RESPONSIBLE CITY AGENCY:
Treasurer's
Office
KEYWORDS: Bad checks, bounced checks, returned checks,
personal checks, check cashing, bad checks.
1. General
1.1 The City will optimize the
collection of all returned checks for City agencies in accordance with
applicable state law and existing City practices, and provide all other
enforcement remedies by preparing documentation for legal action if debt is not
satisfied by initial collection efforts.
1.2 The
City will collect the principal amount of all returned checks and all applicable
costs relating to the collection process in accordance with UCA
7-15-1.
2. Waiver of Collection Charges
2.1 The City will waive the
established collection charge on any returned check if the originator can
demonstrate that the situation resulting in the check being returned was the
result of a bank error in the originator's account.
3. Employee Returned Checks
3.1 Employees will not be exempt from
paying all applicable costs relating to the collection process.
4. Personal Check Cashing
4.1 The City will not offer
personal check cashing privileges to employees at any City government location;
however, petty cash checks payable to the order of a City petty cashier may be
cashed at the City Treasurer's Office subject to availability of
funds.
4.2 No employee payroll checks will be cashed by
the Treasurer's Office.
CURRENT
REFERENCES:
UCA
7-15-1, et seq.
PRE-1995
REFERENCES:
City Policy 3.03.103
INITIAL EFFECTIVE DATE:
October
1, 1995
DATE APPROVED BY
CABINET:
September 6, 1995
EFECTIVE DATE OF CURRENT REVISION (Date signed by Mayor):
November 15, 2005
(City will no longer cash personal checks for
employees)