§ 18-04-07 — Disbursement of fund by city auditor

Moneys received by the city auditor under the provisions of this chapter must be disbursed
as follows:
1. In a city having a paid fire department, the money must be placed in a fund to be
disbursed by the governing body of the municipality in maintaining the fire department.
If the municipality has a duly organized and incorporated firefighters relief association,
the money must be disbursed in accordance with section 18-05-04.

2. In a city or rural fire protection district having no paid fire department, the money must
be paid over to the treasurer of the fire department, or to the treasurer of each
separately organized fire company that satisfies the requirements of section 18-04-01
in equal proportions when there is more than one in the municipality or rural fire
protection district, upon the written order of the department or companies approved by
the governing body of the municipality or rural fire protection district. If the municipality
or rural fire protection district has a duly organized and incorporated firefighters relief
association, the amount must be disbursed in accordance with section 18-05-04.
3. For the purpose of this section, a nonpaid or volunteer fire department is any
department in which less than fifty percent of the personnel of the department are
full-time regularly salaried firefighters. A volunteer firefighter is a firefighter who does
not receive a regular monthly salary though the firefighter may receive compensation
for each fire call the firefighter responds to.