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6 <br />required by the terms of the National Settlement Agreements, the proportions set forth in <br />Exhibit B must be adjusted: (i) to provide no payment from the National Settlement <br />Agreements to any listed county or municipality that does not participate in the National <br />Settlement Agreements; and (ii) to provide a reduced payment from the National <br />Settlement Agreements to any listed county or city that signs on to the National <br />Settlement Agreements after the Initial Participation Date. <br />K.Redistribution in certain situations . In the event a Participating Local Government <br />merges, dissolves, or ceases to exist, the allocation percentage for that Participating Local <br />Government shall be redistributed equitably based on the composition of the successor <br />Local Government. In the event an allocation to a Local Government cannot be paid to <br />the Local Government, such unpaid allocations will be allocated to Local Abatement <br />Funds and be distributed in such proportions as set forth in Exhibit B. <br />L.City may direct payments to county . Any city allocated a share may elect to have its full <br />share or a portion of its full share of current or future annual distributions of settlement <br />funds instead directed to the county or counties in which it is located, so long as that <br />county or counties are Participating Local Governments[s]. If a city is located in more <br />than one county, the city’s funds will be directed based on the MDL Matter’s Opioid <br />Negotiation Class Model. <br />III.Special Revenue Fund <br />A.Creation of special revenue fund. Every Participating Local Government receiving <br />Opioid Settlement Funds through direct distribution shall create a separate special <br />revenue fund, as described below, that is designated for the receipt and expenditure of <br />Opioid Settlement Funds. <br />B.Procedures for special revenue fund. Funds in this special revenue fund shall not be <br />commingled with any other money or funds of the Participating Local Government. The <br />funds in the special revenue fund shall not be used for any loans or pledge of assets, <br />unless the loan or pledge is for an Approved Use. Participating Local Governments may <br />not assign to another entity their rights to receive payments of Opioid Settlement Funds <br />or their responsibilities for funding decisions, except as provided in Section II.L. <br />C.Process for drawing from special revenue funds. <br />1.Opioid Settlement Funds can be used for a purpose when the Governing Body <br />includes in its budget or passes a separate resolution authorizing the expenditure <br />of a stated amount of Opioid Settlement Funds for that purpose or those purposes <br />during a specified period of time. <br />2.The budget or resolution must (i) indicate that it is an authorization for <br />expenditures of opioid settlement funds; (ii) state the specific strategy or strategies <br />the county or city intends to fund, using the item letter and/or number in Exhibit <br />A to identify each funded strategy, if applicable; and (iii) state the amount <br />dedicated to each strategy for a stated period of time. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 040056EC-0D41-4D98-9C65-E01AE876A6AB