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• <br />Ordinance No. <br />Page 5. <br />(b) If the operators of any Hotels shall fail to <br />file a report for any period as required by this article, or <br />shall fail to pay the tax for any period as required by this <br />article, then the Tax Collector is hereby authorized to make an <br />assessment of the tax for such period. The tax assessed together <br />with any penalty provided by this article shall be a prior and <br />superior lien on the property of the Hotel. In addition, City <br />may enforce the payment of delinquent taxes hereunder, by bring- <br />ing suit to close down the particular Hotel or Motel until such <br />taxes are paid in full, as authorized by Art. 12691-4.1, Sec- <br />tion 3, V. A.T.S. <br />PART II. <br />If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of <br />any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance <br />shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall <br />not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is <br />hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to <br />have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part <br />thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, <br />sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared <br />invalid. <br />This Ordinance shall be effective October 1, 1983. The <br />City Secretary shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance <br />by causing the caption hereof to be published in the official <br />newspaper in the City of La Porte at least twice within ten <br />(t0) days after the passage of this ordinance. <br />