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17-15-28. Definitions -- Electronic payments -- Fee.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Electronic payment" means the payment of money to a county by electronic means,including by means of a credit card, charge card, debit card, prepaid or stored value card orsimilar device, or automatic clearinghouse transaction.
(b) "Electronic payment fee" means an amount of money to defray the discount fee,processing fee, or other fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process anelectronic payment.
(c) "Processing agent" means a bank, transaction clearinghouse, or other third party thatcharges a fee to process an electronic payment.
(2) A county may accept an electronic payment for the payment of funds which thecounty could have received through another payment method.
(3) A county that accepts an electronic payment may charge an electronic payment fee.

Enacted by Chapter 29, 2005 General Session