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Senate committee pauses bill to let clerks accept card payments, asks drafting fixes
Summary
The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee heard House Bill 1183, which would let circuit clerks accept debit/credit cards and pass processor fees to payors. Members raised drafting questions about references to district courts and third-party fees and agreed to pull the bill for clarifying amendments.
A Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee on Tuesday heard House Bill 1183, a measure to let county circuit clerks accept debit and credit cards for records, filings and fines and to pass on the card-processing fee to the person making the payment.
Sponsor Senator Ballinger told the committee the bill is largely ‘‘cleanup’’ aimed at modernizing clerk offices and easing service to constituents, and that it would allow clerks to pass through only the processor’s transaction fee rather than mark it up for profit. "They now have the ability to take a debit card or credit card and then be able to pass on the fees that they pay for the debit card or credit card to the individual," Ballinger said.
Sharon Blunt Baker, Crawford County circuit clerk and legislative…
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