(a)
Acceptance of credit cards.
Each officer employed by
the city who, as part of that employment, collects fees, fines, court
costs, or other charges from members of the public that are due the
city is authorized to accept credit cards as payment for such fines,
fees, court costs, and other charges.
(b)
Processing fee.
For each fee, fine, court cost, or utility charge that is paid by credit card, the officer collecting same shall also collect a processing fee in an amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, as authorized by section 132.003(b), Texas Local Government Code.
(c)
Additional service charge.
If for any reason a payment
by credit card is not honored by the credit card company on which
the funds are drawn, the officer shall collect from the member of
the public who attempted to pay by credit card an additional service
charge in an amount equal to the fee then being charged for the collection
of a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds, as authorized
by section 132.004, Texas Local Government Code.
(d)
Encumbrance of credit cards.
The mayor shall be authorized
on behalf of the city to contract with a company that issues credit
cards to collect and seize credit cards issued by the company that
are outdated or otherwise unauthorized. Such contract may provide
that the city will charge the company a fee for the return of such
credit cards, as authorized by section 132.005, Texas Local Government
Code.
(e)
Disposition of fees and charges.
Processing fees and
service charges collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited
in the general fund of the city, as provided by section 132.006, Texas
Local Government Code.
(Ordinance 986 adopted 9/20/06; 2004 Code, sec. 1.1701; Ordinance adopting 2019 Code; Ordinance 1286 adopted 12/17/19)
(a)
The
mayor and city secretary are hereby authorized to sign checks, vouchers
or warrants for the withdrawal of money from the city’s depository
by the use of machine-imprinted facsimile signatures.
(b)
The
city’s depository bank is authorized and directed to honor as
genuine and authorized any and all checks, drafts and vouchers for
the payment of money withdrawn from city accounts in the name of and
bearing the facsimile signatures of the mayor and city secretary.
(Ordinance 679 adopted 9/17/91; 2004 Code, art. 1.1200)
