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F Government may apply to the Regional OAC to be reinstated for direct payments no earlier than five years after the date of suspension." The amounts payable to each law firm representing a Litigating Local Government from the GFF shall be consistent with the MOU and the process set forth inthe Order Appointing the Fee Panel to Allocate and Disburse Attorney's Fees Providedfor in State Back-Stop Agreements, Case No. l:17 -md-02804-DAP Doc #: 4543 (June 17 ,2022). All amounts that the City of Seattle has contributed to the GFF shall be returned to the City of Seaffle by the Settlement Administrator rather than paid to Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. The GFF set forth in the MOU shall be funded by the LG Share of the Washington Abatement Amount only. To the extent the common benefit tax is not already payable by the Settling Entities as contemplated by Section D.8 of the MOU, the GFF shall be used to pay Litigating Local Government contingency fee agreements and any common benefit tax referred to in Section D of the MOU, which shall be paid on apro rcta basis to eligible law firms as determined by the GFF Administrator. To fund the GFF, fifteen percent (15%) of the LG Share shall be deposited in the GFF from each LG Share sefflement payment until the Litigating Subdivisions' contingency fee agreements and common benefit tax (if any) referred to in Section D of the MOU are satisfied. Under no circumstances will any Primary Subdivision or Litigating Local Government be required to contribute to the GFF more than l5oh of the portion of the LG Share allocated to such Primary Subdivision or Litigating Local Government. In addition, under no circumstances will any portion of the LG Share allocated to a Litigating Local Government be used to pay the contingency fees or litigation expenses of counsel for some other Litigating Local Government. The maximum amount of any Litigating Local Government contingency fee agreement (from the Contingency Fee Fund of the Settlement) payable to a law firm permitted for compensation shall be fifteen percent (15%) of the portion of the LG Share paid to the Litigating Local Government that retained that firm (i.e., if City X filed suit with outside counsel on a contingency fee contract and City X receives $1,000,000 from the Settlement, then the maximum that the firm can receive is $ 150,000 for fees.) The firms also shall be paid documented expenses due under their contingency fee agreements that have been paid by the law firm attributable to that Litigating Local Government. Consistent with Agreement on Afforneys' Fees, Costs, and Expenses, which is Exhibit R of the Sefflement, amounts due to Participating Litigating Subdivisions' attorneys under this Allocation Agreement III shall not impact (i) costs paid by the subdivisions to their attorneys pursuant to a State Back-Stop G H I 4