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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1655 Page two Sec. 39-83. Payment of bills and penalties. (a) Date payment due. Bills for the charges made pursuant to this article, and penalties, if any, are due and payable at the department of finance in the City Hall on the date of billing and become delinquent fifteen (15) days after the date of such billing. (b) Penalties. A penalty of ten (10) percent shall be assessed on all unpaid bills thirty (30) days after the billing date. No penalty, however, will accrue until thirty (30) days after the date that the bill has been de- posited with the United States Postal Service, properly addressed with prepaid postage affixed thereto. SECTION 2: That Article VII of Chapter 35 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, and Sections 35-200 through 35- 203 therein, are hereby repealed. SECTION 3: Ail charges, penalties, and lia- bilities incurred pursuant to former Article VII of Chapter 35 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be deemed charges, penalties and liabilities incurred pursuant to Article V of Chapter 39 of the said Code thereafter. SECTION 4: Ail revenues collected pursuant to former Article VII of Chapter 35 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be deemed revenues collected pursuant to Article V of Chapter 39 of the said Code thereafter. SECTION 5: In the event that a resolution of the City Council setting the amount of the service charge pursuant to Section 39-81 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code has not been adopted as of the effective date of this or- dinance, the service charge set by former Section 35-201 of the said Code, as it read immediately prior to such effective date, shall continue in effect until the adoption of such resolution. SECTION 6: 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 competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.