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THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF HARRIS ~ This agreement made and entered into effective the 1st day of October, 1983, by and between the City of La Porte, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called "City", and The La Porte - Bayshore Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit corporation chartered under the Laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter called "Chamber", W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, City has recently passed an ordinance providing for the assessment and collection of a Hotel Occupancy Tax in the City of La Porte of four percent (40) of the consideration paid by the occupant of a room, space or facility in any hotel; and WHEREAS, the Chamber is well equipped to advertise and conduct solicitation programs to acquaint potential users with public meeting and convention facilities and to promote tourism and advertise the City of La Porte ; and WHEREAS, it is to the mutual benefit of the City and Chamber that the City provide funds to the Chamber for the above stated purposes and that the Chamber use such funds to the Chamber for the above stated purposes and that the Chamber use such funds for such purposes; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, City and Chamber hereby agree as follows: 1. Chamber shall employ its best efforts for general promotional and tourist advertising of the City of La Porte and conducting solici- tation and operating programs to contract conventions and visitors, including the establishment and operation by Chamber of a convention and visitors bureau. 2. As a consideration for the services set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof, City agrees to pay to Chamber an amount equal to twenty-five