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8.A. - Page 86 3. The Fiscal Agent Agreement has been duly entered into by the City and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the City enforceable upon the City. Pursuant to the Act, the Fiscal Agent Agreement creates a valid lien on the funds pledged by the Fiscal Agent Agreement for the security of the Bonds. 4. Interest received by the owners of the Bonds is excludable under existing stltutes, regulations, rulings and court decisions, from gross income for Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Interest on the Bonds is not a specific preference item for purposes of the federal individual or corporate alternative minimum taxes, 1lthough the interest is included in adjusted current earnings in calculating corporate alternative minimum taxable income. Interest received by the owners of the Bonds is exempt from personal income taxes of the State of California under present law. In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph 4 above, we are relying upon representations and covenants of the City in the Fiscal Agent Agreement and in the Tax Certificate of the City, dated as of the date hereof, concerning the use of the facilities financed with Bond proceeds, the investment and use of Bond proceeds 1nd the rebate, if any, to the Federal govemment of certain earnings thereon. In addition, we have assumed that all such representations are true and correct and that the City will comply with such covenants. We express no opinion with respect to the exclusions of the interest from gross income under Section 103(1) of the Code in the event thlt any such representations are untrue or the City fails to comply with such covenants. Except as stated above, we express no opinion as to any Federal tax consequences of the receipt of interest on, or the ownership or disposition of, the Bonds. Certain agreements, requirements and procedures contained or referred to in the Fiscal Agent Agreement, tlle Tax Certificate and other relevant documents may be changed, and certain actions (includuzg, without limitation, defeasance of the Bonds) may be taken or omitted under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such documents. No opinion is expressed herein as to any payment of interest on the Bonds if any such change occurs or action is taken or omitted to be taken upon the advice or approval of counsel other than ourselves. Further, we note that the rights of the owners of the Bonds and the enforceability of the Bonds or the Fiscal Agent Agreement may be subject to banl<ruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar laws lffecting creditors' rights, to the application of equitable principles, to the exercise of judicill discretion in appropriate cases and to the limitations on legal remedies against govemmental entities in the State of Califomia. We express no opinion with respect to any indemnification, contribution, choice of law, choice of forum or waiver provisions contained in the foregoing documents, nor do we express any opinion with respect to the plans, specificltions, maps, reports, or other engineering or financial details of the proceedings, or upon the Rate and Method or the validity of the Special Taxes levied upon any individual parcel. Finally, we undertake no responsibility herein for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Official Statement or other offering materill relating to the Bonds and express no opinion with respect tllereto. Respectfully submitted, NOSSAMAN LLP D-2