When any person shall give or cause to be given to any City official, Department or Division, a negotiable instrument in payment of any obligation of such person due the City, which instrument is subsequently dishonored by the party or institution upon whom drawn, a one-time fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for each check shall be added to the original obligation as a Dishonored Check Fee. The Dishonored Check Fee shall be first deposited toward defraying the costs of collection for the division in which the original obligation arose. Assessment of the Dishonored Check Fee shall not relieve a maker of a dishonored negotiable instrument of criminal or civil liability otherwise provided by law.
(Ord. No. 2154-99. Passed 2-28-00, eff. 3-6-00)