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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 423-2009 Authorizing Issuance and Sale of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificate of Obligation, Series 2009ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2009; LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY FOR AND PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATE; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF COLLIN § CITY OF ANNA § WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas (the "Issuer") deems it advisable to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount and for the purposes hereinafter set forth; WHEREAS, the certificate of obligation hereinafter authorized and designated (the "Certificate") is to be issued and delivered for cash pursuant to Subchapter C of Chapter 271, Local Government Code and Chapter 1502, Government Code; WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore passed a resolution authorizing and directing the City Secretary to give notice of intention to issue a certificate of obligation for the purposes described above, and said notice has been duly published in a newspaper of general circulation in said Issuer, said newspaper being a "newspaper" as defined in §2051.044, Texas Government Code; WHEREAS, the Issuer received no petition from the qualified electors of the Issuer protesting the issuance of such Certificate of Obligation; WHEREAS, it is considered to be to the best interest of the Issuer that said interest -bearing Certificate be issued-, and WHEREAS, It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Ordinance has been adooted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place and subject matter of the public business to be considered and acted upon at said meeting, including this Ordinance, was given, all as required by the applicable provisions of Tex. Gov't Code Am. ch. 55 1; Now, Therefore Section 1. RECITALS, AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATE. The recitals set forth in the preamble hereof are incorporated herein and shall have the same force and effect as if set forth in this Section. The Certificate of Obligation of the City of Anna, Texas (the "Issuer") is hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in the aggregate principal amount of $900,000 for paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations incurred in connection with (i) acquiring land and improving, renovating and constructing a building to be used for police, utilities and other City departments; (ii) constructing, furnishing and equipping a building for the public works department; and (iii) paying legal, fiscal, engineering and architectural fees in connection with these projects (collectively, the "Project"). Section 2. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATION, NUMBER, AND MATURITY OF CERTIFICATE. (a) Each Certificate issued pursuant to this Ordinance shall be designated: "CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2009," and there shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder one fully registered Certificate, without interest coupons, dated January 1, 2009, in the denomination and principal amount of $900,000 numbered R-1, with any Certificate issued in replacement thereof being in the denomination of the full principal amount of the series of which the Certificate is issued, and numbered consecutively from R-2 upward, payable in installments to the registered owner thereof, or to the registered assignee of said Certificate (in each case, the "Registered Owner"). Principal of said Certificate shall mature and be payable in installments on the dates and in the amounts stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Certificate. The Certificate shall bear interest on the unpaid balance of the principal amount thereof from the date of delivery to the scheduled due date, or date of prepayment or redemption prior to the scheduled due date, of the principal installments of the Certificate at the rate of interest stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Ordinance. Said interest shall be payable in the manner provided and on the dates stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Certificate. (b) The term "Certificate" as used in this Ordinance shall mean and include collectively the Certificate initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance and any substitute Certificate exchanged therefor, as well as any other substitute or replacement certificate issued pursuant hereto, and the term "Certificate" shall mean any such Certificate. Section 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERTIFICATE. (a) R Sgistration. The Issuer shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, Dallas, Texas, the "Paying Agent/Registrar"), books or records for the registration of the transfer and exchange of the Certificate (the "Registration Books"), and the Issuer hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations oftransfers and exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the Issuer and Paying Agent/Registrar may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers and exchanges as herein provided within three days of presentation in due and proper form. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration Books the address of the Registered Owner of each Certificate to which payments with respect to the Certificate shall be mailed, as herein provided; but it shall be the duty of each Registered Owner to notify the Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect the Registration Books during regular business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not permit their inspection by any other entity. The Issuer shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer, exchange and delivery of a substitute Certificate. Registration of assignments, transfers and exchanges of Certificate shall be made in the manner provided and with the effect stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Ordinance. Each substitute Certificate shall bear a letter and/or number to distinguish it from each other Certificate. (b) Authentication: Transfer and Exchange. Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, an authorized representative of the Paying AgenVRegistrar shall, before the delivery of any such Certificate, date and manually sign said Certificate, and no such Certificate shall be deemed to be issued or outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. No additional ordinances, orders, or resolutions need be passed or adopted by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing exchange of any Certificate or portion thereof, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute Certificate in the manner prescribed herein. Pursuant to Chapter 1201, Government Code, as amended, the duty of transfer of Certificate as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and, upon the execution of said Certificate, the exchanged Certificate shall be valid, incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the Certificate that initially was issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. (c) Paving Agent/Registrar. The Issuer covenants with the Registered Owner of the Certificate that at all times while the Certificate is outstanding the Issuer will provide a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution or other agency to act as and perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificate under this Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Registrar will be one entity. The Issuer reserves the right to, and may, at its option, change the Paying Agent/Registrar upon not less than 20 days written notice to the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective not later than 15 days prior to the next principal or interest payment date after such notice. In the event that the entity at any time acting as Paying Agent/Registrar (or its successor by merger, acquisition, or other method) should resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the Issuer covenants that promptly it will appoint a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution, or other agency to act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other pertinent books and records relating to the Certificate, to the new Paying Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by the Issuer. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the Issuer promptly will cause a written notice thereof to be sent by the new Paying Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner of the Certificate, by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, which notice also shall give the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar. By accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance, and a certified copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar. (d) Payment of Certificate and Interest. The Issuer hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Certificate, all as provided in this Ordinance. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made by the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar with respect to the Certificate and shall properly and accurately record all payments on the Certificate on the Registration Books, and shall keep proper records of all exchanges of the Certificate, and all replacements of the Certificate, as provided in this Ordinance. However, in the event of a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the Issuer. Notice of the past due interest shall be sent at least five (5) business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the address of the Registered Owner appearing on the Registration Books at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice, (e) In General. The Certificate (i) shall be issued in fully registered form, without interest coupons, with the principal of and interest on such Certificate to be payable only to the Registered Owner thereof, 00 may and shall be prepaid or redeemed prior to its scheduled maturity (notice of which shall be given to the Paying Agent/Registrar by the Issuer at least 30 days prior to any such redemption date), (111) may be exchanged for another Certificate, (iv) may be transferred and assigned, (v) shall have the characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, scaled, executed and authenticated, (vii) the principal of and interest on the Certificate shall be payable, and (viii) shall be administered and the Paying Agent/Registrar and the Issuer shall have certain duties and responsibilities with respect to the Certificate, all as provided, and in the manner and to the effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Ordinance. The Certificate initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance is not required to be, and shall not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/Registrar, but on each substitute Certificate issued in exchange for any Certificate issued under this Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE, in the form set forth in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE. (f) Delivery of Initial Certificate. On the closing date, the Initial Certificate representing the entire principal amount of the Certificate, payable to the Purchaser, executed by manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor and City Secretary, approved by the Attorney General of Texas, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and with the date of delivery inserted thereon by the Paying Agent/Registrar, will be delivered to the Purchaser. Section 4. FORM OF CERTIFICATE. The form of the Certificate, including the form of Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment and the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas to be attached to the Certificate initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, shall be, respectively, substantially as follows, with such appropriate variations, omissions or insertions as are permitted or required by this Ordinance. (a) Form of Certificate. NO. R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRINCIPAL STATE OF TEXAS AMOUNT CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS $900,000 COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2009 Interest Rate Delivery Date 4.280% (subject to adjustment on February 15, 2018, as described below) REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS The City of Anna, Texas (the "Issuer"), being a political subdivision of the State of Texas located in Collin County, for value received, promises to pay, from the sources described herein, to the registered owner specified above, or registered assigns (the "Registered Owner"), the principal amount specified above, and to pay interest thereon, from the Delivery Date set forth above, on the balance of said principal amount from time to time remaining unpaid, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months . The unpaid principal of this Certificate shall mature and shall be payable in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the table below: Principal Payment Date Installment Payment Date February 15, 2010 $10,000 February 15, 2020 February 15, 2011 30,000 February 15, 2021 February 15, 2012 35,000 February 15, 2022 February 15, 2013 35,000 February 15, 2023 February 15, 2014 35,000 February 15, 2024 February 15, 2015 35,000 February 15, 2025 February 15, 2016 40,000 February 15, 2026 February 15, 2017 40,000 February 15, 2027 February 15, 2018 40,000 February 15, 2028 February 15, 2019 45,000 February 15, 2029 Principal Installment $45,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 55,000 55,000 60,000 60,000 65,000 65,000 ON FEBRUARY 15, 2018 (the "Adjustment Date"), the per annum interest rate on the unpaid balance of the principal amount ofthis Certificate shall be adjusted to an interest rate of 15.00% per annum. Beginning on the Adjustment Date, the interest rate on the unpaid balance of the principal amount of this Certificate shall then be adjusted to equal the rate described above. THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE are payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The Issuer shall pay interest