33-18-223. Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined. (1) It is unlawful for an insurance company, individually or with others, to directly or indirectly:
(a) establish an agreement with any person to act as a glass broker for the insurance company under which the glass broker sets a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work for the insurance company;
(b) establish an agreement with any person that requires a glass repair shop to bill through that person as a condition of doing glass replacement or glass repair work; or
(c) establish a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work that is below the lowest prevailing market price as provided in 33-18-222.
(2) As used in this section, "glass broker" means an automobile glass company that acts as a third-party agent for the insurer for the purpose of entering into agreements with other automobile glass dealers to perform glass replacement or glass repair work.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 1993.