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eri an Muui i#al 3740 N. Joscy Lane, Suite 225, CarroIlton, TX 75007 (972) 394-7200 Fax (972) 394-6842 CO .L CTION AGREEMENT (Warrant~, Citations, Capias Pro Fines, etc.) The City of Paris, Texas, hereinafter referred to as "Municipality" desires to utilize the services of American Municipal Services Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "AMSC", to perform collection activities for the Municipality, and American Municipal Services Corporation desires to undertake such collection activities. Accordingly, the parties agree that their relationship be governed by the terms of this Collection Agreement. The Municipality agrees to periodically refer to AMSC citations and/or warrants for collection. No specific number or dollar amount of citations that will be sent to AMSC is represented or guaranteed by the Municipality. No case will be sent by the City of Paris, Texas to AMSC, until the case is more than sixty (60) days past due. AMSC agrees to use their best efforts to collect those citations sent to AMSC by the Municipality. AMSC agrees to skip trace those accounts where it is determined a good address is not known, to send each defendant a minimum of four letters, and to contact each defendant by telephone in an effort to have the defendant pay any fine and/or court costs due to the Municipality. AMSC will.limit all telephone calls to between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm from Mbnday through Friday, and between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm on Saturdays. No defendant is to be phoned on Sundays. All contacts between AMSC staff and defendants are to be by telephone or by mail. No personal contacts are to ever occur. AMSC agrees to honor a defendants request to contact the defendant during specified hours, or at a specified location. All services performed under this Collection Agreement shall be under the direction of a Texas attorney. All services to be performed under this Collection Agreement shall be conducted in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws as those laws relate to collection activities under this Agreement. AMSC will arrange for all Defendants to send their payments directly to the Municipality. In the event a payment is sent to AMSC by a Defendant, AMSC will immediately forward that payment to the Municipality. AMSC agrees that it will not deposit, endorse or otherwise negotiate any funds belonging to the Municipality. Pursuant to Article 103.0031 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended, Municipality will add a collection fee of Thirty Percent (30%) to each offense committed after June 18, 2003 that is referred to AMSC for collection. AMSC will be paid the added Thirty (30%) percent as their fee for providing this collection service for these cases. AMSC will be paid a contingent fee of Twenty Five Percent (25%) of the amount of fines collected on all citations/warrants collected though the efforts of AMSC that involve offences committed prior to June 18, 2003. The amount AMSC is paid Twenty-Five Percent on is the actual amount paid by a defendant, minus court costs. AMSC agrees to invoice the Municipality on or about the EXHIBIT