(A) The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to accept a credit card or debit card for any required payment to the clerk of the circuit court. The clerk of the circuit court is authorized and directed to charge and collect fees for the use of credit cards or debit cards pursuant agency service agreement hereby incorporated by reference.
(B) (1) The County Clerk be, and hereby is, authorized to collect, in advance, the following fees for services rendered and expenses incurred in the mailing of child support payments to the custodial parent:
(a) For mailing one check per week for 52 weeks: $20;
(b) For mailing one check biweekly for 52 weeks: $10; and
(c) For mailing one check monthly for 12 months: $5.
(2) All sums collected under, and pursuant to, this section shall be remitted by the County Clerk for deposit in the General Fund of the county and appropriation or other disposition by order of the County Council.
(C) (1) The collection of bond payments in the form of guaranteed funds via credit card payments will provide fee reimbursements from the vendor to the County Sheriff and County Clerk for services provided by contract.
(2) The funds shall be deposited to the funds listed by agreement of the County Sheriff and County Clerk. In regards to the County Sheriff, the funds will be deposited to the Inmate Trust Fund. In regards to the County Clerk, the funds will be deposited to the Perpetuation Fund.
(Ord. 1992-8, passed 12-15-1992; Ord. XIII, passed 6-19-2007; Ord. 2015-VIII, passed 7-7-2015)