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NC OSFM I Firefighter's Relief Fund - Fire/Rescue Grants & Relief Funds Page 2 of 4
<br />The amount of the increase is equal to the excess proceeds multiplied by a
<br />fraction, the numerator of which is the population of the county and the
<br />denominator of which is the population of the State.
<br />Distribution to Fire Districts. - Once the Insurance Commissioner has allocated
<br />the tax proceeds to a county under subsection (b) of this section, the
<br />Commissioner shall distribute those allocations to the fire districts in that county.
<br />The amount distributed to each fire district is equal to the total amount allocated
<br />to the county multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the tax value of
<br />the property located in the fire district and the denominator of which Is the tax
<br />value of all property located in any fire district In that county. A county shall
<br />provide the Commissioner with the tax value of property located in each fire
<br />district in that county by January 1 of each year. If a county does not submit
<br />Information that the Commissioner needs to make a distribution by the date the
<br />information is due, the Commissioner shall distribute the allocation based on the
<br />most recent information the Commissioner has.
<br />Administration. - These funds shall be held by the treasurer of a fire district as a
<br />separate and distinct fund. The fire district shall immediately pay the funds to the
<br />treasurer of the local board of trustees upon the treasurer's election and
<br />qualification, for the use of the board of trustees of the firemen's local relief fund
<br />in each fire district, which board shall be composed of five members, residents of
<br />the fire district as hereinafter provided for, to be used by it for the purposes
<br />provided in G.S. 58 84 35.
<br />§ 58- 84 -30. Trustees appointed; organization. For each county, town or city
<br />complying with and deriving benefits from the provisions of this Article, there shall be
<br />appointed a local board of trustees, known as the trustees of the Firefighter's relief fund,
<br />to be composed of five members, two of whom shall be elected by the members of the
<br />local fire department or departments who are qualified as beneficiaries of such fund, two
<br />of whom shall be elected by the mayor and board of aldermen or other local governing
<br />body, and one of whom shall be named by the Commissioner of Insurance. Their
<br />selection and term of office shall be as follows: (1) The members of the fire department
<br />shall hold an election each January to elect their representatives to above board. In
<br />January 1950, the firemen shall elect one member to serve for two years and one
<br />member to serve for one year, then each year In January thereafter, they shall elect
<br />only one member and his term of office shall be for two years. (2) The mayor and board
<br />of aldermen or other local governing body shall appoint, in January 1950, two
<br />representatives to above board, one to hold office for two years and one to hold office
<br />for one year, and each year in January thereafter they shall appoint only one
<br />representative and his term of office shall be for two years. (3) The Commissioner of
<br />Insurance shall appoint one representative to serve as trustee and he shall serve at the
<br />pleasure of the Commissioner. All of the above trustees shall hold office for their elected
<br />or appointed time, or until their successors are elected or appointed, and shall serve
<br />without pay for their services. They shall Immediately after election and appointment
<br />organize by electing from their members a chairman and a secretary and treasurer,
<br />which two last positions may be held by the same person. The treasurer of said board of
<br />trustees shall give a good and sufficient surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of
<br />moneys in his hand, to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance. The cost of this
<br />bond may be deducted by the Insurance Commissioner from the receipts collected
<br />pursuant to G.S. 58 -84 -10 before distribution Is made to local relief funds. If the chief or
<br />chiefs of the local fire departments are not named on the board of trustees as above
<br />provided, then they shall serve as ex officio members without privilege of voting on
<br />matters before the board. (1907, c. 831, s. 6; C.S., s. 6068; 1925, c. 41; 1945, c. 74, s.
<br />1; 1947, c. 720; 1949, c. 1054; 1973, c. 1365; 1985, c. 666, s. 64; 1987, c. 174, ss. 1,
<br />5.)
<br />§ 58- 84 -35. Disbursement of funds by trustees. The board of trustees shall have
<br />entire control of the funds derived from the provisions of this Article, and shall disburse
<br />the funds only for the following purposes: (1) To safeguard any fireman. in active service
<br />from financial loss, occasioned by sickness contracted or injury received while in the
<br />performance of his duties as a fireman. (2) To provide a reasonable support for those
<br />actually dependent upon the services of any fireman who may lose his life In the fire
<br />service of his town, city, or State, either by accident or from disease contracted or Injury
<br />received by reason of such service. The amount is to be determined according to the
<br />earning capacity of the deceased. (2a) To provide assistance, upon approval by the
<br />Secretary of the State Firemen's Association, to a destitute member fireman who has
<br />served honorably for at least five years. (3) Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 666, s.
<br />61. (4) To provide for the payment of any fireman's assessment in the Firemen's
<br />Fraternal Insurance Fund of the State of North Carolina if the board of trustees finds as
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