2010-010 ORD ISSUANCE AND SALE OF COP TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS, SERIES 2010

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this Ordinance, but neither shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and information of the registered owners of the Certificates. The Issuer approves the insurance of the Bonds by Assured Guaranty Corp. (the "Insurer"), and the payment of the premium for such insurance, and the Certificates may bear an appropriate legend as provided by the Insurer. (b) The obligation of the initial purchaser to accept delivery of the Certificates is subject to the initial purchaser being furnished with the fina1, 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 Certificates to the initial purchaser. The engagement of such firm as bond counsel to the Issuer in connection with issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificates 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 counsel, is hereby authorized in such form as may be approved by the Mayor of the Issuer and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute such engagement letter. (c) In accordance with the provisions of Section 1202.004, Tex. Gov't Code Ann., in connection with the submission of the Certificates by the Attorney General of Texas for review and approval, a statutory fee (an amount equal to 0.1% principal amount of the Certificates, subject to a minimum of $750 and a ma�mum of $9,500) is required to be paid to the Attorney General upon the submission of the transcript of proceedings for the Certificates. The Issuer hereby authorizes and directs that a check in the amount of the Attorney General filing fee for the Certificates, made payable to the "Texas Attorney General," be promptly furnished to the Issuer's Bond Counsel, for payment to the Attorney General in connection with his review of the Certificates. Section 10. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON THE CERTIFICATES. The Issuer covenants to take any action necessary to assure, or refrain from any action that would adversely affect, the treatment of the Certificates as Obligation described in section 103 of the Code, the interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal income ta�cation. In furtherance thereof, the Issuer covenants as follows: (a) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates (less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use," as defined in section 141(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 Certificates, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of the Code; (b) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described in subsection (a) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates 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 16