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PROPRIETARY FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THE SERIES 2025 BONDS. The County collects and receives various other non -ad valorem revenues that are deposited to the General Fund or other governmental funds but are not legally available to be used to pay debt service on the Series 2025 Bonds because of legal restrictions as to the use of such revenues. Some of the more significant of these non -ad valorem revenues include fuel tax revenues (which are limited to transportation -related expenditures) and tourist development tax revenues (which are limited to tourist development -related expenditures). While such non -ad valorem revenues cannot be used to pay debt service on the Series 2025 Bonds they are available to pay for various governmental services and programs. Historical Non -Ad Valorem Revenues The following table sets forth, for the County's Fiscal Years ending September 30, 2020 through and including September 30, 2024, Non -Ad Valorem Revenues accounted for in certain of the County's governmental funds some of which may be legally available to pay debt service on the Series 2025 Bonds, subject to the conditions and restrictions described above. Certain of such revenues may hereinafter be specifically pledged to secure other indebtedness of the County. Any such debt would be payable from such specific revenue sources prior to payment of debt service on the Series 2025 Bonds or any other indebtedness that is similarly payable from a covenant of the County to budget and appropriate sufficient Non -Ad Valorem Revenues to pay debt service. Additionally, as noted previously and described under "SECURITY FOR THE SERIES 2025 BONDS -- Covenant to Budget and Appropriate," the County's covenant and agreement to appropriate Non -Ad Valorem Revenues to pay the Series 2025 Bonds are also subject to other conditions, including the payment of services and programs which are for essential public purposes affecting the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the County or which are mandated by applicable law, and the obligation of the County to have a balanced budget. The following table is not intended to represent revenues of the County which are available to pay debt service on Series 2025 Bonds. However, it is an indication of the relative amounts of Non -Ad Valorem Revenues of the County which may be available for the payment of debt service on the Series 2025 Bonds and other Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Obligations to the County. Certain categories may cease to exist altogether and new sources may come about from time to time. Continued consistent receipt of Non -Ad Valorem Revenues is dependent upon a variety of factors, including formulas specified under Florida law for the distribution of certain of such funds which take into consideration the ratio of residents in unincorporated areas of the County to total County residents. Aggressive annexation policies by municipalities in the County or greater growth in the incorporated areas of the County as compared to unincorporated areas could have an adverse effect on certain Non -Ad Valorem Revenues. The amounts and availability of any of the Non -Ad Valorem Revenues to the 34