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the foregoing sentence or its execution of this Agreement and the performance of the covenants contained herein. 10. EXPENDING FUNDS. Each Party that performs services or furnishes aid pursuant to this Agreement shall do so with funds available from current revenues of the Party. No Party shall have any liability for the failure to expend funds to provide aid hereunder. 11. TERM. This Agreement shall become effective as to each Party on and shall continue in force and remain binding on each and every Party for twelve (12) months from the effective date. This Agreement shall renew automatically for a period of one year upon the completion of the initial term and each subsequent term unless and until such time as the governing body of a Party terminates its participation in this Agreement pursuant to Section 19 of this Agreement. Termination of participation in this Agreement by a Party or Parties shall not affect the continued operation of this Agreement between and among the remaining Parties. 12. ENTIRETY. This Agreement contains all commitments and agreements of the Parties with respect to the Mutual Aid to be rendered hereunder during or in connection with a Disaster and/or Civil Emergency. No other oral or written commitments of the Parties with respect to Mutual Aid under this Agreement shall have any force or effec~ if not contained herein, except as provided in Section 18 below. 13. RATIFICATION. Each Party hereby ratifies the actions of its personnel and the rendering and/or receiving of Mutual Aid taken prior to the date of this Agreement. 14. OTHER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS. It is understood that certain Parties may have heretofore contracted or ma5, hereafter contract with each other for Mutual Aid in Civil Emergency and/or Disaster situations, and it is agreed that, to the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and any other such Mutual Aid agreement, the provisions this Agreement shall be superior to any such individual contract. To assist each other in the process of Mutual Aid response planning, each Party agrees to inform the other Parties of all Mutual Aid Agreements that each Party has with other municipalities, entities, counties, and state or federal agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that County may be a party to Mutual Aid agreements similar'to this Agreement with other counties, which counties have Mutual Aid agreements with municipalities within their respective jurisdictions. The Parties hereto agree to provide Mutual Aid to such other counties and municipalities upon request so long as there is a reciprocal agreement to provide Mutual Aid to the parties to this Agreement and so long as the requesting county or municipality agrees to reimbursement of the actual costs of providing Mutual Aid. 15. INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT. The Parties agree that Mutual Aid in the context contemplated herein is a "governmental function and service" and that the Parties are "local governments" as that term is defined herein and in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 791. 16. SEYERABILITY. If a provision contained in this Agreement is held invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect other provisions of the Agreement that can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are severable. 17. VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY. If any current or future legal limitations affect the validity or enforceability of a provision of this Agreement, then the legal limitations are made a part of this Agreement and shall operate to amend this Agreement to the minimum extent necessary to bring this Page 6 of 6 -Interjurisdictional Mutual Aid Agreement