Sec. 2. (a) A payment made under this chapter does not finally discharge the person's liability, and the person has not paid the liability until the clerk receives payment or credit from the institution responsible for making the payment or credit.
(b) The clerk may contract with a bank or credit card vendor for acceptance of bank or credit cards. Subject to subsection (d), if there is a vendor transaction charge or discount fee, whether billed to the clerk or charged directly to the clerk's account, the clerk shall collect a fee from the person using the bank card or credit card. The fee collected under this section is a permitted additional charge to the money the clerk is required to collect under section 1(1) of this chapter.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), the clerk may contract with a payment processing company, which may collect a transaction fee from the person using the bank card or credit card. The fee collected under this section is a permitted additional charge to the money the clerk is required to collect under section 1(1) of this chapter.
(d) The clerk shall collect and deposit in the appropriate fund an amount not less than the amount the clerk would collect and deposit if the clerk received payment by a means other than a bank card or credit card.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-19-6.5-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.65-2004, SEC.16; P.L.171-2006, SEC.8.
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