50-15-107. Payment of fees to local registrars. (1) The department may specify by rule a fee to be paid each local registrar for each complete birth, fetal death, or death certificate forwarded by the local registrar to the department or a monthly report stating the local registrar did not file certificates.

(2) The department shall annually certify to the county treasurer the number of births, fetal deaths, deaths, or monthly reports received from the county with the names of the local registrars and the amount due each.

(3) (a) The county treasurer shall pay each local registrar out of the county general fund.

(b) If the local registrar, appointed pursuant to 50-15-104, is employed by the county, the payment under subsection (3)(a) must be made to the county office in which the local registrar is employed.