Section 9-21-16.1 - Casualty reserve fund authorized--Limitation on amount and use of fund--Interest. - South Dakota Statutes

9-21-16.1. Casualty reserve fund authorized--Limitation on amount and use of fund--Interest. The governing body of a municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, establish a fund to be designated the casualty reserve fund and the governing body may, in their annual appropriation, set forth a specific amount for such fund. The amount appropriated shall be transferred to such fund. However, at no time may the money in such fund exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The money in the fund may be expended only for the payment of expenses to replace and repair property of the municipality which was damaged or lost as a result of a casualty loss. If this fund is at the maximum amount allowed, the interest earned from the investment of the fund shall be placed in the municipality's general fund.

Source: SL 1968, ch 189; SL 1977, ch 75; SL 1986, ch 74.