, air, or water in a way that may cause harm to the property or person of someone other than the contracting parties to a lawsuit settlement contract referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) This section applies to settlement contracts or agreements entered into after March 12, 1991.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally
Chapter 55 - General Provisions
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-55-103. Applicability of code
§ 16-55-104. Construction of code
§ 16-55-105. Amendment or repeal of code
§ 16-55-108. Authority of deputies
§ 16-55-110. Boards — Authority of majority
§ 16-55-111. Classes of remedies
§ 16-55-112. Authority to grant provisional remedy
§ 16-55-113. Writ of ne exeat abolished
§ 16-55-114. Notices — Form — Service generally
§ 16-55-115. Notice — Additional method of service
§ 16-55-116. Notice — Service upon certain persons
§ 16-55-117. Notice — Duty of officer serving
§ 16-55-119. Computation of time
§ 16-55-120. Affirmation in lieu of oath
§ 16-55-121. Successive actions on same contract or transaction
§ 16-55-122. Contract provisions restricting disclosure of environmental hazards are void