§ 4.16.180. Saving clause.  


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  • Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as requiring the payment of any tax by the United States of America, or by the state of California, or by any municipal corporation, or by any of their subdivisions; nor shall this Chapter be construed as requiring the payment of any tax prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the Constitution of the state of California.

    If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter or any part thereof. The City Council declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.

(Prior code § 5-31.17)