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3. Notwithstanding the preceding provision, if any regulations, ordinances, acts, rules or other laws subsequently passed or amended by the AGENCY or any other appropriate governmental or legislative authority increase the AGENCY'S portion of maintenance costs under this Agreement, RAILROAD will receive the benefit of any such regulations, ordinances, acts, rules or other laws and the AGENCY'S increased portion of maintenance costs will be incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. 4. If a railway or a highway improvement project necessitates rearrangement, relocation, or alteration of the Crossing Signal Equipment or the new crossing surface installed hereunder, the costs for such rearrangement, relocation or alteration will be the responsibility of the party requesting such changes. 5. If any of the Crossing Signal Equipment is partially or wholly destroyed, then such repair and/or replacement costs must be distributed among the parties as follows: a) In the event the RAILROAD's sole negligence destroys or damages the Crossing Signal Equipment, RAILROAD must reimburse AGENCY for the costs to replace or repair such Crossing Signal Equipment. b) In the event the Crossing Signal Equipment is damaged or destroyed by any other cause, AGENCY must, at its sole cost and expense, replace or repair such Crossing Signal Equipment. 6. If the Crossing Signal Equipment installed hereunder cannot, through age, be maintained, or, by virtue of its obsolescence, requires replacement, the cost of installation of new crossing signal equipment will be negotiated by the parties hereto on the basis of the current Federal Aid Railroad Signal Program participation and applicable AGENCY at the time of such replacement is warranted. 7. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto, their successors, and assigns. 8. In the event any paragraph contained in this Agreement or any item, part, or term within any particular paragraph is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining paragraphs or items will not be affected; and the rights and obligations of the parties will be construed and enforced as if this Agreement did not contain that particular paragraph or item held to be invalid or unenforceable. 9. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, any one of which will be deemed to be an original. The parties further agree that any facsimile copy of a party's signature is valid and binding to the same extent as an original signature. 5