[Ord. 1996-3, 6/6/1996, § 1]
In any situation in which Lower Macungie Township seeks to assess or impose attorney's fees in connection with the collection of a delinquent account and the filing and prosecution of a municipal claim and lien, the Township shall first comply with the procedures set forth in § 3(a)(2) of the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, No. 153, as amended, 53 P.S. § 7106(a)(2).
[Ord. 1996-3, 6/6/1996, § 2]
The Township Solicitor is hereby authorized and directed to include a claim for attorney's fees in all municipal claims and liens filed on behalf of Lower Macungie Township under the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, No. 153, as amended, 53 P.S. § 7101 et seq., to the extent permitted by law.
[Ord. 1996-3, 6/6/1996, § 3; as amended by Ord. 1998-2, 2/19/1998; by Ord. 2000-1, 2/17/2000; and by Ord. 2003-01, 2/6/2003]
The official Township schedule of attorney's fees within the meaning of § 3(a)(1) of the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. § 7103(a)(1), is as follows: $184 for each hour of legal time expended in the collection of a claim, whether before or after the filing of a municipal claim, in connection with the filing of a municipal, in prosecuting a municipal claim to final judgment, in connection with the execution upon a judgment, or otherwise.