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(f) Reporting and remittance. Beginning as set forth in subsection (k) below, and monthly thereafter, each marijuana collective/cooperative (except qualified nonprofit organizations exempt from taxes measured by income or gross receipts) required to pay a tax based on gross receipts under this article, shall report to the city any gross receipts received during the preceding monthly reporting period and shall likewise remit to the city the taxes due and owing during said period. For purposes of this section, month shall mean calendar month, and taxes shall begin to accrue on the date that a person or entity first receives a business license or other permit to operate as a collective/cooperative. The payment of the two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) minimum basic rate gross receipts tax required annually for each separate branch location or separate property location of the business in accordance subsection (b)(3), shall be made annually prior to the beginning of the fiscal year beginning April first of the current year and expiring on the 31st day of March of the following year. In the case of a new collective/cooperative the minimum basic rate gross receipts tax shall be paid in advance prior to any new business activity being undertaken. Every new licensee shall pay in advance an amount equal to one-quarter ('/) of the annual minimum basic rate gross receipts tax, for each quarter and fraction of a quarter remaining during the period for which the new license is issued. (g) Delinquent date—Penalty. Any individual or entity who fails to pay the taxes required by this article when due shall be subject to penalties and interest as set forth in accordance with this chapter. The collector is not required to send a delinquency or other notice or bill to any person subject to the provisions of this chapter and failure to send such notice or bill shall not affect the validity of any tax or penalty due under the provisions of this chapter. (h) Payment of tax does not authorize unlawful business. (1) The payment of a business tax required by this article, and its acceptance by the city, shall not entitle any person to carry on any collective/cooperative unless the person has complied with all of the requirements of this code and all other applicable laws, nor to carry on any collective/cooperative in any building or on any premises in the event that such building or premises are situated in a zone or locality in which the conduct of such collective/cooperative is in violation of any law. (2) No tax paid under the provisions of this article shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business, or any legal business in an illegal manner, or any business in violation of any ordinance of the city. Nothing in this article implies or authorizes that any activity connected with the distribution or possession of marijuana is legal unless otherwise authorized and allowed by California and federal law. Nothing in Ordinance No. NS -2930 Page 16 of 18