on this Certificate on February 15, 2010 and on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter to the date of maturity or redemption prior to maturity. The last principal installment of this Certificate shall be paid to the Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at maturity, or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior to maturity, at the principal office of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, NA, Dallas, Texas, which is the "Paying Agent/Registrar" for this Certificate. The payment of all other principal installments of and interest on this Certificate shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner hereof on each principal and interest payment date by check or draft, dated as of such principal and interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the Issuer required by the Certificate Ordinance to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter provided; and such check or draft shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the Registered Owner hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last business day of the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on the Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In addition, principal and interest may be paid by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the Registered Owner. ANY ACCRUED INTEREST due in connection with the final installment of principal of this Certificate or upon redemption of this Certificate in whole at the option of the Issuer prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate for payment at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. The Issuer covenants with the Registered Owner of this Certificate that on or before each principal payment date and interest payment date for this Certificate it will make available to the Paying AgendRegistrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund" created by the Certificate Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Certificate, when due. IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Certificate shall be a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the city where the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day that is not such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or day on which banking 'institutions are authorized to close; and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due. THIS CERTIFICATE is dated January 1, 2009, and authorized in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas in the principal amount of $900,000 for paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations incurred in connection with acquiring land and improving, renovating and constructing a building to be used for police, utilities and other City departments, constructing, furnishing and equipping a building for the public works department and paying legal, fiscal, engineering and architectural fees in connection with these projects. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2018, or any date therafter, the principal installments of this Certificate may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the Issuer, with funds derived from any available and lawful source, as a whole, or in part, and, if in part, the particular principal installments or portions thereof, to be redeemed shall be selected and designated by the Issuer, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. AT LEAST 20 DAYS PRIOR to the date fixed for any optional redemption of the Certificate or portions thereof prior to maturity a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the Registered Owner of the Certificate at its address as it appeared on the Registration Books on the day such notice of redemption is mailed; provided, however, that the failure of the Registered Owner to receive such notice, or any defect therein or in the sending or mailing thereof, shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the proceedings for the redemption of this Certificate. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for the Certificate or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is sent, where required, and if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Certificate or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to its scheduled maturity, and shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, and shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the Registered Owner to receive the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. UPON THE PAYMENT OR PARTIAL REDEMPTION of the outstanding principal balance of this Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall note in the Payment Record appearing on this Certificate the amount of such payment or partial redemption, the date said payment was made and the remaining unpaid principal balance of this Certificate and shall then have said entry signed by an authorized official of the Paying Agent/Registrar. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall also record such information in the Certificate Registration Books, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall also record in the Certificate Registration Books all payments of principal installments on such Certificate when made on their respective due dates. THE CERTIFICATE OF THIS SERIES is issuable in the form of one fully -registered Certificate without coupons in the denomination of $900,000. This Certificate may be transferred or exchanged as provided in the Certificate Ordinance, only upon the registration books kept for that purpose at the above -mentioned office of the Paying Agent/Registrar upon surrender of this Certificate together with a written instrument of transfer or authorization for exchange satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar and duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney, and thereupon a new Certificate of the same maturity and in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the transferee in exchange therefor as provided in the Certificate Ordinance, and upon payment of the charges therein prescribed, The Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal or redemption price hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such transfer or exchange (i) during the period commencing with the close of business on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the next following principal or interest payment date, or (ii) within 30 days prior to a redemption date. IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificate is changed by the Issuer, resigns, or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the Certificate Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and legally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the Registered Owner of the Certificate. THIS CERTIFICATE shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Certificate Ordinance until the Certificate of Authentication shall have been executed by the Paying Agent/Registrar or the Comptroller's Registration Certificate hereon shall have been executed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Certificate