222.68 - COSTS PAID IN FIRST INSTANCE.
222.68 COSTS PAID IN FIRST INSTANCE.
All necessary and legal expenses for the cost of admission or
commitment of a person to a resource center or a special unit when
the person's legal settlement is found to be in another county of
this state shall in the first instance be paid by the county from
which the person was admitted or committed. The county of legal
settlement shall reimburse the county which pays for all such
expenses. Where any county fails to make such reimbursement within
forty- five days following submission of a properly itemized bill to
the county of legal settlement, a penalty of not greater than one
percent per month on and after forty-five days from submission of the
bill may be added to the amount due. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3451; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.41;
C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.68] Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1218, §68; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51
Referred to in § 225C.8, 331.381