Section 33-35-6. Minimum capital, surplus, and bond requirements

   No license or renewal license under this chapter shall be issued to a sponsor other than an insurer as defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section 33-35-2, unless such sponsor:

   (1) Shall possess as minimum capital and thereafter maintain a minimum balance of at least $5,000.00 in its capital accounts as shown in its annual report to the Commissioner; provided, however, that the Commissioner shall in his discretion require such higher amounts of capital as he deems necessary for the protection of the public;

   (2) Shall deposit with the Commissioner securities acceptable to the Commissioner in the amount of $25,000.00 or shall file with the Commissioner a bond to be approved by the Commissioner and made payable to the Commissioner or his successors in office, which bond is executed by such applicant as principal and by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state in the penal sum of $25,000.00, conditioned that the sponsor will conduct his business in accordance with this chapter and the laws of this state and that the sponsor will properly account for all moneys collected in connection therewith. The bond shall remain in full force and effect until the surety is released from liability by the Commissioner or until the bond is canceled by the surety and the bond shall not be canceled or terminated unless prior to the cancellation or termination 30 days' written notice is filed with the Commissioner; and

   (3) Shall maintain such minimum surplus as the Commissioner may require, which shall be at least 25 percent of its anticipated income over a two-year period calculated on the basis of estimates of premium writings for two-year and five-year periods which shall be filed with the Commissioner as a part of the sponsors' rate filing required under Code Section 33-35-11.

Code 1933, § 56-3512, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1268, § 1.