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2 <br /> <br />I. Definitions <br /> <br />As used in this MOA (including the preamble above): <br /> <br />“Approved Uses” shall mean forward-looking strategies, programming, and services to <br />abate the opioid epidemic that fall within the list of uses on Exhibit A. Consistent with <br />the terms of the National Settlement Agreements and Bankruptcy Resolutions, “Approved <br />Uses” shall include the reasonable administrative expenses associated with overseeing and <br />administering Opioid Settlement Funds. Reimbursement by the State or Local <br />Governments for past expenses are not Approved Uses. <br /> <br />“Backstop Fund” is defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> <br />“Bankruptcy Defendants” mean Purdue Pharma L.P. and Mallinckrodt plc. <br /> <br />“Bankruptcy Resolution(s)” means resolutions of claims concerning alleged misconduct in <br />manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic by <br />the Bankruptcy Defendants entered in bankruptcy court that provide for payments <br />(including payments through a trust) to both the State and Minnesota counties and <br />municipalities and allow for the allocation between the state and its political subdivisions <br />to be set through a state-specific agreement. <br /> <br />“Counsel” is defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> <br />“County Area” shall mean a county in the State of Minnesota plus the Local Governments, <br />or portion of any Local Government, within that county. <br /> <br />“Governing Body” means (1) for a county, the county commissioners of the county, and <br />(2) for a municipality, the elected city council or the equivalent legislative body for the <br />municipality. <br /> <br />“Legislative Modification” is defined in Section II.C below. <br /> <br />“Litigating Local Governments” mean a Local Government that filed an opioid lawsuit(s) <br />on or before December 3, 2021, as defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> <br />“Local Abatement Funds” are defined in Section II.B below. <br /> <br />“Local Government” means all counties and cities within the geographic boundaries of the <br />state of Minnesota. <br /> <br />“MDL Matter” means the matter captioned In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, <br />MDL 2804, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. <br /> <br />“Memorandum of Agreement” or “MOA” mean this agreement, the Minnesota Opioids <br />State-Subdivision Memorandum of Agreement.