7-6-2312. Penalty for noncompliance with filing requirements -- exception. (1) The county clerk shall withhold as a penalty from the salary of each official failing or refusing to file the estimates, $10 for each day of delay. The total penalty against any official may not exceed $50 in 1 year.
     (2) The notice provided for in 7-6-2311 must contain a copy of this penalty clause.
     (3) This section does not apply to a county that has adopted the alternative accounting method provided for in Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 148, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 4613.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1901(part); amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 430, L. 1995.