[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Penn Yan as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 4-18-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Penn Yan hereby authorizes
agreements with one or more financing agencies or card issuers to
provide for acceptance by the Village Treasurer and the Village Treasurer's
designees, as a means of payment for rents, rates, bills, fees, charges
and other amounts, including penalties, special assessments or interest,
owed to the Village of Penn Yan via a municipal Internet website for
municipal utility services.
The agreements referred to herein shall govern the terms and
conditions upon which a credit or charge card proffered as a means
of payment of rents, rates, bills, fees, charges and other amounts,
including penalties, special assessments or interest, shall be accepted
or declined and the manner in and conditions upon which the financing
agency or card issuer shall pay to the Village of Penn Yan the amounts
of the rents, rates, bills, fees, charges and other amounts, including
penalties, special assessments or interest, paid by means of a credit
card or charge card via the Internet pursuant to such agreement.
The agreements referred to herein shall provide that as a condition
for accepting payment by credit card or charge card, such person offering
payment by credit card or charge card shall pay a service fee, not
to exceed the actual costs generated in connection with implementation
and operation of the credit or charge card payment via the Internet
transaction program.
The underlying bill, account or other amount owed to the Village
of Penn Yan for which payment by credit or charge card is accepted
by the Village of Penn Yan shall not be expunged, canceled, released,
discharged or satisfied and any receipt or any other evidence of payment
shall be deemed conditional until the Village of Penn Yan has received
a final and unconditional payment of the full amount due from the
financing agency or card issuer for such credit card transaction,
on behalf of the payor of such amount due.
A.
When payment is made via the Internet, the Village of Penn Yan shall
provide a confirmation page to the payor following the completion
of the Internet transaction. Such confirmation page shall include
at least the following:
B.
Payment received via the Internet shall be considered received by
the appropriate officer and paid at the time the Internet transaction
is completed and sent by payor.
C.
The underlying bill or other amount owed to the Village of Penn Yan
for which payment over the Internet is accepted by the Village of
Penn Yan shall not be expunged, canceled, released, discharged or
satisfied, and any receipt or other evidence of payment shall be deemed
conditional, until the Village of Penn Yan has received total and
unconditional payment for the full amount due.