§ 18-11-09 — Apportioning insurance tax

The amount received under section 18-04-05 by the city auditor in a city that has a paid fire
department and a duly organized and incorporated firefighters relief association must be
apportioned so that one-half must be placed in a fund to be disbursed by the governing body of
the city in maintaining the fire department and one-half must be paid to the secretary-treasurer
of the firefighters relief association. However, the governing body of the city may pay all or any
portion of the amount normally disbursed in maintaining the fire department to the
secretary-treasurer of the firefighters relief association if its financial condition makes that
disposition necessary or advisable.