[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Derry as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 193.
[Adopted 6-16-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4]
A.
The Township of Derry hereby imposes a fee of $25 (the "initial fee")
per check returned by the financial institution or entity on which
it is drawn to it or to the Derry Township Tax Collector and/or Tax
Collector's Office, as applicable, due to the account being closed,
due to the account having insufficient funds or the like or where
there exist problems that otherwise necessitate the check not being
honored and being returned and/or not otherwise honored by the financial
institution or entity on which it is drawn.
B.
The initial fee, aforesaid, may be changed from time to time, as
deemed reasonable and prudent, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
and without the necessity of an amendment to this article.
C.
The return check fee will be charged for any returned check submitted
for payment of a fee or obligation to any Township office or in relation
to any tax paid to the Derry Township Tax Collector.
D.
The return check fee shall also apply to any check returned which
is submitted in payment of the return check fee.
E.
Fees collected and relating to returned checks in payment of taxes
or other obligations to the Township Tax Collector shall be deposited
to the Township Tax Collector's General Fund and fees collected
by other Township Offices shall be deposited in the Township General
Fund.
A.
The Township of Derry hereby imposes a service fee of $10 to be assessed
each person or entity, including, but not limited to, financial institutions,
firms, corporations, attorneys, title companies and abstractors and
others requesting a certificate or statement regarding current and/or
delinquent taxes from the Derry Township Tax Collector for each certificate
or statement of current and/or delinquent taxes provided by the Derry
Township Tax Collector.
B.
The initial fee, aforesaid, may be changed from time to time, as
deemed reasonable and prudent, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
and without the necessity of an amendment to this article.
C.
Fees relating to current and/or delinquent tax statements or certifications
shall be deposited in the Derry Township Tax Collector's General
Fund.
[Adopted 6-16-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-5]
This article shall be known as and may be cited as the "Derry
Township Municipal Claims Attorneys' Fee and Interest Rate Ordinance."
The following fee schedule of reasonable attorneys' fees
is adopted in relation to the collection of delinquent municipal claims
and accounts for failure to pay promptly all per 53 P.S. § 7106,
and, specifically, per 53 P.S. § 7106(a.1), as amended:
A.
Attorneys' fees in the collection of delinquent accounts/claims by
the method of a municipal claim and lien shall be charged at the rate
of $85 per hour, charged in a minimum of fifteen-minute intervals.
This shall be the charge for all work performed, including, but not
limited to, telephone conversations, correspondence, drafting of documents,
negotiations, legal research, court time, travel, or any other work
performed in relation thereto.
Interest on any municipal claim shall be determined by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors adopted from time to time, at
a rate not to exceed 10% per annum collectible on all municipal claims
from the date of the completion of the work after it is filed as a
lien, and, as applicable, on claims for taxes, water rents or rates,
lighting rates, or sewer rates from the date of the filing of the
lien thereto and interest rates shall otherwise be determined as set
forth in the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Act, 53 P.S. § 7143,
as amended and supplemented.
