(A) As soon after December thirty-first of each year as may be convenient, the director or his designee shall render an accounting to the State Treasurer of the state portion of the broker's premium tax rate payment collected showing the counties in which the risk covered by the insurance is located and shall furnish a duplicate of the accounting to the Comptroller General. The Comptroller General shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for one-fourth of the state's portion of the broker's premium tax rate payment collected by the department on property insurance, payable to the county treasurer of the county in which the property is located. The county treasurer shall distribute the broker's premium tax collected on property insurance in accordance with the requirements of Sections 23-9-360 and 23-9-470 and Sections 38-7-70 and 38-7-80. (B) As soon as practical after December thirty-first, but no later than July first of each year, the department shall distribute from the special earmarked fund, distinct from the general fund, the municipal portion of the broker's premium tax rate payment collected for the prior tax year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 38-45-20(5) and 38-45-30(4). This amount must be paid to the municipal agent with a full accounting, provided by the department, including, but not limited to, the name and address of the broker, and amount of the broker's premium tax rate payment collected from each broker, and showing the counties in which the risk covered by the insurance is located. The municipal agent shall distribute the funds annually to each municipality with which it contracts based on the data submitted by the department. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to "38-45-30(6)" was corrected to reference "38-45-30(4)" to reflect the amendment of Section 38-45-30 by 2016 Act No. 194.
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