Sec. 172.173. CONSOLIDATION. (a) If the parties to two or more arbitration agreements agree, in the respective arbitration agreements or otherwise, to consolidate the arbitrations arising out of the agreements, a district court or the business court, on application by a party with the consent of each other party to the agreements, may: (1) order the arbitrations consolidated on terms the court considers just and necessary; (2) if all the parties cannot agree on a tribunal for the consolidated arbitration, appoint an arbitration tribunal as provided by Section 172.055 ; and (3) if all the parties cannot agree on any other matter necessary to conduct the consolidated arbitration, make any other order the court considers necessary. (b) The arbitration tribunal or the party shall select the court in the manner provided by Section 171.096 . (c) This section does not prevent the parties to two or more arbitrations from agreeing to consolidate those arbitrations and taking any step necessary to effect that consolidation.
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