AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND “THE LAWS OF UNION COUNTY: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION” BY AMENDING: PART II-POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION: CHAPTER 49, FEES, ARTICLE X (NEW), GENERAL FEES TO OFFSET THE COST OF ELECTRONIC RECEIPT TRANSACTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Union County Board of County Commissioners that the “Laws of Union County” are hereby amended, including appropriate and necessary changes to the Table of Contents thereof, to be as follows:
PART II – POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION
Chapter 49, FEES
ARTICLE X (NEW), General Fees to Offset the Cost of Electronic Receipt Transactions
§ 49-15. Any department, office or entity associated with the County of Union, which transacts business through the Union County Department of Finance, as permitted by N.J.A.C. 5:30-9.9, is
authorized to establish a fee to offset the actual cost of electronic receipt transaction, as follows:
A. Such department, office or entity is authorized to collect funds, not to exceed the actual amount charged by a vendor, to offset the cost of electronic receipt transactions with respect to transactions processed by Union County paid for by credit card, ACH or electronic funds transfer. Such fees shall not exceed the actual cost of handling and processing the transaction.
AND, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, in case any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance, and to this end, the provisions of each section, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable;
AND, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that each section of this ordinance shall take effect at the time and in the manner provided by law, unless otherwise indicated.