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NC OSFM I Firefighter's Relief Fund - Fire/Rescue Grants & Relief Funds Page 1 of 4 <br />STMF - I General Statutes <br />MWF "IMISMILIEF Article 84. Fund Derived from Insurance Companies. <br />FOND <br />§ 58 -84 -1. Repealed by Session Laws 2006 -196, s. 6, effective January 1, 2008, <br />t' and applicable to proceeds credited to the Department of Insurance on or after <br />that date. <br />VOWNTURf § 58 -84 -5. The following definitions apply in Articles 84 through 88 of this <br />WV* &7 84T FWD Chapter: <br />. %W / I 1. City. - A fire district. <br />eas ruND � <br />2. Clerk. - The clerk of a fire district or, if there Is no clerk, the person so designated <br />by the governing body of the fire district. <br />3. Fire district. - Any political subdivision of the State that meets all of the following <br />conditions: <br />a. It has an organized fire department under the control of its governing <br />body. <br />b. Its fire department has apparatus and equipment that Is in serviceable <br />condition for fire duty and is valued at one thousand dollars ($1,000) or <br />more. <br />c. It enforces the fire laws to the satisfaction of the Commissioner. <br />4. Town. - A fire district. <br />§§ 58 -84 -10 through 58- 84 -20: Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular <br />Session, 1996), c. 747, s. 6. <br />§ 58- 84 -25. Disbursement of funds by Insurance Commissioner. <br />a. Distribution. - The Insurance Commissioner shall deduct the sum of three percent <br />(3 %) from the tax proceeds credited to the Department pursuant to G.S. 105 <br />228.5(d)(3) and pay the same over to the treasurer of the State Firemen's <br />Association for general purposes. The Insurance Commissioner shall deduct the <br />sum of two percent (2 %) from the tax proceeds and retain the same in the <br />budget of the Department of Insurance for the purpose of administering the <br />disbursement of funds by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions <br />of G.S. 58 84 35. The Insurance Commissioner shall, pursuant to G.S. 58 84 50, <br />credit the amount forfeited by nonmember fire districts to the North Carolina <br />State Firemen's Association. The Insurance Commissioner shall distribute the <br />remaining tax proceeds to the treasurer of each fire district as provided in <br />subsections (b) and (c) of this section. <br />b. Allocation to Counties. - The Insurance Commissioner shall allocate to each <br />county an amount of tax proceeds based upon the amount allocated to it in the <br />previous year. If the amount allocable in the current year is less than the amount <br />allocated in the previous year, then the Commissioner shall reduce the amount <br />allocated to each county. The amount of the reduction is equal to the difference in <br />the amount allocated in the previous year and the amount allocable in the current <br />year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the population of the <br />county and the denominator of which is the population of the State. If the amount <br />allocable in the current year is greater than the amount allocated in the previous <br />year, then the Commissioner shall increase the amount allocated to each county. <br />AtrA# number 3 <br />http:// www. ncdoi.com/OSFiM/FRGrants /frg_frf skkgjtes.asp 8/24/2010 <br />U m Fire /Rescue Gran & Relief Funds <br />a <br />In now <br />FIREFIGHTER'S RELIEF FUND <br />