[Amended 2-21-1996 by Ord. No. 8-1996]
Hereafter, a service charge of $20 shall be added to any account
owing to the city if payment tendered on the account was made by check
or other written instrument and such check or other written instrument
is returned for insufficient funds.
Whenever such account owing to the city is for a tax or special
assessment, the service charge hereby authorized shall be included
on the list of delinquent accounts prepared for the enforcement of
the city's lien.
The service charge authorized hereby shall be collected in the
manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which
said check or other written instrument was tendered.
So long as the account remains in the name of the person or
entity for which the account was named or titled at the time the returned
check or other written instrument was tendered, future payments on
such account shall be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's
check.