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� <br />THE STATE OF TEXAS ) <br />) <br />COUNTY OF LAMAR ) <br />TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT <br />0 <br />This Tax Abatement Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between <br />the CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, a municipal corporation, situated in Lamar <br />County, Texas, acting by and through its authorized officer whose signature appears <br />below (hereinafter called "City"), and HIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, acting <br />by and through its authorized officer whose signature appears below (hereinafter referred <br />to as "Owner"). <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 8th day of <br />August, 2011, pass Ordinance No. 2011-026, (hereinafter referred to as the <br />"ORDINANCE") authorizing the City of Paris to participate in the Texas Enterprise Zone <br />Program under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government <br />Code (the "Act"); providing tax incentives; nominating Kimberly-Clark Corporation to <br />the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism through the Economic <br />Development Bank for Designation as a qualified business and Double Jumbo Enterprise <br />Project under the Act; designating a liaison for overseeing Enterprise Projects and <br />communicating with interested parties; making other findings and provisions related to <br />the subject; and declaring an effective date; and <br />WHEREAS, an Enterprise Zone Project Designation was granted for the <br />"project" described in the ORDINANCE and in this Agreement (hereinafter called the <br />"Project") by letter addressed to the City of Paris, Texas, and to the Company, dated <br />December 30, 2011, by the Office of the Governor of the State of Texas (Economic <br />Development & Tourism), in which a project designation number of EP811-090111-P <br />was assigned to this Project; and <br />WHEREAS, under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act (Government Code Chapter <br />2303), the designation of an area as an Enterprise Zone also constitutes designation of the <br />area as a reinvestment zone (the "Reinvestment Zone"); and the City of Paris, Texas, <br />ordained in Section 9 of the ORDINANCE that the Enterprise Zone areas within the City <br />(in which this Project is located) are Reinvestment Zones under the provisions of the <br />Texas Tax Code, Chapter 312; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 13`h <br />day of August, 2012, in Resolution No. 2012-072, dated August 13, 2012, pass and <br />adopt appropriate Guidelines and Criteria governing tax abatement agreements to <br />be entered into by the City as required by the Property Redevelopment and Tax <br />Abatement Act, as amended; <br />