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agreements with companies which issue credit cards to collect and seize credit cards issued by the company that are outdated or otherwise unauthorized, and the Director is further authorized to charge the company a fee for the return of said credit cards.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That all ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the terms and provisions hereof shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only.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