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18-04 Distribution of Insurance Tax to Fire Departments

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CHAPTER 18-04DISTRIBUTION OF INSURANCE TAX TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS18-04-01.Eligibility for participation in fund created from premium tax on fireinsurance companies. To become eligible for the benefits provided under this chapter, a city,<br>or one or more townships or fire districts, shall maintain therein for a period of at least eight<br>months before the filing of the certificate required under section 18-04-02 an organized fire<br>district or department which:1.Has been in actual existence for the period specified in this section;2.Meets the minimum requirements for class 9 protection or better; and3.Has been in compliance with the requirements to report fires as set forth in section<br>18-01-06.Change in a fire department's name, or incorporation into a fire district, must be deemed a waiver<br>of the eight-month waiting period for filing a certificate of existence under section 18-04-02.18-04-02. City auditor or secretary of rural fire department to file certificate withstate fire marshal and insurance commissioner. On or before the thirty-first day of October in<br>each year, the auditor or secretary of any city or rural fire department that has an organized fire<br>department shall file with the state fire marshal and with the insurance commissioner the<br>auditor's or secretary's certificate stating the existence of the fire department, the date of its<br>organization, the number of fire engines, hook and ladder trucks, and the system of water supply<br>in use by the department, with such other facts as the state fire marshal or commissioner may<br>require.18-04-03.Failure to file certificate deemed waiver - Exception.If the certificaterequired by section 18-04-02 is not filed with the office of management and budget and insurance<br>commissioner on or before the thirty-first day of October, the city or rural fire department failing to<br>file the same must be deemed to have waived and relinquished its right for such year to the<br>benefits of this chapter. If, however, the city or rural fire department has filed its certificate for<br>three successive years and has drawn money thereunder for such time, the certificate may be<br>filed at any time up to and including March first of the succeeding year without waiving the right to<br>the benefits provided in this chapter.18-04-04. Insurance companies to report fire, allied lines, homeowner's multipleperil, farmowner's multiple peril, and commercial multiple peril insurance premium<br>collections - Form furnished by insurance commissioner.The insurance commissioner,when the commissioner forwards to an insurance company which is issuing policies for fire, allied<br>lines, homeowner's multiple peril, farmowner's multiple peril, and commercial multiple peril<br>insurance in this state the form to be used in submitting its annual statement, shall forward a<br>form containing the names of all cities and all rural fire protection districts or rural fire<br>departments entitled to benefits under the provisions of this chapter. Every insurance company<br>issuing policies for fire, allied lines, homeowner's multiple peril, farmowner's multiple peril, and<br>commercial multiple peril insurance within this state shall complete such form by showing<br>thereon the amount of all premiums received by it upon such policies issued on property within<br>the corporate limits of each city shown on such form and on property within the boundaries of<br>each rural fire protection district shown on such form or property within the boundaries of each<br>rural fire department as certified by the state fire marshal during the year ending on the preceding<br>thirty-first day of December and shall file the same as a part of its annual statement.18-04-04.1. Insurance tax distribution fund. The insurance tax distribution fund is aspecial fund in the state treasury. The portion of revenue provided in section 26.1-03-17 must be<br>deposited in the fund for disbursement as provided in this chapter and chapter 23-40, subject to<br>legislative appropriation.Page No. 118-04-05. Amount due cities, rural fire protection districts, or rural fire departments- Payments by insurance commissioner.The insurance commissioner shall compute theamounts due to the city fire departments, certified rural fire departments, or fire protection<br>districts entitled to benefits under this chapter on or before October first of each year. The<br>insurance commissioner shall allocate one-half of the biennial legislative appropriation for<br>distribution under this section to each eligible city not within a fire protection district, each rural<br>fire protection district organized under this title, and each rural fire department certified by the<br>state fire marshal, and pay the amount allocated in September of each year. The allocation must<br>be made in proportion to the amount of insurance company premiums received by insurance<br>companies pursuant to section 26.1-03-17 for policies for fire, allied lines, homeowner's multiple<br>peril, farmowner's multiple peril, commercial multiple peril, and crop hail insurance on property<br>within the city, rural fire protection district, or area served by the certified rural fire department to<br>the total of those premiums for those policies in the state.18-04-06. Office of management and budget to issue warrants on state treasurerfor benefits. Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 230, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>