33-35-1. Purposes of chapter; legislative findings of fact.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the registration of prepaid legal services plans, to promote access to quality legal services at the lowest possible price, and to regulate the development and operation of prepaid legal services plans; and it is the intention of the General Assembly that this chapter be interpreted as liberally as necessary to accomplish these purposes.#
(b)
The General Assembly finds that insurers authorized to transact casualty, life, or accident and sickness insurance in this state are authorized to write policies for prepaid legal services. The General Assembly further finds that there exists no other specific framework within the insurance laws of this state designed to regulate prepaid legal services. Because of the interest of the state in the controlled development of new methods for providing legal services, exertion of the state’s power is necessary for the protection of its citizens.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 56-3501, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1268, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 748, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 33; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 117/SB 133. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted ‘‘there exists no other’’ for ‘‘there presently exists no’’ near the middle of the second sentence of subsection (b).

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Text read from t33-ch23-65-(v25)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V25, 2020 edition, page 674; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1cdfeaa4b73e.