26-16-411. Operative date of article.
(a) After May 20, 1981, any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply with this article after a specified date before May 20, 1983. After filing the notice, then upon the specified date, which is the operative date of this article for that company, this article is operative with respect to annuity contracts thereafter issued by that company. If a company does not make an election, the operative date of this article for that company is May 20, 1983.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2006, any company may elect to apply the provisions of this article on a contract form by contract form basis to all annuity contracts thereafter issued.
(c) On or after July 1, 2007, this article is operative with respect to all annuity contracts thereafter issued.