(A) Funding. The Lake County Council establishes a credit card service fee not to exceed 3% of the amount charged, in order to pay a credit card company the credit card fee for the use of a credit card to pay Lake County real estate and personal property tax.
(B) Established. The Lake County Council hereby establishes the Credit Card Service Fee Fund for the deposit of the credit card service fees for the use of a credit card to pay Lake County real estate and personal property tax.
(C) Appropriations. The credit card service fee shall be placed in the Credit Card Service Fee Fund and distributed to respective credit card companies to cover their fees for use of their credit card to pay real estate and personal property tax, and shall be appropriated by the Lake County Council pursuant to law.
(D) This section becomes effective on passage pursuant to I.C. 36-2-8-4.
(Ord. 1268E, passed 10-12-2005)