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City's responsibilities and authority relating to billing, licensing, etc., of the NETWORK to third parties shall cease. Any infrastructure owned by the member of the CONSORTIUM withdrawing from the Agreement and used by the CONSORTIUM for the NETWORK shall remain in service by the NETWORK. The withdrawing member may request payment for use of its infrastructure which is consistent with the amount charged to similar customers for like usage. If requested, these costs shall be paid by the remaining members in proportion to their revised ownership interest in the NETWORK. Upon five (5) days written notice, and without liability to the CONSORTIUM or the remaining individual members, the withdrawing member shall be disconnected from the NETWORK. SECTION 21. ARBITRATION It is agreed that disputes arising under this Agreement, or under any instrument made to carry out the terms of this Agreement, shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Arbitration Code (Chapter 682, Florida Statutes). Each member of the CONSORTIUM shall appoint an arbitrator who shall be an attorney at law. And each member shall notify the other members of such appointment within three (3) days. The three (3) arbitrators so appointed shall constitute the board of arbitration. SECTION 22. Classification as Telecommunications Provider If the CONSORTIUM, or any member of the CONSORTIUM, is or becomes classified as a telecommunications company, telecommunications carrier, telecommunications service or any other telecommunications entity, or falls under the jurisdiction of existing or future regulation by any State or Federal regulatory agency as a telecommunications company, including, but not limited to, the Federal Communications Commission or the Florida Public Service Commission, the members of the CONSORTIUM shall meet immediately and cooperate with each other so as to determine if it is necessary to remove such classification and, if so, whether, and to what extent, the Agreement can be amended to remove such classification. If the CONSORTIUM determines that it is necessary to remove such classification and the Agreement cannot be so amended, or if there is no agreement as to such amendment, then any member of the CONSORTIUM may withdraw from the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION 23. Effective Date This Agreement shall be in full force and effect upon the approval of each and every member and proper execution hereof. SECTION 24. No Third Party Beneficiaries This Agreement does not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action, or other right or privilege, except that the provisions hereof Joint Fiber Optics Project - Interlocal Agreement Page 13 of 18