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WHEREAS, the fee would apply to covered entities including refineries, importers of any petroleum or petroleum product, any coal mining operation, any importer of coal, any entity entering pipeline quality natural gas into the natural gas transmission system, and any importer of natural gas, any entity required to report the emission of a fluorinated gas and any'entity or class of entities which, as determined by the Secretary of State, is transporting, selling or otherwise using a covered fuel in a manner which emits a greenhouse gas to the atmosphere and which is not covered by the carbon fee, the fluorinated greenhouse gas fee, or the carbon border fee adjustment. J. WHEREAS, the fees are to be deposited into a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund and used for expenses and dividend payments to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. K. WHEREAS, HR 763 is co -sponsored by several Orange County Representatives including Representative Harley Rouda, Representative Gil Cisneros, and Representative Katie Porter. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds determines and declares that the City of Santa Ana supports the adoption of HR 763, the Energy and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019. Section 3. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. . Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 2019. Resolution No. 2019-037 Page 2 of 3