[Adopted 5-17-2005 by Ord. No. 5-28A-2005; amended 6-21-2005]
This article is enacted on the authority of § 59.54(24),
Wis. Stats., which authorizes a county to enact and enforce an ordinance
which imposes charges on persons who issue worthless checks and permits
a county office to retain overpayments of fees, licenses and similar
charges and waive underpayments.
[Amended 4-21-2009 by Ord. No. 14-2009]
If a personal check tendered to make any payment of any fee,
tax or other charge legally imposed by any office, official, employee
or officer acting on behalf of Adams County is not paid by the bank
on which it is drawn or if a demand for payment under a debit or credit
card transaction or other instrument is not paid by the bank upon
which demand is made, the person, firm, corporation or other organization
shall remain liable for the payment of the amount for which the check
was tendered or the amount agreed to be paid by the debit or credit
card or other instrument, and for a charge of $20. The levying of
this charge shall not preclude the issuing person, firm, corporation
or other organization from being subject to any other civil or criminal
proceeding or penalty authorized by law.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the County may retain overpayments
of fees, licenses and similar charges when the overpayment is $3 or
less, unless such refund is specifically requested in writing. Underpayments
of not more than $3 may be waived when the administrative cost of
collecting would exceed the amount of the underpayment.
