Ordinance 2007-05 ORDINANCE NO. 2007-OS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2006-58, BY ADDING A CONVENIENCE
FEE FOR ON-LINE PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH THE CITY'S
WEBSITE OF $1.75 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS
CUSTOMERS, CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City has had many requests from residents asking for the ability
to pay for city services on- line with credit/debit cards,
WHEREAS, the City believes that offering this service is good for Wylie citizens
wishing to pay for city services on-line,
WHEREAS, the City believes that a convenience fee should be charged to offset
the cost of providing this service to city residents wishing to pay for city services on-line,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE:
SECTION 1: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are
incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Amendment to Ordinance No. 2006-58 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(a) A convenience fee of $3.00 per transaction will be collected at the point of
sale for those persons wishing to use a credit/debit card to purchase city
services.
(b) That a convenience fee per transaction of $1.75 for residential customers
and business customers be collected at the time of sale for those persons
wishing to use credit/debit card to purchase city services on-line through
the city's website
SECTION 3: Savin~s/Repealin~ Clause. Wylie Ordinance No. 2006-58, shall
remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this or any other
ordinance. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending
prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a
prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of
the ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and
tt effect.
Ordinance No. 2007-OS
Amending Convenience Fee Ordinance
SECTION 4: Severabilitv. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
f~ phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared
unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 5: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and
after its adoption and publication as required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS on this 27th day of February, 2007.
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Ordinance No. 2007-OS
Amending Convenience Fee Ordinance
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Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
publisher of The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in Collin County, Texas and
having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, who being by me duly sworn, deposed and
says that the foregoing attached
City of Wylie
Ordinance No. 2007-04 and Ordinanc No. 2007-OS
was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to-wit:
March 7, 2007
Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the I~~ day of Q , 2007
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
m~~!:~'oe~a MARY SWANK
-:r'~ Notary Publlc, State of 7exas
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ORDINANCE
NO. 2007-OS
AN, -;~ORDINt~NCE OF
' Z'I~ 'C1TY` O~ ; WYLIE,
'~E~S, AMENDING
ORDIN~iCE I~T[3I~$ER
2006-5$, l~'Y AD17Il~G A
EONVEN,I~N'CE FEE
FOR OI~=LTi~TE . PAY-
MENTS MADE
THROUGH ~ CITY'S
WEBSITE.OF $1:?S FOR
RESIDENT~AI: AND
BU5IN~SS CUS-
TOMERS, GONTAIN-
ING A S~VERABILTI'y
CL'AL15E AND PRt~VID_
IIVG FOR AN ~FFEC-
TN$ DATE. ,
John Mondy, Mayor
A'I'T~ST:
Catrole Ehrlich, City
StEretarY
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