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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-36-19. Advertisements, announcements, or statements using insolvency pool for purpose of sales.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-36-19. Advertisements, announcements, or statements using insolvency pool for purpose of sales.

(a) No person, including an insurer or agent or affiliate of an insurer, shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public or cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public in any newspaper, magazine, or other publication; in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster; over any radio station or television station; or in any other way any advertisement, announcement, or statement which uses the existence of the pool for the purposes of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase any form of insurance covered by this chapter. This Code section shall not apply to the pool or any other entity which does not sell or solicit insurance.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section may, after notice and hearing and upon order of the Commissioner, be subject to one or both of the following:

(1) A monetary penalty of not more than $1,000.00 for each act or violation, but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $10,000.00; or

(2) Suspension or revocation of his license or certificate of authority.

## History

Code 1981, § 33-36-19, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 74, § 9.