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with the drawee insufficient funds to allow the drawee to honor the check on presentment; or To violate any other provision of this Chapter. Sec. 3.34.140 Violation; penalty. A. It is unlawful to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the general penalty provisions set forth in Section 1.28.010 of this Code, unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter. B. Each and every 24-hour period of violation of this chapter constitutes a distinct and separate violation of this Chapter, subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 1.28.010 of this Code. C. Prosecution of any person for violation of this Chapter shall not reduce, eliminate or suspend any person's obligation to fulfill the requirements of this chapter or make payment of any taxes, penalties, fines or interest due hereunder and shall not limit the ability of the city to proceed under this Chapter to collect taxes under a civil suit or other method of collection. Section 6. City tax revenues are estimated to increase by up to $2,000,000 the first full fiscal year in which the tax provided for in this ordinance is in effect. However, the revenues from said sales and use tax may be collected and spent, regardless of whether said revenues, in any year after the first full year in which said sales and use tax is in effect, exceed the estimated dollar amount stated above, and without any other limitation or condition, and without limiting the collection or spending of any other revenues or funds by the City of Louisville, under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution or any other law. Section 7. The provisions of this ordinance shall take effect, following passage and approval thereof as provided in Section 4, on January 1, 2022. Section 8. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council and the registered voters of the City hereby declare that they would have passed and approved this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. The tax established by this measure is intended to be authorized under any lawful means of taxation. Section 9. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or Ordinance No. 1797, Series 2020 Page 10 of 11