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Home My WebLink AboutO-08650ORDINANGf NO, 0.A5 5_10 AN ORDINANCE tMPOS1Nd A SERVICE CHARD UPON THE DRAM AND/OR LAST ENDOMR OF ANY CHECtt, DRAFT, OR ORDER HELD 8Y THE CITY witnn PAYMENT OF SAID INSTRt lENT HAS 1TEN REFUSED 8Y THE DRAWER= REPEALING ALL ORbINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS PHERFCf IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT AND CONTAIN/NO A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE 'CITY OP MIAMI, ?LORIDA: Section 1. At any time the City is in possession of a check, draft, or order and payment of the same has been refused by the drawee because of lack of funds or credit, a service charge for the handling of said instrument is hereby imposed upon the drawer and/or last endorser of the instrument not to exceed $5 or 5% of the face amount of the check, draft, or order. Section 2. All ordinances, code sections or parts thereof in conflict herewith, insofar as they are in conflict, are hereby repealed. Section 3. if any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected. PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 28 day of ► 1977. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, this 12th day of Mai' ATTEST; C:fITY CLERK PR F 'ARED AND APPR OVED RY; 1"" + °. _'_._ _ tOKERT`V CLARK EOROE K OK JR; ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CITY ATiRN Y 1977. MAURICE A. ?ERRE ".AURICEA�__.FE MAYOR MIAMI PICV1 INV *ND MOLY RiCIDIVD Pibiblad et* temp swish bah, ad bpi Milk* Miaffit• Nee toisty, root It PARMA comm or DADE DOM flt11 MISIPS1/111/11 Manna _Ifftetinla, isle es _ s rag 11v.P, aum61 llynets attiteDMslaertwuunewli"w7lgleeemle r greg"ftetnd*:n llgReAllrAtiveilsenst on Neel es lVaert c/TY or HtAMt; tAbt MINTY Ret orditahee N61 Mt() XXkX 111 COUP; sin auhirthatt in tam nawapadiar Ifl tite mutts et May 184 ig77 AillahLturther iteShl that tha mud Miami Paviaw and batty ReeOrd la ajuhvissoet published at miano, 111 ta16,D6d6 County. Florida, and that the sold newt. Met hes heratoterd boos ChntInuolialy etiblithed in bald Dada County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal HOIldays) end hat been entefed es flatbhd 'Slats mail matte, et the post Office In MIemi. In aeld Dade County.,,FlOtIdat for a petted al one yast next Ofetading the Mit Ottotleation, of, the attached Sony of adverilsiOnentt and afflant further toys that She haa neither paid not Premised any Sefton, 'fifth Of„ tOrnbtatlett any diatom* tebate. chttintlettion ths round lot the nutpOse of ,seOuling thla adVattlflefnent toP nublItithin In the said newthanet. r ' CL4t....t...r:e IC' if, V' • Vititnittb 6 t fora Inc thit 18th I day" sin: 1t dlY , (SEAU ,'IYak My commission expireihkure 1, 1971, 44 7 7 .9.0.604.0 1100trt4. dajat larva. terfe# • Milli SkereckilltfiIiAlitbk' 110Atitterte Ali intelltied *ill take nOlita that On the 12i1i eat at MaTi%Int fiti, City tertimittitift .et Mlami, Piopida adopted the ,atiaMite titled !ft. dinantS: bbtNANCP4.96Sb , r AN OROINANCE iMPOSINO A SERVICE ettAROV WON THE DRAWER AN Ottort LAST ENOotttER OP ANYtHeeR, • Art, 0114000ERMELD 11Y 1)4EtitY*Mtitgrkr-- MEM- Or SAIO INStRUMENt HAS 1E04 Rtruseti -BY tHE bRAWEE; REPEALING ALL ORbINANCES,AODE SEC11ONS OR PARTS tHEREOP IN CONOLItttANSOPAR AS ?HEY ARE IN CONPLItt; ANO tONtAININO SEvERAMLITY PROVISION, RALPH 6. ONOIE CITY CLERK CITY OP MIAMI, -FLORIDA Publitation of this notice on the It day Ot May, 19//. M 501111 Qt.