2015 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - (General Municipal) POWERS, LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITIES
85 - Service charge on returned checks.

  85.  Service  charge on returned checks. 1. The governing body of a
  municipal corporation may by resolution provide for the imposition of  a
  charge  to  be  added  to any account owing to the municipal corporation
  where a tendered payment of such account was dishonored  by  a  bank  or
  depository institution.
2.  Whenever  the  account owing to the municipal corporation is for a
  tax,  special  ad  valorem  levy  or  special  assessment,  the   charge
  authorized  by  the  preceding subdivision shall be included on whatever
  list of delinquent accounts is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.
3. Said charge shall be  determined  and  set  by  resolution  of  the
  governing  body, from time to time, as appropriate, but shall not exceed
  the maximum charge for dishonored checks authorized under section  5-328
  of the general obligations law.
4.  Any  such  service  charge  shall  be collected in the same manner
  prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the  check
  was tendered. In addition, such municipal corporation may require future
  payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
5.  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "municipal corporation"
  shall mean a municipal corporation as defined in  section  two  of  this
  chapter and a school district.