55A - RESO DECLARING 2014 ELECTION RESULTS

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section shall be applied or construed as authorizing the sale of marijuana. (i) Business license tax certificate - Required. There are imposed upon all persons engaged in transacting and carrying on any Collective/Cooperative business activity in the City taxes in the amounts prescribed in this article. It shall be unlawful for any person, either for him or herself or for any other person, to commence, transact or carry on any business in the City without first having procured a business license from the City under this Chapter and having paid the taxes set forth in this article, and without complying with any and all applicable provisions contained in this Chapter. The carrying on of any Collective/Cooperative without complying with all the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate violation of this Chapter for each and every day that such Collective/Cooperative is so carried on. Q) Classification of business license assessment type — term and renewal. The business license issued to Marijuana Collectives/Cooperatives shall be classed as a gross receipts assessment type, issued for the same term of license as set forth in Section 21-71 (c) and shall be subject to renewal in accordance with Sections 21-72(c), 21-73(c), and 21-77 of this Chapter. (k) Operative Date. Upon the approval by the majority of the voters of the City of Santa Ana at the November 4, 2014 general election, the taxes imposed by this article shall become operative and shall be applied by the collector upon all Marijuana Collectives/Cooperatives. Sec. 21-128. Effect of state and federal reference/authorization. Unless specifically provided otherwise, any reference to a State or Federal statute in this article or Chapter shall mean such statute as it may be amended from time to time, provided that such reference to a statute herein shall not include any subsequent amendment thereto, or to any subsequent change of interpretation thereto by a State or Federal agency or court of law with the duty to interpret such law, to the extent that such amendment or change of interpretation would require voter approval under California law, or to the extent that such change would result in a tax decrease. Only to the extent voter approval would otherwise be required or a tax decrease would result, the prior version of the statute (or interpretation) shall remain applicable; for any application or situation that would not require voter approval or result in a decrease of a tax, provisions of the amended statute (or new interpretation) shall be applicable to the maximum possible extent. To the extent that the City's authorization to collect or impose any tax imposed under this article is expanded or limited as a result of changes in State or Federal law, no amendment or modification of this article shall be required to conform the tax to Ordinance No. NS -2864 Page 17 of 19 55A-88