[Adopted 6-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
The compensation for the Township Tax Collector for the collection
of Township real estate taxes shall be set at $5 per tax bill generated
and mailed by the Tax Collector and paid by the Taxpayer.
In addition to his or her duties as the elected Tax Collector,
the Tax Collector and his or her successors are hereby appointed and
authorized to prepare and issue real estate tax certifications, duplicate
real estate tax bills and such other real estate tax documents as
the Tax Collector shall determine would be required for the execution
of his or her statutory duties. Such documents may be required to
be provided by the Township to requestors pursuant to the Right-to-Know
Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
The Tax Collector may charge the following fees for services,
which fees shall be paid to and retained by the Tax Collector as additional
compensation for providing the service:
A.Â
In an amount to be established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors, for issuing a real estate tax
certification for up to three years, certified.
B.Â
In an amount to be established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors, for issuing a duplicate real
estate tax bill for each tax year.
C.Â
In an amount to be established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors, for preparing and issuing other
written real estate tax information, provided that the total fee for
each such informational document shall not exceed a total of $25.
D.Â
In an amount established by the financial institution used for the
depositing of real estate taxes, any fees due to returned checks for
nonsufficient or insufficient funds.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any other remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections,
or parts of this article.
