33-18-223. Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined. - Montana Statutes

     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 a glass broker that requires a glass repair shop to bill through that glass broker 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 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 whenever the glass broker enters into agreements with other automobile glass dealers to perform glass replacement or glass repair work.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 207, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 526, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 345, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 192, L. 2009.