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EXPLANATION: Prohibits additional charges to taxpayers.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 110, STATE
TREASURER - AID TO SUBDIVISIONS, page 500, by striking all after
line 17, and inserting
/A political subdivision shall be prohibited from
charging a taxpayer a processing fee for the payment of taxes by
credit or debit card in excess of the processing fee costs
incurred by the political subdivision for the transaction. If a
political subdivision accepted credit or debit card payments in
the prior fiscal year, they must continue to accept credit or
debit card payments in the current fiscal year. If a political
subdivision violates this prohibition it shall have its Aid to
Subdivisions Allocation reduced by an amount equal to the total
of all processing fees charged to the taxpayers for that fiscal
year./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.