If the mayor, the president of the departmental council or the president of the regional council, as the case may be, fails to pay a compulsory expenditure within one month of being given formal notice to do so by the representative of the State in the department, the latter shall proceed to do so automatically.
The period provided for in the previous paragraph is extended to two months if the expenditure is equal to or greater than 5% of the operating section of the primary budget.