Ord. 0645 10-12-92ORDINANCE NO. 645
AN ORDINANCE OF CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
FEES TO RECOVER THE ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED IN PROCESSING
RETURNED CHECKS, GIVEN IN SATISFACTION OF ANY FINE, FEE,
PERMIT, LICENSE, OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES OF THE CITY;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, significant Staff time and City equipment are
expended in the processing of checks which have been tendered to
the City for any fine, fee, permit, license, or other goods or
services when such checks are returned unpaid by the payor bank;
and
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the City of
Pearland, to recoup its actual costs resulting from this
expenditure of Staff time and equipment; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
A,
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that a
charge of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars should be added to the face
amount of any returned check tendered to the City in payment of any
fine, fee, permit, license, or other City goods or services, and
that such Fifteen ($15.00) Dollar fee represents the reasonable and
necessary costs incurred by the City in the handling and processing
of such returned instruments.
Section 2. Any department of the City which shall hereafter
receive a draft, check, or other such instrument which is
subsequently dishonored and/or returned to the City unpaid is
hereby authorized and directed to add to the amount of any fee,
fine, or charge for which the instrument is given in satisfaction,
or partial satisfaction, the additional amount of Fifteen ($15.00)
Dollars as provided in Section 1 of this Ordinance.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed. but only to the extent of such
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity cof the
remaining portions thereof.
Section 5. All rights and remedies which have accrnied on
behalf of the City are hereby preserved.
Section 6. It is the intent of the City Council of title City
of Pearland, Texas, that this Ordinance shall be codified in the
City's official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove..
Section 7. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinanace, or
its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper
of the City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance.. The
Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days from and' after
its publication, or the publication of its caption and penality, in
the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED on First Reading this the /a. day of
eC.—/ , A.D., 1992.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
PAT JONES
CITY SECRETARY
PASSED and APPROVED on Second and Final Reading this thee 2- 6
day of wee/ , A.D., 1992.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
VOTING RECORD ( FIRST READING) OCTOBER 12, 1992
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Smith, Colson, Weber, and Frank
Voting "No" - None (Councilmember Miller was absent)
VOTING RECORD (SECOND READING) OCTOBER 26, 1992
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Smith, Colson, Weber, Frank and Miller
Voting "No" - None
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 30, 1992
EFFECTIVE DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 1992
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHAPTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS