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<br />(b) The City is duly authorized under the laws ofthe State of Texas to issue the Certificates; all <br />action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Certificates has been duly and effectively taken; and <br />the Certificates in the hands ofthe Owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the <br />City in accordance with their terms. <br /> <br />Section 9.03. Federal Tax Matters. <br /> <br />(a) The City hereby represents that the proceeds of the Certificates are needed at this time for <br />the purposes specified in Section 3.0 I hereof; that it is not reasonably expected that the proceeds of the <br />Certificates or money deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund will be used or invested in a manner that <br />would cause the Certificates to be or become "arbitrage bonds," within the meaning of Section 148 of the <br />Code; and that, except for the Interest and Sinking Fund, no other funds or accounts have been established <br />or pledged to the payment of the Certificates. <br /> <br />(b) The City will not take any action or fail to take any action with respect to the investment of <br />the proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds of the City, including amounts received from the <br />investment of any of the foregoing, if such action or inaction, based upon the facts, estimates, and <br />circumstances known on the Closing Date, would result in constituting the Certificates "arbitrage bonds," <br />within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code, and the City will not take any deliberate action motivated <br />by arbitrage that would have such result. <br /> <br />(c) The City will not take any action or fail to take any action which action or omission would <br />(i) result in the interest on the Certificates being includable in gross income for federal tax purposes; (ii) <br />result in the Certificates being treated as "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Section 141(a) of <br />the Code; or (iii) result in the Certificates being treated as "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of <br />Section I 49(b) of the Code. <br /> <br />(d) The City will comply with the provisions of Section 148(f) of the Code (relating to paying <br />certain excess earnings of investment proceeds ofthe Certificates to the United States) and the regulations <br />promulgated thereunder. This covenant includes the maintenance of records regarding investments acquired <br />with the proceeds by or on behalf of the City adequate to calculate the City's rebate liability. <br /> <br />(e) It is the understanding of the City that the cpvenants contained herein are intended to assure <br />compliance with the regulations and rulings issued by the Internal Revenue Service. In the event that <br />regulations or rulings are hereafter issued which modify or expand provisions ofthe Code, as applicable to <br />the Certificates, the City will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that <br />such failure to comply, in the opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the <br />exclusion from gross income of interest on the Certificates under Section 103 of the Code. In the event that <br />regulations or rulings are hereafter issued which impose additional requirements which are applicable to the <br />Certificates, the City agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the <br />opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel, to preserve the exclusion from gross income of interest on <br />the Certificates for federal tax purposes under Section 103 of the Code. <br /> <br />(f) Proper officers of the City charged with the responsibility of issuing the Certificates are <br />hereby directed to make, execute and deliver certifications as to facts, estimates and circumstances in <br />existence as of the Closing Date and stating whether there are any facts, estimates or circumstances that <br />would materially change the City's current expectations. <br /> <br />R:\SANMAR\CO.OOIDocsIFINAL\ORDCO.WPD <br /> <br />27 <br />