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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, paragraph 8, line
18-22, by striking /A political subdivision shall be
prohibited from charging a taxpayer a processing fee for the
payment of taxes by credit card. If a political subdivision
accepted credit card payments in the prior fiscal year, they
must continue to accept credit 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.
/ 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.