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02 HB 1369/AP
House Bill 1369 (AS PASSED HOUSE
AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Boggs of the
168th, Lord of the 121st, Harbin of the 113th,
Maddox of the 72nd and Shaw of the 176th
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 33-23-12 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to limited licenses, so as to provide a limited
license for retail vendors of communications equipment and their employees who
sell insurance coverages for the loss, theft, mechanical failure, or malfunction
of or damage to communications equipment; to provide definitions; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 33-23-12 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to limited licenses, is amended by striking subsection (a)
and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) and adding a new subsection
(d) to read as
follows:
"(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section for credit insurance
licenses, and subsection (c) of this Code section for rental
companies, and subsection (d) of this Code section for communications
equipment, the Commissioner may provide by rule or regulation for licenses
which are limited in scope to specific lines or sublines of
insurance."
"(d)(1)
As used in this subsection, the term 'communications equipment' shall mean
handsets, pagers, personal digital assistants, portable computers, automatic
answering devices, cellular telephones, batteries, and other devices or their
accessories used to originate or receive communications signals or service for
individual customer use only and includes services related to the use of such
devices including, but not limited to, individual customer access to a wireless
network.
(2) The Commissioner shall issue
limited licenses to each business location of a retail vendor of communications
equipment which covers employees and authorized representatives of such retail
vendors for the sale and offer for sale of insurance policies covering only the
loss, theft, mechanical failure, or malfunction of or damage to communications
equipment.
(3) The sale of such insurance
policies shall be limited to sales in connection with the sale of or provision
of service for communications equipment by the retail
vendor.
(4) As a prerequisite for issuance of a
limited license under this subsection, there shall be filed with the
Commissioner a written application for such limited license, signed by the
applicant or an officer of the applicant, on such form or forms, and supplements
thereto, and containing such information as the Commissioner may
prescribe.
(5) Each retail vendor licensed
pursuant to this subsection shall provide a training program in which employees
and authorized representatives of the retail vendor are trained by a licensed
instructor and receive basic insurance instruction about the kind of coverage
authorized in this subsection and offered for purchase by prospective purchasers
of communications equipment or service.
(6) No
prelicensing examination shall be required for issuance of such
license."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.