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STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LAMAR AMENDMENT TO TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS AND AMERICAN SPIRALWELD PIPE COMPANY, LLC DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 This Amendment (the "Amendment") to a Tax Abatement Agreement (the "Agreement") granted by the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas dated September 24, 2018 is entered into by and between the CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, a municipal corporation, situated in Lamar County, Texas, acting by and through its authorized officer whose signature appears below (hereinafter called "City"), and AMERICAN SPIRALWELD PIPE COMPANY, LLC acting by and through its authorized officer whose signature appears below (hereinafter referred to as "Owner"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas did heretofore, on the 240 day of September, 2018, in Resolution No. 2018-025 grant to Owner the Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A and attached hereto by reference as if fully set forth herein; and, WHEREAS, the Agreement contains imprecise language regarding when the abatement period was to begin; and WHEREAS, Owner having been compliant with the terms of the Agreement in all respects, the parties wish to clarify said language; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to clarify the language of the Agreement to specify that the abatement period granted therein was to become effective on January 21, 2021, which is in keeping with the manner in which the Lamar County Appraisal District has administered the abatement; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code and the Guidelines and Criteria for Tax Abatement adopted in Resolution No. 2022-002, the parties hereto do mutually contract and agree as follows: Section 1.1 of the Agreement shall be amended to read as follows: 1.1 The effective date of this Agreement is the 24th day of September, 2018, with the tax abatement being effective from and after January 1, 20210, and terminating on December 31, 20276 (an abatement period of seven (7) years (the "Abatement Period")). Said Abatement Period will terminate on December 31, 20276, regardless of when Owner completes the Improvements described in Sections II and III herein below.