33-1-1206. Persons not connected with insurance industry -- reward fund. (1) Any person who has knowledge of or who believes that an act of insurance fraud is being or has been committed may provide the commissioner with a report or information pertinent to the knowledge and belief and may provide additional information that the commissioner requests.
     (2) The commissioner, in cooperation with authorized insurers, producers, and other interested parties, may establish a fund to reward persons who are not connected with the insurance industry and who provide information or furnish evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for insurance fraud. Participation in the fund must be purely voluntary. The books and records of the fund must be open and subject to review by the legislative auditor.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 237, L. 1995.