[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of New Rochelle
11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 234-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The residents and other customers of the City of New
Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, have shown an interest in making payments
to the City for various services, fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes,
fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts, including
penalties, special assessments and interest, owed the City by means of credit
cards.
B.
"Credit card" means any credit card, credit plate, charge
card, courtesy card, debit card, other identification card, or other value-transfer
device as defined by the State Comptroller.
C.
The City Council of the City of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, New York, has determined that it is in the public interest to accept
this method of payment.
D.
New York General Municipal Law, Article 2, § 5,
allows the governing board of any local government to authorize the use of
credit cards for the aforementioned payments.
E.
There are numerous vendors offering credit card processing
services.
The Commissioner of Finance is hereby authorized to enter into agreements
with one or more financing agencies or card issuers to provide for the acceptance
of credit cards as means of payment of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates,
taxes, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts, including
penalties, special assessments and interest, owed to the City.
The Commissioner of Finance shall promulgate certain rules regulations
and procedure for the use of such credit cards.
All department heads and their designees charged with the duty of collecting
or receiving moneys on behalf of the local government shall be authorized
to accept credit cards as a means of payment of fines, civil penalties, rent,
rates, taxes, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts,
including penalties, special assessments and interest, owed to the City, pursuant
to such agreements entered into by the Commissioner of Finance, and such additional
rules, regulations and procedures promulgated by the Commissioner of Finance.
