Rebate Fund (a) The Fiscal Agent shall maintain the Rebate Fund, for the benefit of all persons who are or have at any time been owners of the Governmental Lender Notes, at all times prior to the final payment to the United States of America of the amounts described in Subsection (c) of this Section which funds shall not be part of the Security established hereunder. The money deposited to the Rebate Fund, together with all investments thereof and investment income therefrom, shall be held in trust separately and apart from the other funds held under this Funding Loan Agreement and applied solely as provided in this Section, unless in the Opinion of Governmental Lender Counsel failure to make such application will not adversely affect any exclusion from gross income of interest on the Governmental Lender Notes under the Code.
(b) The Fiscal Agent shall deposit or transfer to the credit of the account of the Rebate Fund each amount delivered to the Fiscal Agent by the Borrower for deposit thereto and each amount directed by the Borrower to be transferred thereto. The Fiscal Agent shall credit all earnings and debit all losses from the investment of money held for the account of the Rebate Fund to such fund. The Fiscal Agent shall furnish to the Borrower all information reasonably requested by the Borrower with respect to the Governmental Lender Notes and investment of funds and accounts maintained by the Fiscal Agent hereunder.
(i) Within 30 days after each Computation Date, the Fiscal Agent, on behalf of the Governmental Lender, shall withdraw from the Rebate Fund and pay to the United States of America the appropriate portion of the Rebate Amount (determined by the Rebate Analyst on behalf of the Borrower) in the installments, to the place and in the manner required by section 148(f) of the Code, the Regulations, and rulings thereunder as instructed by the Borrower or its legal counsel and as provided in subsection (iii) below. The Fiscal Agent shall have no obligation to pay any amounts required to be rebated pursuant to this Section other than from moneys held in the Funds created under this Funding Loan Agreement or from other moneys provided to it by the Borrower.
(ii) Within five days after receipt from the Borrower or the Rebate Analyst of written notification of any amount due to the United States of America pursuant to Section 1.148- 3(h) of the Regulations accompanied by relevant IRS forms including IRS Form 8038-T, the Fiscal Agent shall withdraw from the Rebate Fund an amount which when added to all prior payments to the United States of America equals the correct appropriate portion of the Rebate Amount, plus any penalties and interest and pay such correction amount to the United States of America.
(iii) All payments to the United States of America pursuant to this subsection shall be made by the Fiscal Agent for the account and in the name of the Governmental Lender and shall be paid by draft posted by certified United States Mail (return receipt requested), addressed to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center (and, if appropriate, accompanied by the relevant Internal Revenue Service Form, such as Form 8038-T or such other statements, explanations or forms required pursuant to the Regulations or other Internal Revenue Service promulgations).
(d) The Fiscal Agent shall preserve all statements, forms, and explanations received from the Borrower or the Governmental Lender pursuant to this Section and all records of transactions in the Rebate Fund until six years after the discharge of the Governmental Lender Notes.
(e) The Fiscal Agent may conclusively rely on the information provided, instructions of and forms prepared by the Borrower or the Rebate Analyst with regard to any actions to be taken by it, including payments to be made, pursuant to this Section and shall have no liability for any consequences of any failure of the Borrower or Rebate Analyst to supply accurate or sufficient instructions or to compute correctly any payment due pursuant to this Section. The Fiscal Agent shall have no responsibility or duty to perform any rebate calculation or to expend its own funds to make any rebate payments.
(f) If at any time during the term of this Funding Loan Agreement the Borrower or the Governmental Lender desires to take any action which would otherwise be prohibited by the terms of this Section, such person shall be permitted to take such action if it shall first obtain and provide at the expense of the Borrower to the other persons named herein an opinion of Governmental Lender Counsel to the effect that such action shall not adversely affect the exclusion of interest on the Governmental Lender Notes from gross income of the owners of the Governmental Lender Notes for Federal income tax purposes and shall be in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this Funding Loan Agreement or the other Funding Loan Documents, the Fiscal Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any method of calculation, or any calculation or determination which may be required in connection with or for the purpose of complying with Section 148 of the Code or any successor statute or any regulation, ruling, or other judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including, without limitation, the calculation of amounts required to be paid the United States of America or the determination of the maximum amount which may be invested in Nonpurpose Investments having a higher yield than the yield on the Governmental Lender Notes, in connection with any such investments. The method of calculation and determination required by section 148 of the Code shall be accomplished by a Rebate Analyst engaged by the Borrower. The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable or responsible for the negligence or misconduct of the Rebate Analyst. The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable or responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Borrower or the Governmental Lender of any of the requirements of Section 148 of the Code or any applicable regulation, ruling, or other judicial or administrative interpretation thereof (except for the administrative functions described in this Section and in this Funding Loan Agreement), it being acknowledged and agreed that the sole obligation of the Fiscal Agent in this regard shall be (i) to invest the moneys received by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to the written instructions of the Borrower in the specific investments identified by the Borrower or, in the absence of such identification, to make investments as otherwise provided herein and to disburse said moneys in accordance with the terms of this Funding Loan Agreement and (ii) to follow instructions contained in this Section and in this Funding Loan Agreement. The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable for the Governmental Lender Notes becoming "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of the Code, as a result of investments it makes in compliance with the instructions it receives or pursuant to or in compliance with the terms of this Funding Loan Agreement. Any provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, amounts credited to the Rebate Fund shall be free and clear of any lien hereunder.
