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<br />Sec. 2-603. Service Charge. <br /> <br />If, for any reason, a payment by credit card to the City of Paris is not <br />honored by the credit card company on which the funds are drawn, the Director <br />shall be and is hereby authorized to collect a service charge from the person who <br />owes the fee, fine, court cost, or other charge to the City of Paris. The service <br />charge is in addition to the original fee, fine, court cost, or other charge and is for <br />the collection of that original amount. The amount of the service charge shall be <br />the same amount as the fee charged for the collection of a check drawn on an <br />account with insufficient funds. <br /> <br />Sec. 2-604. Encumbrance of credit card; fee. <br /> <br />The Director is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with companies <br />which issue credit cards to collect and seize credit cards issued by the company that <br />are outdated or otherwise unauthorized, and the Director is further authorized to <br />charge the company a fee for the return of said credit cards. <br /> <br />Sec. 2-605. Disposition of additional fees and charges. <br /> <br />The Director shall deposit in the consolidated cash account with the official <br />depository of the City of Paris any amounts collected by the City of Paris pursuant <br />to this article for convenience fees, service charges, or other fees incidental to the <br />use of credit cards. " <br /> <br />Section 3. That the Director of Finance for the City of Paris shall be and is hereby <br />authorized to enter into all necessary agreements with credit card issuers, equipment vendors, or <br />other entities necessary and incident to implementation of this ordinance, including but not limited <br />to form of payment agreements, customer processing agreements, equipment agreements <br />(purchasing or rental agreements), or other similar agreements. <br /> <br />Section 4. That all ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the terms and <br />provisions hereof shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. <br /> <br />Section 5. That, if any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or other portion of this <br />ordinance shall be determined as unlawful by a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the remainder of <br />this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect, it being the intention of the City Council of the <br />City of Paris that the terms and provisions of this ordinance are severable. <br /> <br />Section 6. That this ordinance shall be effective February 1, 2002. <br />