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against any officer of the State or the city, to prevent or enjoin the collection hereunder, or Parts 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of any tax or any amount of tax required to be collected. Sec. 35-213. —Termination. The authority set forth in this Article VII to impose a retail transactions and use tax shall continue until March 31, 2039. Sec. 35-214. - Oversight committee. The City Council shall, by resolution establish as citizen oversight committee to act in an advisory role to the City Council in reviewing the annual revenue and expenditures of funds from the tax authorized by this article. The resolution shall establish the committee members' terms, qualifications and duties, and the committee's scope of authority. Sec. 35-215. - Annual Audit. An annual audit of the revenue generated by the sales and use tax and the expenditures made will be conducted by an independent certified public accountant. Sec. 35-216. - Annual Expenditures Disclosure. The City of Santa Ana will publically disclose on an annual basis a list of expenditures made with sales and use tax monies for the preceding fiscal year. Sec. 35-217. — Sunset Provision. On March 31, 2029, the rate of one and one half cents (1.5) will be reduced to one cent (1) until March 31, 2039 for a total of twenty (20) years. SECTION 3. Effective Date. Pursuant to the California Constitution Article XIIIC(2)(b) and California Elections Code 9217, if the requisite number of qualified voters voting in the election on Measure "X" vote in favor of the adoption of such measure, this ordinance shall be deemed valid and binding and shall be considered adopted upon the date that the vote is declared by the City Council, and shall go into effect ten (10) days after that date. SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. The People of the City of Santa Ana hereby declare that they would have adopted this Ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof and intends that the invalid portions should be severed and the balance of the Ordinance be enforced. SECTION 5. Certification/Summary. Following the City Clerk's certification that the citizens of Santa Ana have approved this Ordinance, the Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be entered in the book or original Ordinance No. NS -2952 Page 7 of 8