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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-1-13. Receiving of compensation from undertakers on account of employment; giving of compensation by undertakers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-1-13. Receiving of compensation from undertakers on account of employment; giving of compensation by undertakers.

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the life insurance business shall contract for or receive any compensation or gratuity, directly or indirectly, on account of the employment of any undertaker in connection with a burial or preparation for burial of any person whose life is insured by said company; and no undertaker shall give or agree to give any such compensation or commission to such person, firm, or corporation engaged in the insurance business.

## History

Ga. L. 1933, p. 186, § 1; Code 1933, § 56-9907; Code 1933, § 56-9903, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-5/SB 132.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted ‘‘or the industrial life insurance business’’ following ‘‘life insurance business’’ near the beginning.

## Cross References

Funeral directors, and embalmers, T. 43, C. 18.