[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township
of Mount Olive 6-25-1991 by Ord. No. 18-91; amended in its entirety 10-2-2012 by Ord. No.
31-2012[1] (Ch. 7 of the 1990 Code). Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also amended the name of this
chapter, which was formerly Checks, Returned.
[Amended 2-8-2022 by Ord. No. 3-2022]
There is hereby imposed a service fee of $20 upon the account
for any check or ACH payment which is submitted in payment to the
Township, which is returned to the Township for nonpayment.
Whenever an account owing to a municipality is for a tax or
special assessment, the service charge authorized by this chapter
shall be included on whichever list of delinquent accounts is prepared
for the enforcement of the lien.
Any service charge authorized by this chapter shall be collected
in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account
for which the check or other written instrument was tendered.
After the adoption of this chapter, for any account for which
the Township receives a returned check or payment, a letter shall
be sent to the account holder advising that payment must be resubmitted
within 10 days along with the returned check or ACH payment. If payment
is not received within 10 days, the account shall be sent to the Police
Department for handling. If payment is received, but the check or
ACH payment is returned again, then the Township will require payment
to be made by cash or certified check.