has been duly and validly authorized, issued and delivered; that all acts, conditions and things required or proper to be performed, exist and be done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery of this Certificate have been performed, existed and been done in accordance with law; and that annual ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of this Certificate, as such interest comes due and such principal matures, have been levied and ordered to be levied against all taxable property in said Issuer, and have been pledged for such payment, within the limit prescribed by law, and that this Certificate is additionally secured by and payable from a limited pledge of the revenues of the Issuer's waterworks and sewer system remaining after payment of all debt service, reserve and other requirements in connection with all of the Issuer's revenue obligations (now or hereafter outstanding) that are payable from all or part of said revenues, all as provided in the Certificate Ordinance. THE ISSUER HAS RESERVED THE RIGHT to amend the Certificate Ordinance as provided therein, and under some (but not all) circumstances amendments thereto must be approved by the, Registered Owner of the Certificate. BY BECOMING the Registered Owner ofthis Certificate, the Registered Ownerthereby acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Certificate Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Certificate Ordinance is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records ofthe governing body of the Issuer, and agrees that the terms and provisions of this Certificate and the Certificate Ordinance constitute a contract between the Registered Owner hereof and the Issuer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be signed with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor (or in his absence, by the Mayor Pro Tem) of the Issuer and countersigned with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Secretary of said Issuer, and has caused the official seal of the Issuer to be duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Certificate. W (SEAL) (signature) (signature) City Secretary Mayor (b) Form of Payment Record. FV.Vj- "V I N H a IN NOT"T 7C Principal Payment (amount and Remaining Name and Title of Date of installment(s) to which Principal Authorized Officer Signature of Authorized Payment payment is applied) Balance making Entry Officer (c) Form of Paving Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate. PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE (To be executed if this Certificate is not accompanied by an executed Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas) It is hereby certified that this Certificate has been issued under the provisions of the Certificate Ordinance described in the text of this Certificate; and that this Certificate has been issued in replacement of, or in exchange for, a certificate or a certificate of a series that originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Dated: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Dallas, Texas Paying Agent/Registrar By: Authorized Representative (d) Form of Assignment. ASSIGNMENT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number of Transferee: Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of Transferee: the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints , attorney, to register the transfer of the within Certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution participating in a securities transfer association recognized signature guarantee program. NOTICE: The signature above must correspond with the name of the Registered Owner as it appears upon the front of this Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. (e) Form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts. COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO. I hereby certify that this Certificate has been examined, certified as to validity and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Certificate has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Witness my signature and seal this Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (COMPTROLLERS SEAL) Section 5. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND; SURPLUS REVENUES. (a) A special "Interest and Sinking Fund" is hereby created and shall be established and maintained by the Issuer at an official depository bank of said Issuer. Said Interest and Sinking Fund shall be kept 9 separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of said Issuer, and shall be used only for paying the interest on and principal of said Certificate. All ad valorem taxes levied and collected for and on account of said Certificate shall be deposited, as collected, to the credit of said Interest and Sinking Fund. During each year while any of said Certificate is outstanding and unpaid, the governing body of said Issuer shall compute and ascertain a rate and amount of ad valorem tax that will be sufficient to raise and produce the money required to pay the interest on said Certificate as such interest comes due, and to provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the principal of said Certificate as such principal matures (but never less than 2% of the original amount of said Certificate as a sinking fund each year); and said tax shall be based on the latest approved tax rolls of said Issuer, with full allowances being made for tax delinquencies and the cost of tax collection. Said rate and amount of ad valorem tax is hereby levied, and is hereby ordered to be levied, against all taxable property in said Issuer, for each year while any of said Certificate is outstanding and unpaid, and said tax shall be assessed and collected each such year and deposited to the credit of the aforesaid Interest and Sinking Fund. Said ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of said Certificate, as such interest comes due and such principal matures, are hereby pledged for such payment, within the limit prescribed by law. (b) That said Certificate of Obligation is additionally secured by the revenues of the Issuer's waterworks and sewer system that remain after payment of all expenses of operation and maintenance thereof, and all debt service, reserve, and other requirements in connection with all of the Issuer's revenue bonds or other obligations (now or hereafter outstanding), which are secured by a lien on all or any part of the revenues ofthe Issuer's waterworks and sewer system, constituting "Surplus Revenues", such Surplus Revenues pledged to the payment of the Certificate not to exceed $ 1,000. The Issuer shall deposit such Surplus Revenues to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund created pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section, to the extent necessary to pay the principal and interest on the Certificate. