Sec. 2. Definitions.

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Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:

(1)"Mediation" means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and

negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.

(2)"Mediation communication" means a statement, whether oral or in a record or verbal

or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.

(3)"Mediator" means an individual who conducts a mediation.

(4)"Nonparty participant" means a person, other than a party or mediator, that

participates in a mediation.

(5)"Mediation party" means a person that participates in a mediation and whose

agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.

(6)"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,

partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(7)"Proceeding" means:

(A)a judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including

related pre-hearing and post-hearing motions, conferences, and discovery; or

(B)a legislative hearing or similar process.

(8)"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored

in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(9)"Sign" means:

(A)to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a

record; or

(B)to attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or

with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.