ORDINANCE NO. 040266

Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, entitled Administration, by enacting a new Section 2-1465, which authorizes the Municipal Court to recover its collection costs.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended by enacting a new section to read as follows:

Sec. 2-1465. Collection costs.

If the City contracts with public agencies or private entities to recover past-due penalties, fines, restitution, sanctions, and/or court costs, the fees or costs associated with collection shall be added to the amount due, but such fees and costs shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount collected.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Cecilia OConnor Abbott

Assistant City Attorney