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (a) of this Section, if Surplus Revenues or other lawfully available moneys of the Issuer 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 that otherwise would have been required to be levied pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section may be reduced to the extent and by the amount of the Surplus Revenues then on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund. (c) Article 1208, Government Code, applies to the issuance of the Certificate and the pledge of the taxes and revenues granted by the Issuer under this Section, and is therefore valid, effective, and perfected. Should Texas law be amended at any time while the Certificate is outstanding and unpaid, the result of such amendment being that the pledge of the taxes and revenues granted by the Issuer under this Section, is to be subject to the filing requirements of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, in order to preserve to the registered owner of the Certificate a security interest in said pledge, the Issuer agrees to take such measures as it determines are reasonable and necessary under Texas law to comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code and enable a filing of a security interest in said pledge to occur. Section 6. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES (a) Events of Default. Each of the following occurrences or events for the purpose of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an Event of Default: (i) the failure to make payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Certificates when the same becomes due and payable; or 10 (ii) default in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement or obligation of the City, the failure to perform which materially, adversely affects the rights of the Registered Owner of the Certificates, including, but not limited to, their prospect or ability to be repaid in accordance with this Ordinance, and the continuation thereof for a period of 60 days after notice of such default is given by the Registered Owner to the City. (b) Remedies for Default. Upon the happening of any Event of Default, then and in every case, the Registered Owner or an authorized representative thereof, including, but not limited to, a trustee or trustees therefor, may proceed against the City for the purpose of protecting and enforcing the rights of the Registered Owner under this Ordinance, by mandamus or other suit, action or special proceeding in equity or at law, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for any relief permitted by law, including the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained herein, or thereby to enjoin any act or thing that may be unlawful or in violation of any right of the Registered Owner hereunder or any combination of such remedies. (c) Remedies Not Exclusive. (i) No remedy herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or under the Certificates or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity-, provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the right to accelerate the debt evidenced by the Certificates shall not be available as a remedy under this Ordinance, (ii) The exercise of any remedy herein conferred or reserved shall not be deemed a waiver of any other available remedy. (iii) By accepting the delivery of a Certificate authorized under this Ordinance, the Registered Owner agrees that the certifications required to effectuate any covenants or representations contained in this Ordinance do not and shall never constitute or give rise to a personal or pecuniary liability or charge against the officers, employees or trustees of the City or the City Council. Section 7, DEFEASANCE OF CERTIFICATE. (a) Any Certificate and the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid, retired and no longer outstanding (a "Defeased Certificate") within the meaning of this Ordinance, except to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section, when payment of the principal of such Certificate, plus interest thereon to the due date (whether such due date be by reason of maturity or otherwise) either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been provided for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making available to the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with an escrow agreement or other instrument (the "Future Escrow Agreement") for such payment (1) lawful money of the United States of America sufficient to make such payment or (2) Defeasance Securities that mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability, without reinvestment, of sufficient money to provide for such payment, and when proper arrangements have been made by the Issuer with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of its services until all Defeased Certificate shall have become due and payable. At such time as a Certificate shall be deemed to be a Defeased Certificate hereunder, as aforesaid, such Certificate and the interest thereon shall no longer be secured by, payable from, or entitled to the benefits of, the ad valorem taxes herein levied and pledged or the revenues pledged as provided in this Ordinance, and such principal and interest shall be payable solely from such money or Defeasance Securities. 11 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, it is hereby provided that any determination not to redeem Defeased Certificate that is made in conjunction with the payment arrangements specified in subsection (a)(i) or (ii) of this Section shall not be irrevocable, provided that: (1) in the proceedings providing for such payment arrangements, the Issuer expressly reserves the right to call the Defeased Certificate for redemption; (2) gives notice of the reservation of that right to the owners of the Defeased Certificate immediately following the making of the payment arrangements; and (3) directs that notice of the reservation be included in any redemption notices that it authorizes. (b) Any moneys so deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar may at the written direction of the Issuer be invested in Defeasance Securities, maturing in the amounts and times as herembefore set forth, and all income from such Defeasance Securities received by the Paying Agent/Registrar that is not required for the payment of the Certificate and interest thereon, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be turned over to the Issuer, or deposited as directed in writing by the Issuer. Any Future Escrow Agreement pursuant to which the money and/or Defeasance Securities are held for the payment of Defeased Certificate may contain provisions permitting the investment or reinvestment of such moneys in Defeasance Securities or the substitution of other Defeasance Securities upon the satisfaction of the requirements specified in subsection (a)(i) or (ii) of this Section. All income from such Defeasance Securities received by the Paying Agent/Registrar which is not required for the payment of the Defeased Certificate, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be remitted to the Issuer or deposited as directed in writing by the Issuer. (c) The term "Defeasance Securities" means (i) direct, noncallable obligations of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America,, (ii) noncallable obligations of an agency or 'instrumentality of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the date of the purchase thereof are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than AAA or its equivalent, and (iii) noncallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state that have been refunded and that, on the date the governing body of the Issuer adopts or approves the proceedings authorizing the financial arrangements are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than AAA or its equivalent. (d) Until the Defeased Certificate shall have become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for such Defeased Certificate the same as if they had not been defeased, and the Issuer shall make proper arrangements to provide and pay for such services as required by this Ordinance. Section 8. