[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Pleasant Valley as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-14-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
A.
Pursuant to § 5 of the General Municipal
Lave, the Town Board of the Town of Pleasant Valley hereby determines
that it is in the public interest to permit the acceptance by certain
officers of the Town of Pleasant Valley of credit cards as a means
of payment of fines, fees and other charges, as set forth in § 5
of the General Municipal Law.
B.
Pursuant to § 5-b of the General Municipal
Law, the Town Board of the Town of Pleasant Valley hereby determines
that it is in the public interest to provide for the acceptance via
the Town's Internet website as a means of payment of fines, fees and
other charges, as set forth in § 5-b of the General Municipal
Law.
The Town Board of the Town of Pleasant Valley
hereby authorizes agreements with one or more financing agencies or
card issuers to provide for acceptance by the Town Clerk, the Receiver
of Taxes, the Zoning Administrator and the Recreation Director, and
their designees, as a means of payment for fines, penalties, rents,
rates, taxes, fees, changes, revenue, financial obligations and other
amounts, including penalties, special assessments or interest, owed
to the Town of Pleasant Valley via a municipal Internet website.
The agreements referred to in this article shall
govern the terms and conditions upon which a credit card proferred
as a means of payment of fines, civil penalties, rents, rates, taxes,
fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations and other amounts, including
penalties, special assessments or interest, shall be accepted or declined
and the manner in and conditions upon which the financing agency or
card issuer shall pay to the "Town of Pleasant Valley the amounts
of the fines, civil penalties, rents, rates, taxes, fees, charges,
revenue, financial obligations and other amounts, including penalties,
special assessments or interest, paid by means of a credit card, pursuant
to such agreement.
The agreements referred to in this article shall
provide that as a condition for accepting payment by credit card,
such person offering payment by credit card or charge card pay a service
fee to the Town of Pleasant Valley not to exceed the costs incurred
by the Town of Pleasant Valley in connection with the credit or charge
card payment transaction, including any fee owed by the Town of Pleasant
Valley to the financing agency or card issuer arising from that transaction.
The underlying debt, lien, obligation, bill,
account or other amount owed to the Town of Pleasant Valley for which
payment by credit card is accepted by the Town of Pleasant Valley
shall not be expunged, canceled, released, discharged or satisfied,
and any receipt or any other evidence of payment shall be deemed conditional,
until Pleasant Valley has received a final and unconditional payment
of the full amount due from the financing agency or card issuer for
such credit card transaction.
A.
In the event of the payment of taxes via the Internet,
the Town of Pleasant Valley shall provide a confirmation page to the
taxpayer following the completion of the Internet transaction. Such
confirmation page shall include at least the following:
B.
Payment received via the Internet shall be considered
received by the appropriate officer and paid by the taxpayer at the
time the Internet transaction is completed and sent by the taxpayer.
C.
The underlying debt, lien, obligation, bill or other
amount owed to the local government for which payment by the Internet
is accepted by the local government shall not be expunged, canceled,
released, discharged or satisfied, and any receipt or other evidence
of payment shall be deemed conditional, until the government has received
total and unconditional payment for the full amount due.
