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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1268.1 (EMERGENCY) PAGE SIX shall continue; provided, however, that the exemption shall automatically terminate with any change in the service address or residence of the exempt individual; further pro- vided such individual may nevertheless apply for a new exemption with each change of address or residence. Any individual exempt from the tax shall notify the Tax Adminis- trator within ten (10) days of any change in fact or cir- cumstance which might disqualify said individual from receiving such exemption. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly receive the benefits of the exemptions provided by this section when the basis for such exemption either does not exist or ceases. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this sub- section, however, any service supplier who determines by any means that a new or nonexempt service user is receiving service through a meter or connection exempt by virtue of an exemption issued to a previous user or exempt user of the same meter or connection, such service supplier shall immediately notify the Tax Administrator of such fact and the Tax Administrator shall conduct an investigation to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this section have been complied with and, where appropriate, order the service supplier to commence collecting the tax from the nonexempt service user. Sec. 35-166. Violation; Misdemeanor. Any person violating any of the provisions of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable thereafter by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the Orange County Jail for a period of not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 4: This ordinance, inasmuch as it fixed the rate of taxation for the Utility Users Tax, and provides for a tax levy for the usual and current expenses of the City of Santa Ana, shall take effect immediately upon the date of its publication or on the date of its posting, whichever occurs first, except that the tax imposed by this ordinance shall become operative and be imposed on October 1, 1975, or at the beginning of the first regular billing period on or after October 1, 1975, as provided in Section 35-160 hereof, whichever is later, and shall not apply prior to said date. SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and sha~l cause