O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-38-3 (2019)

Construction

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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This chapter shall be construed to effect the purpose set forth in Code Section 33-38-1.

History

Code 1933, § 56-2218, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1336, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 701, § 1/HB 786.

Annotations

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, deleted "liberally" following "shall be" and deleted ", which Code section shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation" following "33-38-1".

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Crider v. Georgia Life & Health Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 188 Ga. App. 407, 373 S.E.2d 30 (1988).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Crider v. Georgia Life & Health Ins., 373 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988).
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Crider v. Georgia Life & Health Ins., 373 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 33-38-3. That there is no comparable explicit expression of legislative intent that the provisions applicable to the GIIP be “liberally construed” does not, however, mandate a different result here from that which was reached in Colwell .”
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