Amount due cities, rural fire protection districts, or rural fire departments - Transfer to firefighters death benefit fund - Disbursement to North Dakota firefighter's association - Payments by insurance commissioner - Continuing appropriation
N.D. Cent. Code § 18-04-05
in effect18-04-05. Amount due cities, rural fire protection districts, or rural fire departments -
Transfer to firefighters death benefit fund - Disbursement to North Dakota firefighter's
association - Payments by insurance commissioner - Continuing appropriation.
1. The insurance commissioner shall disburse funds in the insurance tax distribution fund
as provided under this section.
2. The insurance commissioner shall transfer an amount of up to one hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars per biennium, as may be necessary, to the firefighters death benefit
fund for distribution under chapter 18-05.1.
3. The insurance commissioner shall disburse funds to the North Dakota firefighter's
association for uses authorized under chapter 18-03.
4. The insurance commissioner shall compute the amounts due to the certified city fire
departments, certified rural fire departments, or certified fire protection districts entitled
to benefits under this chapter on or before December first of each year. The allocation
must be made in proportion to the amount of insurance company premiums received
by insurance companies pursuant to section 26.1-03-17 for the lines of insurance
identified under section 18-04-04 on property within the city, certified rural fire
protection district, or area served by the certified rural fire department to the total of
those premiums for those policies in the state.
5. Annually, the insurance commissioner shall determine the amount of insurance
premium taxes collected from the insurance lines identified in section 18-04-04 to the
certified city fire departments, certified rural fire departments, and certified fire
protection districts. Moneys authorized for disbursement under this section are
appropriated from the insurance tax distribution fund to the insurance commissioner on
a continuing basis for the purpose of this section.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t18c04.pdf#nameddest=18-04-05Fetched: 10/16/2026