Pursuant to the provisions of General Municipal
Law § 85, whenever a check or other written order is hereafter
tendered in payment of any amount owing to the Town of Maine, which
shall be returned to the sender for lack of sufficient funds:
A. In accordance with the provisions of § 85
of the General Municipal Law and § 5-328 of the General
Obligations Law, a service charge of $20 is hereby imposed upon the
sender to be remitted to the Town when funds representing the returned
check or other written order are returned to the Town.
[Amended 6-13-2006]
B. If the sender fails to remit said service charge with
the funds replacing the returned check, if the payment was for a tax,
special ad valorem levy or special assessment, the service charge
shall be included on the list of delinquent accounts prepared for
enforcement of any lien relating thereto.