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<br /> Section 31. Force Majeure.
<br /> If for any reason of force majeure, either the City or GBRA
<br /> shall be rendered unable, wholly or in part, to carry out its
<br /> obligations under this Agreement, other than the obligation of GBRA
<br /> and the city to make the payments required under the terms of this
<br /> Agreement, then if the Party shall give notice of the reasons in
<br /> writing to the other Party within a reasonable time after the
<br /> occurrence of the event, or cause relied on, the obligation of the
<br /> Party giving the notice, so far as it is affected by the force
<br /> majeure, shall be suspended during the continuance of the inability
<br /> then claimed, but for no longer period. The term "force majeure"
<br /> as used in this Agreement shall mean acts of God, strikes,
<br /> lockouts, or other industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy,
<br /> orders or actions of any kind of government of the United states or
<br /> of the State of Texas, or any civil or military authority,
<br /> insurrections, riots, epidemics, land slides, lightning,
<br /> earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts,
<br /> arrests, restraints of government and people, civil disturbances,
<br /> explosions, breakage or accident to dams, machinery, pipelines,
<br /> canals, or other structures, partial or entire failure of water
<br /> supply including pollution (accident or intentional), and any
<br /> inability on the part of GBRA to deliver raw water, the City to
<br /> receive raw water, the City to treat and/or deliver. treated water,
<br /> or of GBRA to receive treated water, on account of any other cause
<br /> not reasonably within the control of the Party claiming the
<br /> inability.
<br /> Section 32. Non-Assignability.
<br /> Neither Party may assign this Agreement without the written
<br /> consent of the other Party, except to a successor of the duties and
<br />- functions of that Party.
<br /> Section 33. Sole Agreement.
<br /> Except for the City's Raw Water Contract, this Agreement
<br /> constitutes the sole and only agreement of GBRA and City and
<br /> supersedes any prior understanding or oral or written agreements
<br /> between the City and GBRA respecting the subject matter of this
<br /> Agreement.
<br /> Section 34. Severability.
<br /> The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if, f or any
<br /> reasons, any one or more of the provisions contained in the
<br /> Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
<br /> any respect, the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall
<br /> not affect any other provision of this Agreement and this Agreement
<br /> shall remain in effect and be construed as if the invalid, illegal
<br /> or unenforceable provision had never been contained in the
<br /> Agreement.
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