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purpose is adequate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding obligations of the City. (b) In order to provide for the payment of the debt service requirements on the Certificates, being (i) the interest on the Certificates, and (ii) a sinking fund for their payment at maturity or a sinking fund of two percent (whichever amount is the greater), there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter, while the Certificates or interest thereon remain outstanding and unpaid, a tax within legal limitations on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the City that is sufficient to pay such debt service requirements, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection. (c) The tax levied by this Section shall be assessed and collected each year and applied to the payment of the debt service requirements on the Certificates, and the tax shall not be diverted to any other purpose. Section 2.02. Revenue Pledge. The Certificates are additionally secured by and shall be payable from a pledge of Surplus Revenues. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 2.01, if Surplus Revenues are actually on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund in advance of the time when ad valorem taxes are scheduled to be levied for any year, then the amount of taxes which otherwise would have been required to be levied pursuant to Section 2.01 may be reduced to the extent and by the amount of the Surplus Revenues then on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund. Section 2.03. Additional Parity Bonds and Obligations. The City reserves the right to issue additional certificates of obligation and other obligations to be payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Surplus Revenues on a parity and of equal dignity with, and to the same extent as, the Certificates. ARTICLE III AUTHORIZATION; GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATES Section 3.01. Authorization. The City's certificates of obligation to be designated "City of San Marcos, Texas, Certificates of Obligation, Series 1987," are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas the Certificates to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,400,000 for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for Public Works Complex improvements, constructing and equipping a municipal office building, and for payment of fees for professional services, including engineering, attorneys and financial advisors, in accordance with Article 2368a.1 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended. 1434f -4-