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-2- IV. Attorney hereby agrees to file suit on and reduce to judgment and sale all property located within City's taxing jurisdiction with City to furnish the necessary data and information as to name, identity, location of all necessary parties, and legal description of the property to be sold, as reflected by the tax records of City. When a title search is required, Attorney hereby agrees to supervise said title search, with costs to be reimbursed out of court costs. Attorney hereby agrees to sue for recovery of the costs as court costs as provided by Section 33.48 of the Texas Property Tax Code. V. Attorney hereby agrees to provide to City, at his sole cost and expense, a tax collection data processing system that shall include software and hardware, with specifications to be mutually agreed upon between the parties, for the term of this contract. The data processing system shall be installed on City premises to be designated by City. Legal title to the data processing system shall remain in Attorney. Attorney shall be responsible for all upkeep, maintenance, insurance, and taxes on the system, both software and hardware. City shall have the right to install at its expense, hardware and software enhancements to the system, for use by the City for purposes other than tax collection data processing. City shall be responsible for all costs associated with such upgrades. City shall have the right to purchase said data processing system from Attorney, at any time after two years from the effective date of this contract, with the price to be based on the fair market value of the system at the time of purchase, as determined by recognized computer industry appraisal publications at the time of purchase. VI. Attorney hereby agrees to make progress reports to City on request, and to advise the City of all cases when investigation reveals delinquent taxpayers to be financially unable to pay their delinquent taxes.