[Adopted 5-6-1996 by Ord. No. 5-96; amended
in its entirety 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 01-03 (Ch. 1, Part 10, of
the 1988 Code)]
[Amended 2-20-2012 by Ord. No. 01-12]
A. The schedule of attorney fees to be assessed or imposed
by the Township of Bethlehem in connection with the filing of municipal
claims and liens and the collection of delinquent accounts, which
fees shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners, is hereby adopted.
B. There shall be added to the fees the reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses of counsel in connection with each of these services, as
itemized in the applicable counsel bills, which shall be deemed to
be part of the fees. The amount of fees determined as set forth in
the schedule referenced above shall be added to the Township's claim
in each account.
[Adopted 3-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 03-19]
The Township and any attorney or private collector collecting
delinquent municipal claims on behalf of the Township are hereby authorized
to accept payment of delinquent municipal claims by credit card or
debit card.
Where payment is by credit card or debit card, any charged by
the credit card or debit card company and/or the credit card or debit
card servicing agent shall become part of the delinquent municipal
claim of the Township and be charged immediately to the credit card
or debit card used to make payment.
The foregoing applies to all credit card or debit card payments
made by mail, telephone, the internet or in person.
The provisions of this article shall be severable and if any
provisions thereof shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the
remaining provisions of this article. It is hereby declared as a legislative
intent of the Township that this article would have been enacted had
such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid provision(s) not been included
herein.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
This article shall be effective five days after its enactment.