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE, (a) Replacement Certificate. In the event any outstanding Certificate is damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to be printed, executed and delivered, a new certificate of the same principal amount, maturity and interest rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, in replacement for such Certificate in the manner hereinafter provided. (b) Application for Replacement Certificate. Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be made by the Registered Owner thereof to the Paying Agent/Registrar. In every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Certificate, the Registered Owner applying for a replacement certificate shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Certificate, the Registered Owner shall furnish to the Issuer and to the 12 Paying Agent/Registrar evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, theft or destruction of such Certificate, as the case may be. In every case of damage or mutilation of a Certificate, the Registered Owner shall surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation the Certificate so damaged or mutilated. (c) No Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the event any such Certificate shall have matured, and no default has occurred that is then continuing in the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Certificate, the Issuer may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a damaged or mutilated Certificate) instead of issuing a replacement Certificate, provided security or indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section. (d) Charge for Issuing Replacement _ Certificate. Prior to the issuance of any replacement certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the Registered Owner of such Certificate with all legal, printing, and other expenses in connection therewith. Every replacement certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuer whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificate duly issued under this Ordinance. (c) Authority for Issuing Replacement Certificate. In accordance with See, 1206.022, Government Code, this Section of this Ordinance shall constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement certificate without necessity of further action by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or person, and the duty of the replacement of such Certificate is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Certificate in the form and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 3(a) of this Ordinance for Certificate issued in exchange for other Certificate. Section 9. CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF CERTIFICATE; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION; CUSIP NUMBERS; ENGAGEMENT OF BOND COUNSEL, (a) The Mayor of the Issuer is hereby authorized to have control of the Certificate initially issued and delivered hereunder and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining to the Certificate pending its delivery and its examination, and approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and its registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon registration of the Certificate said Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sip the Comptroller's Registration Certificate attached to such Certificate, and the seal of said Comptroller shall be impressed, or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal opinion of the Issuer's Bond Counsel and the assigned CUSIP numbers (if any) may, at the option of the Issuer, be printed on the Certificate issued and delivered under this Ordinance, but neither shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and information of the Registered Owner of the Certificate. In addition, if bond insurance is obtained, the Certificate may bear an appropriate legend as provided by the insurer. (b) The obligation of the initial purchaser to accept delivery of the Certificate is subject to the initial purchaser being furnished with the final, approving opinion of McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P., bond counsel to the Issuer, which opinion shall be dated as of and delivered on the date of initial delivery of the Certificate to the 'initial purchaser. The engagement of such firm as bond counsel to the Issuer in connection with issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificate is hereby approved and confirmed. The execution and delivery of an engagement letter between the Issuer and such firm, with respect to such services as bond 13 counsel, is hereby authorized in such form as may be approved by the Mayor, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute such engagement letter. Section 10. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON THE CERTIFICATE. (a) Covenants, The Issuer covenants to take any action necessary to assure, or refrain from any action that would adversely affect, the treatment of the Certificate as an obligation described in section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the Issuer covenants as follows: (1) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent ofthe proceeds ofthe Certificate (less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use," as defined in section 14 1 (b)(6) of the Code or, if more than 10 percent of the proceeds or the projects financed therewith are so used, such amounts, whether or not received by the Issuer, with respect to such private business use, do not, under the terms of this Ordinance or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than 10 percent of the debt service on the Certificate, in contravention of section 14 1 (b)(2) of the Code; (2) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described in subsection (1) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificate or the projects financed therewith (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) then the amount in excess of 5 percent is used for a "Private business use" that is "related" and not "disproportionate," within the meaning of section 14 1 (b)(3) of the Code, to the governmental use; (3) to take any action to assure that no amount that is greater than the lesser of $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificate (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141 (c) of the Code; (4) to refrain from taking any action that would otherwise result in the Certificate being treated as "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 14 1 (b) of the Code; (5) to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Certificate being "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code-, (6) to refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Certificate, directly or indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds that were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) of the Code) that produces a materially higher yield over the term of the Certificate, other than investment property acquired with — (A) proceeds of the Certificate invested for a reasonable temporary period of 3 years or less or, in the case of a refunding bond, for a period of 30 days or less until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the bonds are issued, (B) amounts invested in a bona fide debt service fund, within the meaning of section 1. 