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ORDINANCE NO:
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS GRANTING TO ATMOS
<br />ENERGY CORPORATION, A TEXAS AND VIRGINIA CORPORATION, ITS
<br />SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND
<br />OPERATE PIPELINES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR
<br />COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, DELIVERY, SALE, AND
<br />DISTRIBUTION OF GAS IN, OUT OF, AND THROUGH SAID CITY FOR ALL
<br />PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OR CHARGE FOR THE
<br />USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAYS; AND PROVIDING THAT SUCH FEE
<br />SHALL BE IN LIEU OF OTHER FEES AND CHARGES, EXCEPTING AD VALOREM
<br />TAXES; PROVIDING FOR A TERM AND EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR
<br />WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE OF THIS FRANCHISE; PROVIDING THAT THE
<br />MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC;
<br />PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ORDAINING OTHER PROVISIONS
<br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />SECTION 1. GRANT OF AUTHORITY.
<br />The City of Paris, Texas, hereinafter called "City," hereby grants to Atmos Energy
<br />Corporation, Mid -Tex Division, hereinafter called " Atmos Energy" or "Company," its
<br />successors and assigns, consent to use and occupy the present and future streets, alleys,
<br />highways, public utility easements, public ways and other public places ( "Public Rights -of-
<br />Way"), for the purpose of laying, maintaining, constructing, protecting, operating, and replacing
<br />therein and thereon pipelines and all other appurtenant equipment (the "System ") to deliver,
<br />transport, and distribute gas in, out of, and through City for persons, firms, and corporations,
<br />including all the general public, and to sell gas to persons, firms, and corporations, including all
<br />the general public, within the City corporate limits, as such limits may be amended from time to
<br />time during the term of this franchise. Said consent being granted for a term ending September
<br />30, 2020 provided that, unless written notice is given by either party hereto to the other not less
<br />than sixty (60) days before the expiration of this Franchise, it shall be automatically renewed for
<br />two additional periods of five (5) years from such expiration date.
<br />SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.
<br />For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their
<br />derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words
<br />in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number,
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