Bill Text: AZ SB1212 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Prepaid legal insurance contracts; definition
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Chapter 18 [SB1212 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-SB1212-Chaptered.html
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Senate Engrossed |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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CHAPTER 18
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SENATE BILL 1212 |
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AN ACT
amending section 20-1097, arizona revised statutes; relating to prepaid legal insurance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 20-1097, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
20-1097. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrative fee" means a fixed amount paid by a corporation on a periodic basis to a contracted attorney for the contracted attorney's overhead and administrative costs.
2. Pay or reimburse for specific legal services does not include payment of an administrative fee only.
1. 3. "Prepaid legal insurance contracts contract" means a contractual obligation to indemnify pay or reimburse for specific legal services rendered in the normal and ordinary course of business by an active member of the state bar of Arizona.
2. 4. "Prepaid legal insurance corporation" or "corporation" means any corporation organized for the purpose of selling prepaid legal insurance contracts in this state or any insurer licensed pursuant to this title.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 22, 2019.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 22, 2019.
