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EXHIBIT 10.10.AM    
  


 
 

8% SIXTY-DAY TERM NOTE    
  



	$150,000	 	May 3, 2002





        ELECTROPURE, INC., a California corporation, (the  "Company"), for the value received,
hereby unconditionally and absolutely promises to pay to the order of ANTHONY M. FRANK,
TTEE, ANTHONY M. FRANK DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN, UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 12/01/98, FBO: SHIRLEY M. PEGG, or holder (collectively, the  "Holder"), upon presentation and surrender
of this Note at its office at 23456 South Pointe Drive, Laguna Hills, California 92653, or such other place
as the Company may, from time to time, designate, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000), in lawful money of the United States, on
July 3, 2002, or if such day is not a regular business day, then on the next business day thereafter (the "Maturity Date"). 


        1.    PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS.    


        (a)  All
payments and prepayments of principal and interest shall be made in immediately available funds on or before the Maturity Date to the Holder at 101 Montgomery, San
Francisco, California 94104. 


        (b)  The
unpaid principal amount of the Note from time to time outstanding shall bear interest from the date of this Note at the rate of Eight Percent (8%) per annum until
paid. Interest shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days. 


        (c)  The
Company may prepay at any time in advance of the Maturity Date all or any part of this Note, plus accrued interest on the portion of the principal being prepaid.
Interest on the portion of the Note prepaid shall cease to accrue on and after the date of such prepayment. 



        2.    NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDER.    


        So
long as this Note shall be outstanding, if the Company (i) shall pay any dividend or make any distribution upon the Company Stock or (ii) shall effect a capital
reorganization, reclassification of capital stock, consolidation or merger with or into another corporation, sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the
Company to another corporation, or voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then in any such case, the Company shall cause to be mailed by certified mail to the
Holder, at least fifteen days prior to the date specified in (x) or (y) below, as the case may be, a notice containing a brief description of the proposed action and stating the date on
which (x) a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or distribution, or (y) such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is to take place and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock or other securities shall receive cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. 



        3.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT.    If one or more of the following described events shall occur (each an "Event of Default"): 


        (a)  The
Company shall fail to pay the principal of, or interest on, this Note within five (5) days after the Holder has given written notice to the Company that the
same has become due; or 


        (b)  The
Company shall fail to perform or observe any of the provisions contained in any Section of this Note and such failure shall continue for more than thirty
(30) days after the Holder has given written notice to the Company; or 


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        (c)  Any
material representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company in this Note shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect,
or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading, on the date as of
which made, and the Company shall have failed to cure such false or incorrect statement within thirty (30) days after the Holder has given written notice to Borrower; or 



        (d)  The
Company shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or the Company shall apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or similar officer for it or for all or any substantial part of its property; or such receiver, trustee
or similar officer shall be appointed without the application or consent of the Company and such appointment shall continue undischarged for a period of thirty (30) days; or the Company shall
institute (by petition, application, answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceeding
relating to it under the laws of any jurisdiction; or any such proceeding shall be instituted (by petition, application or otherwise) against the Company and shall remain undismissed for a period of
ninety (90) days; or any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of the property of the Company and such
judgment, writ, or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded within ninety (90) days after its issue or levy; or 


        (e)  The
Company shall be enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by a court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs; 



        (f)    Any
suit, action or other proceeding (judicial or administrative) commenced against the Company, or with respect to any assets of the Company, shall threaten to have a
material adverse effect on their future operations, including, without limitation a final judgment or settlement in excess of $25,000 in excess of insurance shall be entered in, or agreed to in
respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. 


        THEN,
or at any time thereafter, and in each and every case: 


        (1)  Where
the Company is in default under the provisions of Section 3(d) hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Note, all interest accrued and unpaid
thereon, and all other amounts payable to the Holder hereunder shall automatically become and be forthwith due and payable without offset or counterclaim of any kind and without presentment, demand,
protest or notice of any kind, and without regard to the running of the statute of limitations, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company; and 


        (2)  In
any other case referred to in this Section 3, the Holder may, by written notice to the Company, as the case may be, declare the entire unpaid principal amount
of this Note, all interest accrued and unpaid hereon, and all other amounts payable hereunder to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, without
offset or counterclaim of any kind and without presentment, demand, or protest, and without regard to the running of any statutes of limitation, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Company. 


        Any
declaration made pursuant to Section 3(2) hereof is subject to the condition that, if at any time after the principal of this Note shall have become due and payable, and
before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys so due, or any thereof, shall have been entered, all arrears of principal and interest upon this Note (except that principal of this Note
which by such declaration shall have become payable) shall have been duly paid, and every Event of Default shall have been made good, waived or cured, then and in every such case the Holder shall be
deemed to have rescinded and annulled such declaration and its consequences; but no such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon. 


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        4.    CORPORATE OBLIGATION.    It is expressly understood that this Note is solely a corporate obligation of the
Company and that any and all personal liability, either at common law or in equity, or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all rights and claims against, every stockholder, officer, or
director, as such, past, present or future, are expressly waived and released by the Holder as a part of the consideration for the issuance hereof. 


        5.    AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT.    The borrowings hereunder, the execution and delivery of the Note and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Note are within the corporate powers of the Company, have been authorized by all necessary corporate action, have received
all necessary governmental approval (if any shall be required) and do not and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of law or of the charter or by-laws of the Company or of
any agreement binding upon the Company. 


        6.    TRANSFER.    Subject to the appropriate provisions hereof, this Note or any portion of the principal amount
hereof (or any remaining balance if any pre-payments have occurred pursuant to Section 1 hereof) is transferable on the records of the Company upon presentation of this Note,
properly endorsed, at its principal office; upon such presentation and transfer a new Note or Notes will be issued. For the purposes of payment and all other purposes, the Company shall deem and treat
the person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 



        7.    MISCELLANEOUS.    


        (a)  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company promises to pay interest after maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise, and before as well as after judgment) at the
same rate as above provided prior to maturity on balances, if any, then outstanding. 


        (b)  Interest
under this Note shall be computed on the basis of a thirty (30) day month and a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. 



        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed in Laguna Hills, California as of the day and year first above written. 



	COMPANY:	 	HOLDER:
	

ELECTROPURE, INC.	
 	

ANTHONY M. FRANK, TTEE, ANTHONY M. FRANK DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 12-01-98, FBO: SHIRLEY M. PEGG





	

By	
 	

/s/ Catherine Patterson
	
 	

By	
 	

/s/ Anthony M. Frank

	 	 	Catherine Patterson, Secretary	 	 	 	Anthony M. Frank
	 	 	23456 South Pointe Drive

Laguna Hills, CA 92653	 	 	 	101 Montgomery

San Francisco, CA 94104




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