History. Code 1981, § 33-24-72 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 319, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 3/HB 509; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 78/SB 133; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 33/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “the state” for “the State of Georgia” near the middle of paragraph (a)(2); deleted “hospital service corporation, medical service corporation,” following “fraternal benefit society,” in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3); in subsection (b), deleted “on or after July 1, 1999,” following “Commissioner” in the middle of the first sentence, and substituted “shall also be provided” for “shall be provided also” near the beginning of the second sentence; substituted “A mailing” for “The next mailing” at the beginning of paragraph (c)(1); and substituted “mailed literature” for “literature mailed before January 1, 2000” in paragraph (c)(3).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in paragraph (a)(3).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, “removal of” was substituted for “removal or” in paragraph (a)(4).