7-6-4223. Penalty for noncompliance with filing requirements -- exception. (1) The clerk shall deduct and withhold as a penalty from the salary or compensation of each official failing or refusing to file the estimate the sum of $10 for each day of delay. The total penalty against an official may not exceed $50 per year.
     (2) The notice provided for in 7-6-4221 must contain a copy of this penalty clause.
     (3) This section does not apply to a city or town that has adopted the alternative accounting method provided for in Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 121, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5083.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1403(part); amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 430, L. 1995.