There shall be imposed a service charge to be added to any account
owed to the Township of Upper Deerfield if payment tendered on the
account was by a check or other written instrument which was returned
for insufficient funds.
Whenever an account owing to the Township of Upper Deerfield
is for a tax or special assessment, the service charge authorized
by this section shall be included on whatever list of delinquent accounts
is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.
The service charge for a check or other written instrument returned
for insufficient funds shall be in the amount of $20 per check or
other written instrument.
Any service charge authorized by this chapter shall be collected
in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account
for which the check or other written instrument was tendered. In addition,
the Township Committee may require future payments to be tendered
in cash, by certified check or cashier's check.