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DocuSlgn Envelope ID: B15AAEBD-74AB-4EFF-B97F-0776E33BOD86 I <br />Accounts Fund. Further, provided that all CA Abatement Accounts, Funds are used for <br />Opioid Remediation consistent with the Walmart Settlement Agreement and this CA <br />Walmart Allocation Agreement, a county and any cities or towns within the county may <br />agree to reallocate their respective shares of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds among <br />themselves, provided that any direct distribution may only be to a CA Participating <br />Subdivision and any CA Participating Subdivision must agree to their share being <br />reallocated. <br />in. CA Abatement Accounts Fund Oversight <br />a) Pursuant to Section 5.below, CA Participating Subdivisions receiving settlement funds <br />must prepare and file reports annually regarding the use of those funds. DHCS may <br />regularly review the reports prepared by CA Participating Subdivisions about the use of <br />CA Abatement Accounts Funds for compliance with the Walmart Settlement• <br />Agreement and this CA Walmart Allocation Agreement. <br />b) If DHCS determines that a CA Participating Subdivision's use of CA Abatement <br />Accounts Funds is inconsistent with the Walmart Settlement Agreement`or this CA' <br />Walmart Allocation Agreement, whether through review of reports or information <br />from any other "sources, DHCS shall send a request to meet and confer with the CA"' <br />Participating Subdivision The parries shall meet and confer in an effort to resolve the <br />concern. <br />c) If the parties .are unable to reach a resolution, DHCS may conduct an audit of the - <br />Subdivision's use of the CA Abatement Accounts Funds within one year of the request to <br />meet and confer, unless;the parties. mutually agree in writing to'extcnditbe:meet and: <br />confer time frame. <br />d) If the concern siill•canriot be resolved, the State may bring a motion of 9ction in the court <br />where the State has filed its Consent Judgment to resolve the coneeirror othcrwise <br />enforce the requirements of the Walmart Settlement Agreement or this CA Walmart <br />Allocation Agreement. However, in no case shall any audit be conducted" or motion be <br />brought, as to a specific expenditure of funds, more than five years after the date on <br />which the expenditure of the funds was reported to DHCS, in accord0ce,with this`, <br />agreement. <br />e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not limit the statutory or <br />constitutional authority of any state or local agency or official: to; conduct audits, <br />investigations, or. other oversight: activities, or to pursue administeativey civil,.or , <br />criminal enforcement actions: <br />