O-2010-3231 Certificates of Obligation Series 2010 and General Obligation Refunding Bonds

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Each replacement Certificate delivered in accordance with this Section shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such replacement Certificate is delivered. Section 3.11: Cancellation. All Certificates paid or redeemed in accordance with this ti Ordinance, and all Certificates in lieu of which exchange Certificates or replacement Certificates are authenticated and delivered in accordance herewith, shall be canceled and destroyed upon the making of proper records regarding such payment or redemption. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall periodically furnish the City with certificates of destruction of such Certificates. ARTICLE IV FORM OF CERTIFICATES Section 4.1: Form of Certificates. The Certificates, including the Form of Comptroller's Registration Certificate, Form of Paying Agent/Registrar Authentication Certificate, Form of Assignment and Form of Statement of Insurance, if any, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be necessary or desirable, and not prohibited by this Ordinance. ARTICLE V SECURITY FOR THE CERTIFICATES Section 5.1: Pledge and Levy of Taxes and Revenues. (a) To provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the Certificates, there is hereby levied, within the limits prescribed by law, for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter, while the Certificates or any part of the principal thereof and the interest thereon remain outstanding and unpaid, an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City sufficient to pay the interest on the Certificates and to create and provide a sinking fund of not less than 2% of the principal amount of the Certificates or not less than the principal payable out of such tax, whichever is greater, with full allowance being made for tax delinquencies and the costs of tax collection, and such taxes, when collected, shall be applied to the payment of principal of and interest on the Certificates by deposit to the Debt Service Fund and to no other purpose. (b) The City hereby declares its purpose and intent to provide and levy a tax legally sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Certificates, it having been determined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose is adequate to permit a legally sufficient tax. As long as any Certificates remain outstanding, all moneys on deposit in, or credited to, the Debt Service Fund shall be secured by a pledge of security, as provided by law for cities in the State of Texas. (c) In addition, pursuant to the authority of Chapter 1502, Texas Government Code, as amended, the City also hereby pledges the revenues to be derived from the City's waterworks and sewer system, after the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses thereof (the "Net Revenues"), in an amount not to exceed $1,000, to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates, provided that the pledge of Net Revenues is and shall be junior and 7 HOU:3009660.5