[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of Montgomery Borough
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]
The Borough and the Borough Tax Collector are hereby authorized
to impose a service fee for any and all checks returned by the financial
institution or entity on which it is drawn due to insufficient or
uncollectible funds, the account being closed or any other circumstance
resulting the check not being honored by the financial institution
or entity. The service fee shall be $30, unless the Borough or the
Borough Tax Collector is charged a greater amount by their respective
financial institutions, in which case the fee shall be the amount
charged by the financial institution.
The service fee shall be charged for any returned checks submitted
for payment of any fee or obligation to any Borough office or in relation
to any tax paid to the Borough Tax Collector.
The drawer of the returned check shall be responsible to pay
the service fee upon notification from the Borough or the Borough
Tax Collector. Failure to pay the service fee, upon notice to do so
and upon being found liable in a civil enforcement proceeding, shall
result in a civil penalty of $50, plus court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceeding,
all in addition to the service fee found owing.
