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

O.C.G.A. § 33-61-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Automobile club’’ or ‘‘club’’ means any person, who in consideration of fees, dues, periodic payments, or other specifically stated charges, promises its members to provide automobile club services.

(2) ‘‘Automobile club services’’ shall include, but not be limited to, the assumption of or reimbursement of the expense or a portion thereof for towing of a motor vehicle, emergency road service, matters relating to the operation, use, and maintenance of a motor vehicle, and the supplying of services which includes, augments, or is incidental to theft or reward services, discount services, arrest bond services, lock and key services, trip interruption services, and legal fee reimbursement services in defense of traffic related offenses.

History

Code 1981, § 33-61-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 331, § 1/HB 1291; Ga. L. 2019, p. 533, § 1-31/HB 99; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 33/SB 429. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted ‘‘Reserved.’’ for the former provisions of paragraph (3), which read: ‘‘ ‘Commissioner’ shall mean the

Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Georgia.’’ The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted former paragraph (3) which was designated as reserved.

Annotations

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "Reserved." for the former provisions of paragraph (3), which read: " 'Commissioner' shall mean the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Georgia."