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KLG:rs 7-11-77 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1375 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 35-167 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REDUCE TO $3,000 THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER THE UTILITY USERS TAX. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 35-167 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 35-167 Maximum amount ~a~able under the Utility Users Tax. 1. The following subsections shall be effective commencing July 1, 1977, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1977 and end- ing June 30, 1978, 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 Dollars ($3,000.00) during any twelve-month period between July 1 and June 30. (b) A service user may deposit the maximum tax specified in subsection (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 subsection (a). (d) Any service user paying more than the maximum tax provided for in subsection (a) during any twelve- month period commencing 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 subsection (a) shall mean one or more contiguous sites for which the service user receives.one or more utility billings. SECTION 2: 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 compe- tent 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.