HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 Ordinance No. 002Cll!JINANCE NO. 2
SER IES OF 198_3 __
BY Al11'HORI1'Y
COUNCIL BI LL NO. 2
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER FITZPATRICK
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 'l'HE 1969 i::NGLEl\l)()D MUNICIPAL CODE , AS
AMENDED, BY ADDING CHAPTER 9 . 5 TO TIT LE XI PROHIBITING AND DEFINING
'lliE ISSUANCE OF BAD CHECKS AND DECLARil'Ki AN EMERGENCY .
WHEREAS , the re is a need t o pr event the issuance of bad
checks ;
NCl,I, THEREFORE, llE IT ORDI\INED llY TiiE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ENG LEl'ol)()D , COLORAIXl , AS FO LLCl,IS:
Secti o n 1. The '69 Englewood Municipal Code is he r e by ame nded by
adding Chapter 9 . 5 to Titl e XI , whi ch section shall read a s
fo llows :
11 -9 . 5-1 BAD CHECK ORDINANCE
Because the i ssuance and delive ry of a known ba d cl1eck by a ny
person is , in itself , harmful to the pe rson to whom it is g i ven and
also i nju rious to t he City of Englewood at l a rge , the City Co un c il
of Englewood dec lares , as a matter of po licy , that s uch issuance
and delive r y of a known bad check i s a proper s ubject fo r criminal
Sdnction without rega r d to the pu r pose fo r wh ich said c heck wa s
given ;
11 -9.5-2 DEFIN ITIONS
In the const ruction of th i s Chapte r the following def initio ns
sha ll bt obse rved , unless the co ntex t clea rly indicates othe "'ise .
(a) "Insuffi cient Funds " means not ha v ing a s ufficient balanc e
in account with a bank o r othe r drawee for t he payme nt of a check
o r o r der wh en p r esented fo r payn,en t withi n th i rty days afte r issue.
(b) 11 Issue11 • A pe r son i ssues a check when he makes , draws,
delive rs , o r pa sses it or cau ses i t to be made , drawn , delivered or
passed .
(c) "Check " means a writte n un co nd itional o rde r to pay a s um
ce rtai n in iron ey , dtawn upon a ba nk , payable o n dema nd , and s igned
by the drawe r; "c heck" also incl udes a negotiable o rder of with-
drawal anl 1 a sha re draft .
(d ) "Dr awee " mearu; the ba nk upo n wh i c h a check ls d r awn or a
bani<, savings and l oan assoc iation, i ndu s t r ia l bank , o r credi t
union on whl c h a negoti a ble ~n .e r of withdrawal o r a s ha re draft is
drawn.
(e) "Nego ti a ble o r der o f wi thdr awal" a nd "s hare d raft" mean
neg ot i abl e o r t r ansf e rable instr uments d rawn on a nego t iable order
of wi t hd rawal account or a s hare d r aft amount , a s the cas e may be ,
for the pur po s e of mak i ng pa yme n t s t o a tn ird per s on or o the rwise .
(f) "Negotiable o r de r o f withdrawa l account " mea ns , but i s no t
limited t o , an account i n a ban k , savi ngs and loan assoc iation , or
i nd us tri al ba nk, and "s ha re draft account 11 mea ns , but i s not
limited to , an account in a l'redit un ion on wh i c h pa ymen t of
inte r est o r dividends may be ,,ade on a deposi t with r espect t o
whi c h t he bank , sav i ngs and l oan assoc i a ti on , o r i nd ustr i a l ba nk or
the c r edi t un i on , a s the c ase ma y be , may reqt•ire t he de posito~ to
g ive no t i ce o f an i .1t ended wi thdrawa l not les s t han t hirty days
befor e the withd r awal is made , ev en t houg h in pr ac tice such no tice
i s no t r equ i r ed and the depos i t o r i s allowed ~o ma l<e wi t hdrawa l by
nego ti a ble o rder o f wi thdrawal o r sha re draft.
11-9 .5-3 VIOU\TION
It is a violat i on of th i s o rd inance pun i s hab le as p r.:ivided in
Englewood Muni c ipal Coce 1-1-20 , fo r a pe rson to i ssue or t o pass a
check fo r the pa yment c,f mon ey l e s s than Two Hund r ed Dolla r s ($200 )
Kn owi ng that the issue L does not hav~ s uffic i e nt f unds in o r on
depos i t with t he d r awee fo r t he payment in f.ull o f the c heck or
o r de r as we ll as a ll o t he r c hec ks outstanding at the ti me o f
i ssuance .
11 -9 . 5-4 KNa..lL ErCE
'I'h is s ection does no t rel i eve the prosec ut i on f rom t he neces-
s i t y o f est abli s hing the r equired l<nowl edge by ev i d ence . However ,
for t he pu r poses o f t his o r d inance , the i ssue r 's '<nowl edge of
i nsu f fici e nt funds is pre s umed , except i n t he case of a po s tdated
check or o rde r:-, if :
(a) the i s sue r has no account with t he drawee a t t he time
the check or o rder is iss ued ; o r
(b) t he i ssue r 's accoun t wi h the d rawee i s in t he status
of "accoun t closed " and no t i ce t hereof ha s been d i spatched t o t he
i ssue r 's add re ss o n re cord wi th the d rawee in tim~ fo r del ive ry t o
t he issue r pr io r t o the i ssuance of the che ck o r orde r ; o r
(c) t he issuer has insufficient funds upo n d~pos i t wi th the
drawee to pay t he check o r order on pr es~ntation within th irty days
a f t e r i ssue .
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11-9 . 5-5 EVI DENC E
A ba nk o r o the r drawee s hall nu t be cl villy o r crimi nally
liable fo r releasi ng information r elat ;.ng to the issuer 's account
to a n Englewo od Po lice Office r, the Eng lewood City Attorney ,
Eng lewood Assi stant City Atto~ney , o r authorized i nvestiga t o r for
the Englewood City Atto rney investigating or prose cut ing a charge
unde r thi s Or dinance .
Se ction 2. That Ci t y Counc i l finds and determines that an
emergency -exi sts in that immedia t e protection fo r the preser va tion
of publ ~c prope rty , hea l th , peace and safe t y is necessar y in that
bad checks will be passed without e f fect ive recourse to ttoe
judicial system; the r efor e , t h is Or d i nance shall take e ffec t
immediately upon passage afte r f i nal r eadiny.
Introduced , r ead in full, and passed on fi Lst r eading on t he
3rd day of Janua r y , 1983 .
Pu blished as a Bill for an Or d i nance on the 5th day o f
Janua ry , 1983 .
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 17th day o f
Janua r y , 1983 .
Pub lished by t itle as Ordinance No . ___ , Se r ies o f 1983 , on
the 19th day of J anua r y , 1983 .
/s / Eu ge n e L . Otis
Eugene L . Oti s , Mayo r
At.test :
/s / Gary R. Higbee
ex officio Ci t y Cle r k-Tr easurer
I , Gary R. Higbee , ex of f i cio Ci t y CJ.e r k-Treasurer of t he City
of Englewood , Color ado , hec,sby certify that the above a nd fore ,oing
i s a true , accu r ate and com11lete copy of the Or d inance passed ori
f inal reading and publi shed by t itle as Ordinance No . 2 , Se ri es
of 1983 . --
/s / 3ary R. Hi g bee
iry R. Higbee