New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Blee has ordered the state to make an immediate payment of $2.36 million to Atlantic County, and more substantial future payments, in a decision in the county’s lawsuit over changes to the casino payment-in-lieu-of-taxes legislation.

But the state on Monday filed paperwork asking Blee for a stay, which would prevent the state from having to make the $2.36 million payment this week and two payments of about $5.6 million on Aug. 15 and Nov. 15.

The state must make the first payment by Aug. 5, according to Blee’s Friday order, to cover the shortfall in payments made to the county so far this year, according to a statement from county spokesperson Linda Gilmore.