[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Rochester 6-18-1985 by Ord. No. 309 as Art. 113 of the 1985
Codified Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The compensation or fees to be paid to the Treasurer for the collection
of all taxes levied and assessed by the Board of Commissioners, and
for other services, shall be as follows:
(1)
For all taxes paid at discount or at par the Treasurer shall be paid
3% of the amount so collected.
(2)
For all taxes paid with penalty or interest added the Treasurer shall
be paid 4% of the amount so paid to or collected by him/her.
(3)
For all taxes paid to the Treasurer after they have been filed or
returned, the Treasurer shall be paid 2% of the amount received by
him/her.
(4)
For all other moneys received or collected by the Treasurer he/she
shall receive 0.5% of the amount so received or collected.
B.
The commissions or fees paid to the Treasurer for tax collections
as aforesaid, and for other services, shall be by vouchers or orders
drawn against the general funds of the Township.
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Editor's Note: Notwithstanding the compensation established
for the Treasurer in this section, Section 34 of the Act of May 25,
1945 (P.L. 1050) (72 P.S. § 5511.34), as amended, known
as the "Local Tax Collection Law," provides that "in no case shall
the total compensation of the Treasurer, as Treasurer and Tax Collector
for the Township, exceed the sum of $10,000."
