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SEC 2-18-285 Amendment or Repeal. A. Chapter 2-18 of the San Leandro Municipal Code may be repealed or amended by the City Council without a vote of the people. However, as required by Article XIIIC of the California Constitution, voter approval is required for any amendment provision that would increase the rate of any tax levied pursuant to this Ordinance. The People of the City of San Leandro affirm that the following actions shall not constitute an increase of the rate of a tax: (1) The annual adjustment of the tax rate by the percentage of the Consumer Price Index ("CPI-W ') as set forth in Section 2-18-210(B); (2) The restoration of the xate of the tax to a rate that is no higher than that set by this Ordinance, if the City Council has acted to reduce the rate of the tax; (3) An action that interprets or clarifies the methodology of the tax, or any definition applicable to the tax, so long as such interpretation or clarification (even if contrary to some prior interpretation or clarification) is not inconsistent with the language of this Ordinance; (4) The establishment a class of persons that is exempt or excepted from the tax or the discontinuation of any such exemption or exception (other than the discontinuation of an exemption of an exemption or exception specifically set forth in this Ordinance); and (5) The collection of the tax imposed by this Ordinance, even if the City had, for some period of time, failed to collect the tax. B. Upon adoption of this Ordinance, the Emergency Communication System Access Tax as codified in Chapter 2-16 of the San Leandro Municipal Code shall be repealed. SEC 2-18-286 Severability If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect. The people hereby declares that they would have adopted each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of this Ordinance be declared invalid or unenforceable. SEC 2-18-287 Ratification of Prior Fee The People of the City of San Leandro hereby ratify and approve the past collection of the Emergency Communication System Access Fee Ordinance Chapter 2-16 of the San Leandro Municipal Code as it existed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. 16