G-00-06-22-10A1 - 6/22/2000ORDINANCE NO. o_600&_zlog/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 1.1103; PROVIDING
FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF A FEE ON RETURNED ITEMS;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, a Texas home -rule municipality may adopt ordinances
that are for the good government, peace, or order of the
municipality; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
Chapter 1, Section 1.1100, Subsection 1.1103 of the Code of
Ordinances , City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
1.1103 RETURNED ITEM CHARGES
Where payment of any fine, fee, permit, license, service, or other item is required by this Code
or other ordinance or resolution of the city and such payment is made by check, credit card, debit
card, electronic funds transfer, or other payment method, a fee in an amount not exceeding the
maximum allowed by applicable law shall be charged if the item is returned or the item is not paid
for any reason by the issuer's bank or other financial institution.
II.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
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C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which
this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed,
considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and
the Act.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative
vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for
reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day
of , 2000.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the J Q
day of
�!llj- -� , 2000.
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READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of
A TEST:
ANNE LAND, City Secretary
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DATE: June 16, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — June 22, 2000
ITEM:
10.A.1. Consider an ordinance amending the fee for return checks and
making the fee applicable to other return items. (Second
Reading) This ordinance permits staff to establish a processing
charge for items returned unpaid such as checks, credit card
transactions, debit card transactions and electronic transfers. The
processing charge would be within the limit set by state law,
which is currently $25 per item. The first reading of the ordinance
was approved on June 8, 2000. Staff Resource Person: David
Kautz, Finance Director.