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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1295 PAGE TWO 2. The following subsections shall be effective com- mencing July 1, 1976, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1976 and ending June 30, 1977, and for each fiscal year thereafter commencing on July 1. (a) The combined total maximum of electricity, gas and telephone user taxes paid by any single service user for one location under this utility User Tax Code shall not exceed the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) during any twelve-month period between July 1 and June 30. (b) A service user may deposit the maximum tax specified in 2 (a) with the Tax Administrator during the month of July of each year as payment in full and in advance of taxes due under this Code for the twelve-month period commencing on the first day of said month and ending on June 30 thereafter. Any service user making said payment in July of any given year shall not there- after be billed for any tax under this Code for said twelve-month period. (c) The penalty assessment provided in Section 35-162 of this Code shall not be counted in computing the maximum tax as provided in 2 (a). (d) Any service user paying more than the maximum tax provided for in 2 (a) during the twelve-month period commenc- ing July 1 and ending June 30, may claim a refund or credit for such over payment in the manner provided in Section 35-164 of this Code. (e) The phrase "one location" as used in 2 (a) shall mean one or more contiguous sites for which the service user re- ceives one or more utility billings. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of compet- ent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such tax, license or penalty or the penal pro- visions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 5: This ordinance, inasmuch as it fixes 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 upon the date of its publication.