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<br /> 8. The Governmental Entity, as a Participating Subdivision, hereby becomes a Releasor for
<br /> all purposes in the Distributor Settlement, including but not limited to all provisions of
<br /> Part XI, and along with all departments, agencies, divisions,boards, commissions,
<br /> districts, instrumentalities of any kind and attorneys, and any person in their official
<br /> capacity elected or appointed to serve any of the foregoing and any agency,person, or
<br /> other entity claiming by or through any of the foregoing, and any other entity identified
<br /> in the definition of Releasor,provides for a release to the fullest extent of its authority.
<br /> As a Releasor,the Governmental Entity hereby absolutely,unconditionally, and
<br /> irrevocably covenants not to bring,file, or claim, or to cause, assist or permit to be
<br /> brought,filed, or claimed, or to otherwise seek to establish liability for any Released
<br /> Claims against any Released Entity in any forum whatsoever. The releases provided for
<br /> in the Distributor Settlement are intended by the Parties to be broad and shall be
<br /> interpreted so as to give the Released Entities the broadest possible bar against any
<br /> liability relating in any way to Released Claims and extend to the full extent of the
<br /> power of the Governmental Entity to release claims. The Distributor Settlement shall be
<br /> a complete bar to any Released Claim.
<br /> 9. The Governmental Entity hereby takes on all rights and obligations of a Participating
<br /> Subdivision as set forth in the Distributor Settlement.
<br /> 10. In connection with the releases provided for in the Distributor Settlement, each
<br /> Governmental Entity expressly waives,releases, and forever discharges any and all
<br /> provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any law of any state or territory of the
<br /> United States or other jurisdiction, or principle of common law,which is similar,
<br /> comparable, or equivalent to § 1542 of the California Civil Code,which reads:
<br /> General Release; extent.A general release does not extend to claims that
<br /> the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or
<br /> her favor at the time of executing the release that, if known by him or her,
<br /> would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or
<br /> released party.
<br /> A Releasor may hereafter discover facts other than or different from those which it
<br /> knows,believes, or assumes to be true with respect to the Released Claims,but each
<br /> Governmental Entity hereby expressly waives and fully, finally, and forever settles,
<br /> releases and discharges,upon the Effective Date, any and all Released Claims that may
<br /> exist as of such date but which Releasors do not know or suspect to exist,whether
<br /> through ignorance, oversight, error,negligence or through no fault whatsoever, and
<br /> which, if known,would materially affect the Governmental Entities' decision to
<br /> participate in the Distributor Settlement.
<br /> 11.Nothing herein is intended to modify in any way the terms of the Distributor Settlement,
<br /> to which Governmental Entity hereby agrees. To the extent this Election and Release is
<br /> interpreted differently from the Distributor Settlement in any respect,the Distributor
<br /> Settlement controls.
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