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ORDINANCE NO. 636 <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3 OF <br /> THE LOUISVILLE iMUNICIPAL CODE TO <br /> DIRECT TUE CITY CLERK TO COLLECT <br /> A CHARGE FOR UNPAID BANK CHECKS ' <br /> ISSUED TO THE CITY. <br /> WHEWEAS, the number of bad or unpaid check* received <br /> by the CU!. ►Md,gr ewt ly and r <br /> s tsop+iid checks returned to tb. City.are _ . <br /> _.s <br /> charged to the City and entail administrative time and esponse to <br /> collect. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br /> THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: <br /> Section 1. The following section is hereby added to <br /> Chapter 3.04 of the Louisville Municipal Code: <br /> 3.04.130 Charge for Unpaid Bank Checks <br /> Whenever any person shall give or cause to be given <br /> to the City, or any department or agency thereof, a check drawn <br /> on a bank in purported payment of any obligation due the City. <br /> which check is dishonored or unpaid because of improper signature <br /> or by reason of the drawer having no account or insufficient funds <br /> therein or having stopped payment on the check; the City Clerk or <br /> her duly authorized agent shall add the sum of Five Dollars (WOO) <br /> to the obligation due the City to cover the additional costs for <br /> the unpaid check. Such sum shall be collected in the same manner <br /> as any other indebtedness due the City and any receipt theretofore <br /> given in reliance upon such unpaid check shall be null and void <br /> and no other receipt shall be given for payment of the original <br /> indebtedness until said charge has also been paid. <br /> INTRODUCED, READ, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this <br /> day of , 1979. <br /> itayor <br /> ATTEST: <br /> C ty erk <br />