§ 50-35-03 — Payments - Distributions by the director

1. The director shall calculate the total payment for each human service zone pursuant to
section 50-35-04 for each calendar year. The director shall notify each human service
zone of the estimated amount of that zone's payment for calendar year 2021 and the
following years thereafter, before July first of the previous year. The director may
amend and modify each human service zone's payment. If the director amends and
modifies a human service zone's payment, the human service zone director must be
notified within thirty days of amendment or modification.
2. The director shall distribute fifty percent of the amount of each human service zone's
payment determined under subsection 1, within the limits of legislative appropriation,
before January eleventh.
3. By June first of each year, the director shall recalculate the total payment for each
human service zone pursuant to section 50-35-04 for the current calendar year.
4. The director shall subtract from a human service zone's June fifteenth disbursement
any amount exceeding the limitation under section 50-35-05.
5. The director shall calculate the total payment for the department pursuant to section