148-1 (b) of the Treasury Regulations, and 14 (C) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement fund to the extent such amounts do not exceed 10 percent of the proceeds of the Certificate; (7) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Certificate or amounts treated as proceeds of the Certificate, as may be necessary, so that the Certificate do not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148 ofthe Code (relating to arbitrage) and, to the extent applicable, section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance refundings); and (8) to pay to the United States of America at least once during each five-year period (beginning on the date of delivery of the Certificate) an amount that is at least equal to 90 percent of the "Excess Earnings," within the meaning of section 148(f) of the Code and to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days after the Certificate have been paid in full, 100 percent of the amount then required to be paid as a result of Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code. (b) Rebate Fund. In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenant (a)(8), a "Rebate Fund" is hereby established by the Issuer for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and such Fund shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation the Registered Owners. The Rebate Fund is established for the additional purpose of compliance with section 148 of the Code. (c) Use of Proceeds. The Issuer understands that the term "proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds" as defined in the Treasury Regulations (hereinafter defined) and, in the case of refunding bonds, transferred proceeds (if any) and proceeds of the refunded bonds expended prior to the date of issuance of the Certificate. It is the understanding of the Issuer that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with the Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant thereto (the "Treasury Regulations"). In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated that modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable to the Certificate, the Issuer will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that such failure to comply, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Certificate under section 103 of the Code. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated that impose additional requirements applicable to the Certificate, the Issuer agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, to preserve the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Certificate under section 103 of the Code. In furtherance of such intention, the Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute any documents, certificate or reports required by the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the Issuer, that may be permitted by the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of the Certificate. (d) Allocation of, and Limitation on, Expenditures for the Project. The Issuer covenants to account for the expenditure of sale proceeds and investment earnings to be used for the construction and acquisition of the Project on its books and records by allocating proceeds to expenditures within 18 months of the later of the date that (1) the expenditure is made, or (2) the Project is completed. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not expend proceeds of the sale of the Certificate or investment earnings thereon more than 60 days after the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the delivery of the Certificate, or (2) the date the Certificate is retired, unless the Issuer obtains an opinion of nationally -recognized bond counsel that such expenditure will not adversely affect the status, for federal income tax purposes, of the Certificate or the interest thereon. For purposes hereof, the Issuer shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest. 15 (e) Disposition of Project. The Issuer covenants that the Project will not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction resulting in the receipt by the Issuer of cash or other compensation, unless the Issuer obtains an opinion of nationally -recognized bond counsel that such sale or other disposition will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Certificate. For purposes of the foregoing, the portion of the property comprising personal property and disposed in the ordinary course shall not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash or other compensation. For purposes hereof, the Issuer shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains a legal opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax proposes from gross income of the interest. (f) Designation as a Qualified Tax -Exempt Obli ation. The Issuer hereby designates the Certificate as a "qualified tax-exempt obligation" as defined in section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In furtherance of such designation, the Issuer represents, covenants and warrants the following: (a) that during the calendar year in which the Certificate is issued, the Issuer (including any subordinate entities) has not designated nor will designate obligations that when aggregated with the Certificate, will result in more than $10,000,000 of "qualified tax-exempt obligations" being issued; (b) that the Issuer reasonably anticipates that the amount of tax-exempt obligations issued, during the calendar year in which the Certificate is issued, by the Issuer (or any subordinate entities) will not exceed $10,000,000; and, (c) that the Issuer will take such action or refrain from such action as necessary, and as more particularly set forth in this Section, hereof, in order that the Certificate will not be considered "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code. Section 11. SALE OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The Certificate is hereby initially sold and shall be delivered to Capital One, N.A., Dallas, Texas (the "Purchaser"), for cash for the par value thereof, pursuant to the private placement letter dated the date of the final passage of this Certificate which the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and deliver. The Certificate shall initially be registered in the name of the Purchaser. It is hereby officially found, determined, and declared that the terms of this sale are the most advantageous reasonably obtainable. (b) The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, and all other officers, employees and agents of the Issuer, and each of them, shall be and they are hereby expressly authorized, empowered and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perform all such acts and things and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and on behalf of the Issuer a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement with the Paying Agent/Registrar and all other instruments, whether or not herein mentioned, as may be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, the Certificate and the sale of the Certificate. