The commissioner shall determine the premium for a blanket bond. Each state agency and political subdivision shall pay the premium in advance to the fund and the premiums collected must be kept in the fund. The minimum premium for each bond must be two dollars and fifty cents per public employee per year. Payments must be made for one year or for a longer term as prescribed by the commissioner. The premiums referred to in this section must be waived until the reserve fund of the state bonding fund has been depleted below the sum of two million dollars. The collection of premiums must be resumed on the bonds, at the rates provided under this section, whenever the reserve fund is depleted below the sum of two million dollars. The premiums must continue to be collected until the reserve fund reaches a total of three million dollars, at which time all premiums must again be waived until the reserve fund has been depleted below the sum of two million dollars.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-21-09