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. . . agent, or third party other than the t Hotel Visitors'. Travel agent commissions are an expense of the operator and may not be deducted from the rent. Section 7. Section 35-130 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout) Sec. 35-130. Registration. (a) Within thirty (30) days after commencing business each operator of any Hotel renting occupancy to Hotel Visitors' shall register said Hotel with the finance director and obtain from him a Hotel Visitors' registration certificate to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. Said certificate shall, among other things, state the following: (1 ) (2) The name of the operator; The address of the Hotel; (3) (4) The date upon which the certificate was issued; The words: "This Hotel Visitors' registration certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the uniform Hotel Visitors' tax ordinance by registering with the finance director for the purpose of collecting from Hotel Visitors' the Hotel Visitors' tax and remitting said tax to the finance director. The certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, nor to operate a Hotel without strictly complying with all local applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department or office of this city. This certificate does not constitute a permit." (b) No Hotel Visitors' registration certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be transferable or assignable; provided, that where a person holding a certificate issued under the provisions of this article changes the name of the business, such person shall upon changing the name make a written application to the finance director to have said certificate amended to reflect the change in name; and provided further, that transfer, whether by sale or otherwise, to another person under such circumstances that the real or ultimate ownership after the transfer is substantially similar to the ownership existing before the transfer shall not be prohibited by this section. For the purpose of this section stockholders, bondholders, partnerships, or other persons holding an interest in a corporation or other entity herein defined to be a person are regarded as having the real or ultimate ownership of such corporation or other entity. (c) Whenever, upon the sale or transfer of an existing Hotel, a Hotel Visitors' Ordinance No. NS-2648 Page 5 of 12 11 B-5