(c :tEtul..'r,..5- a'ie§ dundettot ireeter 'ui yibante Pebtuery 284 1977 Penalty Charges 6f. Cheeks Returned to Miami ishdtidred he City ai betide statute 832 has been amended. to provide better procedures for prose.. euting bad check Writers. This amendment became effective October 1, 1975 In reviewing the State Statutes, provisions have been made whereby it is perhiissible to charge $5.00,or 5% of the amount of the check, whichever is greater, as a collection fee on any check issued whereby said check has been returned by the bank as being dishonored. Said charges are set up in State Statutes under 832.07. In reviewing the costs involved in the collection of said dishonored checks, although we have not analyzed the exact costs, it has been estimated by the Accounting Department that approximately 450 checks are returned by the banks each year, necessitating some sort of action to enforce collection. In some cases, collection is made by merely making a telephone call. How. ever, in numerous cases, it requires a physical contact whereby an employee of the City of Miami will visit the payer and request payment. In other instances, said checks are presented to the bank of the payer for exchange for cashier or certified check. Nevertheless a great deal of expense is involved and the passage of an ordinance requiring a collection charge as set up in the State Statutes should partially alleviate this expense. We request an ordinance be prepared granting such authority to the City of Miami. Mt irstiln Mai Oita , vot'/ 12, i ,Paget: In edditlori to the normal Bost, the requited conttibutlon to 'lid Plan include§ a payment on the llabllity for tetvlee wktkk has been pet -famed ptt t to the valuation date but which kat not been -completely paid far: The Nobility, known as the unfunded aoctued liabtltty, is being omortited fivet 8S years: AM -titillation of the increase to unfunded aecfued ltabtltty due to the proposed atdinar►ec ($67,146) would be d level dollar drnOunt each year ecjual to $8,8884 When the young= ett or the six persons reaches ege 68 (thereby ending the deeteases due to trnallet hOtMal Cost), the ono! Clty cost would be $8,888 for the reniotntng 2 years of the 85 year period: We riprilogtte for this cOmpl tcated explcnattcn but we feel an explonatton of the patty i5 neeesscty under the cttcun,stat,ces, please contact us if you have any guestion t Stneerely youtt, of Ott b}ty� r'Lt ; Ose 1 h k e6 'C. 1'': Haitager atiesdtindetb6ft (rector of Pttehee OF :!.f:A f s; -Ii.b. . 11�l"ir_i7o re htr- 1 ii,04b14,A ,A=4. Pebrusry 28, 1077 Penalty Chaos bi§hohored Cheeks tetutied 't5 the dify of Miami Viorida Statute 832 has been attended, to provide better procedures for prose‘ eutitg bad check writers. This amendment became effective October 1, 1975. In reviewing the State Statutes, provisions have been made whereby it is permissible to charge $5.00,or 5% of the aMount of the check, whichever is greater, as a collection fee on any check issued whereby said check has been returned by the bank as being dishonored. Said charges are set up in State Statutes under 832.07. In reviewing the costs involved in the collection of said dishonored checks, although we have not analyzed the exact costs, it has been estimated by the Accounting Department that approximately 450 checks are returned by the banks each year, necessitating some sort of action to enforce collection. In some cases, collection is made by merely making a telephone call. How- ever, in numerous cases, it requires a physical contact whereby an employee of the City of Miami will visit the payer and request payment. In other instances, said checks are presented to the bank of the payer for exchange for cashier or certified check. Nevertheless a great deal of expense is involved and the passage of an ordinance requiring a collection charge as set up in the State Statutes should partially alleviate this expense. We request an ordinance be prepared granting such authority to the City of Miami.