Section 270.7. Payment by county.

  1.  The county auditor shall, upon receipt of the certificate, pass it to the credit of the state, and issue a notice to the county treasurer authorizing the county treasurer to transfer the amount to the general state revenue, which shall be filed by the treasurer as authority for making the transfer, and the county treasurer shall include the amount in the next remittance of state taxes to the treasurer of state, designating the fund to which it belongs.

  2.  If a county fails to pay these bills within sixty days from the date of certificate from the superintendent, the director of the department of administrative services shall charge the delinquent county a penalty of three-fourths of one percent per month on and after sixty days from the date of certificate until paid. The penalties shall be credited to the general fund of the state.

[C73, §1695; C97, §2726; S13, §2726; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §270.7]

83 Acts, ch 123, §106, 209

; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286

Method for payment for prescription drug costs for FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §9, 28