PURDUE NATIONAL OPIOIDS SETTLEMENT

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Docusign Envelope ID:F617E359-4OD9-46EO-BD71-OF5OB4798B26 any cities or towns within the county may agree to reallocate their respective shares of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds among themselves, provided that any direct distribution may only be to a CA Participating Subdivision and any CA Participating Subdivision must agree to their share being reallocated. iii. CA Abatement Accounts Fund Oversight a) Pursuant to Section 5 below, CA Participating Subdivisions receiving funds pursuant to the Purdue Bankruptcy Plan and related Sackler settlement must prepare and file reports annually regarding the use of those funds. DHCS may regularly review the reports prepared by CA Participating Subdivisions about the use of CA Abatement Accounts Funds for compliance with the Governing Documents and this Agreement. b) If DHCS determines that a CA Participating Subdivision's use of CA Abatement Accounts Funds is inconsistent with the Governing Documents or this Agreement, whether through review of reports or information from any other sources,DHCS shall send a request to meet and confer with the CA Participating Subdivision. The parties shall meet and confer in an effort to resolve the concern. c) If the parties are unable to reach a resolution,DHCS may conduct an audit of the Subdivision's use of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds within one year of the request to meet and confer, unless the parties mutually agree in writing to extend the meet and confer time frame. d) If the concern still cannot be resolved, the State may bring a motion or action against the Subdivision in the court where the State has filed its Consent Judgment to resolve the concern or otherwise enforce the requirements of the Governing Documents or this Agreement. However, in no case shall any audit be conducted, or motion be brought, as to a specific expenditure of funds, more than five years after the date on which the expenditure of the funds was reported to DHCS, in accordance with this Agreement. e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not limit the statutory or constitutional authority of any state or local agency or official to conduct audits, investigations, or other oversight activities, or to pursue administrative, civil, or criminal enforcement actions. C. CA Subdivision Fund i. Fifteen percent of the payments to California subject to this Agreement will be allocated to the CA Subdivision Fund. All funds in the CA Subdivision Fund will be allocated among the Plaintiff Subdivisions that are Initial Participating Subdivisions. The fiends will be used, subject to any limits imposed by the Governing Documents and this Agreement, to fiend future Opioid Remediation and reimburse past opioid-related expenses,which may include fees and expenses related to litigation. RIM 5 [il