The city does hereby establish a protest fee in the sum of $27.50 to be charged to any payor or drawer of any financial instrument for payment of money to the city, its municipally owned utilities or any or its respective departments, which instrument is subsequently dishonored by the financial institution upon which the same is drawn, and the office of the Clerk-Treasurer is instructed to assess and collect the protest fee and deposit and account for the same in accordance with the following:
(A) If a dishonored instrument is tendered in payment of utilities, the protest fee shall be credited to the various utilities in accordance with the following percentages:
(1) Electric Utility: 30%;
(2) Gas Utility: 30%;
(3) Water Utility: 20%; and
(4) Sewage Utility: 20%.
(B) If a dishonored instrument is tendered in payment of any other account owing to the city or any of its departments, the protest fee shall be deposited into the general fund of the city.
(`90 Code, § 13.18.010) (Ord. 85-45, passed - -; Am. Ord. 93-43, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2003-28, passed 11-6-2003)