California Code
ARTICLE 2 - Decisionmaking by Panel of Arbitrators
Section 1297.291.

1297.291. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, in arbitral proceedings with more than one arbitrator, any decision of the arbitral tribunal shall be made by a majority of all of its members.

Notwithstanding this section, if authorized by the parties or all the members of the arbitral tribunal, questions of procedure may be decided by a presiding arbitrator.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)