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any Certificate shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Certificate, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. Section 12. INTEREST EARNINGS ON CERTIFICATE PROCEEDS. Interest earnings derived from the investment of proceeds from the sale of the Certificate shall be used along with other certificate proceeds for the Project; provided that after completion of such purpose, if any of such interest earnings remain on hand, such interest earnings shall be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund. It is further provided, however, that any interest earnings on certificate proceeds that are required to be rebated to the United States of America pursuant to Section 10 hereof in order to prevent the Certificate from being arbitrage bonds shall be so rebated and not considered as interest earnings for the purposes of this Section. 16 Section 13. CONSTRUCTION FUND. (a) The Issuer hereby creates and establishes and shall maintain on the books of the Issuer a separate fund to be entitled the "Series 2009 Certificate of Obligation Construction Fund" for use by the Issuer for payment of all lawful costs associated with the acquisition and construction of the Project as hereinbefore provided. Upon payment of all such costs, any moneys remaining on deposit in said Fund shall be transferred to the Interest and Sinking Fund. Amounts so deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be used in the manner described in Section 5 of this Ordinance. (b) The Issuer may place proceeds of the Certificate (including investment earnings thereon) and amounts deposited into the Interest and Sinking Fund in investments authorized by the Public Funds Investment Act, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code, as amended; provided, however, that the Issuer hereby covenants that the proceeds of the sale of the Certificate will be used as soon as practicable for the purposes for which the Certificate is issued. (c) All deposits authorized or required by this Ordinance shall be secured to the fullest extent required by law for the security of public funds. Section 14. METHOD OF AMENDMENT. The Issuer hereby reserves the right to amend this Ordinance subject to the following terms and conditions, to -wit. - (a) The Issuer may from time to time, without the consent of the Registered Owner, except as otherwise required by paragraph (b) below, amend or supplement this Ordinance in order to (i) cure any ambiguity, defect or omission in this Ordinance that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders, (11) grant additional rights or security for the benefit of the holders, (iii) add events of default as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and that shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders, (v) qualify this Ordinance under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or corresponding provisions of federal laws from time to time in effect, or (iv) make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Ordinance as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and that shall not in the opinion of the Issuer's Bond Counsel materially adversely affect the interests of the holders. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) above, the Registered Owner shall have the right from time to time to approve any amendment hereto that may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Issuer; provided, however, that without the consent of the Registered Owner, nothing herein contained shall permit or be construed to permit amendment of the terms and conditions of this Ordinance or in the Certificate so as to: (1) Reduce the rate of interest borne by the Certificate; (2) Reduce the amount of the principal of, or redemption premium, if any, payable on the Certificate, (3) Modify the terms of payment of principal or of interest on the Certificate or impose any condition with respect to such payment; or (4) Change the requirement with respect to Registered Owner consent to such amendment, 17 (e) Upon the adoption of any amendatory ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this Section, this Ordinance shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance with such amendatory Ordinance, and the respective rights, duties, and obligations of the Issuer and the Registered Owner shall thereafter be determined, exercised, and enforced, subject in all respects to such amendment. (f) Any consent given by the Registered Owner of a Certificate pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be irrevocable for a period of six months from the date of such consent, and shall be conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Certificate during such period. Such consent may be revoked at any time after six months from the date of consent by the Registered Owner who gave such consent, or by a successor in title, by filing notice with the Issuer. (g) For the purposes of establishing ownership of the Certificate, the Issuer shall rely solely upon the registration of the ownership of such Certificate on the registration books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar. Section 15, NO RULE 15c2-12 UNDERTAKING. The Issuer has not made an undertaking in accordance with Rule l5c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Rule"). The Issuer is not, therefore, obligated pursuant to the Rule to provide any on -going disclosure relating to the Issuer or the Certificate. Section 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. In accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 1201.028, this Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption by the City Council. Section 17. SEVERABILITY. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent Jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance, despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in fall force and effect. [Execution Page Follows] 18 PASSED, APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE this 3 2009. , ATTEST: Ci Secretary Cl of Anna, Texas City of Anna, Texas OF ��2 �J�ITY SEAL] CJ; •.� '�lllllllll llllll\1\\