The Treasurer is hereby authorized to accept payment of local taxes, penalties and interest, fees, fines or other charges by any commercially acceptable means, including, but not limited to, checks, physical or electronic, credit cards, debit cards, and electronic funds transfers. The Treasurer is hereby authorized to investigate credit card entities and other alternative payment processing options, to determine those that are responsible, efficient and capable of cooperating with the County for the collection of local taxes, fees, fines and other charges, and to establish a list of those so determined which may be accepted for payment by the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall add to such payment a sum equal to the percentage over the paid amount charged to the Treasurer by, or negotiated with, the credit card company or other merchant payment processor under the agreed upon contract with the Treasurer, whichever is less.
If any check, physical or electronic, credit/debit card transaction, electronic funds transfers, or other means of payment tendered to the Treasurer is not paid by the bank, credit/debit card company or financial institution on which it is drawn, the person for whom such transaction was tendered shall remain liable for the payment of the amount owed to the Treasurer, the same as if such check, credit/debit card transaction, electronic funds transfers, or other means of payment had not been tendered.
(Ord. 99-18. Passed 12-1-99; Ord. 18-10. Passed 5-9-18.)