§ 36-2-10-23 — Payments to treasurer; financial instruments; charges or fees; bureau of motor vehicles

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, payments
to the treasurer for any purpose, including property tax payments, may
be made by any of the following financial instruments that the treasurer
authorizes for use:
(1) Cash.
(2) Check.
(3) Bank draft.
(4) Money order.
(5) Bank card or credit card.
(6) Electronic funds transfer.
(7) Any other financial instrument authorized by the treasurer.
(b) If there is a charge to the treasurer for the use of a financial
instrument other than a bank card or credit card, the treasurer shall
collect a sum equal to the amount of the charge from the person who
uses the financial instrument.
(c) A treasurer may contract with a bank card or credit card vendor
for acceptance of bank or credit cards. However, if there is a vendor
transaction charge or discount fee, whether billed to the treasurer or
charged directly to the treasurer's account, the treasurer shall collect
from the person using the card an official fee that may not exceed the
highest transaction charge or discount fee charged to the treasurer by
bank or credit card vendors during the most recent collection period.
This fee may be collected regardless of retail merchant agreements
between the bank and credit card vendors that may prohibit such a fee.
The fee is a permitted additional charge under IC 24-4.5-3-202.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the authorization of the treasurer
is not required for the bureau of motor vehicles or the bureau of motor
vehicles commission to use electronic funds transfer or other financial
instruments to transfer funds to the county treasurer.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.45-1990, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.44-1992, SEC.7.