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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:22:12",
  "title_number": "22",
  "section_number": "12",
  "citation": "R.S. 22:12",
  "heading": "Insurer; qualification required; compliance with Code required",
  "text": "No person shall act as an insurer in this state unless properly qualified as an insurer of a type permitted under the provisions of this Code. No person shall be authorized to transact or shall transact a business of insurance in this state without complying with the provisions of this Code.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "22",
      "name": "INSURANCE CODE"
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      "number": "1",
      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
    },
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "I",
      "name": "TITLE, DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS"
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      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "B",
      "name": "COMPLIANCE WITH CODE REQUIRED; RULES AND REGULATIONS BY COMMISSIONER; QUALIFICATION REQUIRED"
    }
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      "act_number": 125,
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      "role": "enactment"
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      "act_year": 2009,
      "act_number": 503,
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      "effective_date": null,
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      "role": "amendment"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1958, No. 125; Redesignated from R.S. 22:4 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1. NOTE: Former R.S. 22:12 redesignated as R.S. 22:1825 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.",
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