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(19) MANDATED CONDITIONS
(a) The validity of this Agreement is subject to the truth and accuracy of all the
information, representations, and materials submitted or provided by the Recipient in this Agreement, in
any later submission or response to a Division request, or in any submission or response to fulfill the
requirements of this Agreement. All of said information, representations, and materials is incorporated by
reference. The inaccuracy of the submissions or any material changes shall, at the option of the Division
and with thirty days written notice to the Recipient, cause the termination of this Agreement and the
release of the Division from all its obligations to the Recipient.
(b) This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State-of Florida, and venue
for any actions arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Circuit Court of Leon County. If any provision
of this Agreement is in conflict with any applicable statute or'rule, or is unenforceable, then the provision
shall be null and void to the extent of the conflict, and shall be severable, but shall not invalidate any other
provision of this Agreement.
(c) Any power of approval or disapproval granted to the Division under the terms of this
Agreement shall survive the term of this Agreement. : , :
(d) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, any one of which
may be taken as an original. ,
(e) The Recipient agrees to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (Public Law
101-336, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination by public and private entities on
the basis of disability in employment, public accommodations, transportation, State and local government
services, and telecommunications. :
(f) Those who have been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a
public entity crime or on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any
goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the
construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to
a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or
consultant under a contract with a public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in
excess of $25,000.00 for 4 period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list
or on the discriminatory vendor list.
(g) Any Recipient which is not a focal government or state agency, and which receives
funds under this Agreement from the federal government, certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief,
that it and its principals: :
14. are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency;
2. have not, withina five-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of
or had a clvil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining,
attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state or local) transaction or contract under public
transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
3. are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
governmental entity (federal, state or local) with commission of any offenses enumerated in paragraph
19(g)2. of this certification; and
4. have not within a five-year period preceding this Agreement had one or more
public transactions (federal, state or local) terminated for cause or default.
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If the Recipient is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, then the Recipient
shall attach an explanation to this Agreement.
In addition, the Recipient shall send to the Division (by email or by facsimile transmission)
the completed “Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility And Voluntary
Exclusion” (Attachment G) for each intended subcontractor which Recipient plans to fund under
this Agreement. The form must be received by the Division before the Recipient enters into a
contract with any subcontractor.
(h) The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this Agreementis
contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to any modification in
accordance with Chapter 216, Fla. Stat. or the Florida Constitution.
{i) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in
detail sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof.
(j) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112.061,
Fla. Stat. ;
(k) The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cance! this Agreement if the Recipient
refuses to allow public access to all documents, papers, letters or other material subject to the provisions
of Chapter 119, Fla. Stat., which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement.
(l) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this
Agreement, any interest income shall either be returned to the Division or be applied against the
Division's obligation to pay the contract amount.
(m) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any
contractor who knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers, constituting a violation of the employment
provisions contained in 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a(e) [Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(“INA’)]. The Division shall consider the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation
of Section 274A(e)} of the INA. Such violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in
Section 274A(e) of the INA shall be grounds for unilateral cancellation of this Agreement by the Division.
(n} The Recipient is subject to Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law (Section
286.011, Fla. Stat.) with respect to the meetings of the Recipient's governing board or the meetings of
any subcommittee making recommendations to the governing board. All of these meetings shall be
publicly noticed, open to the public, and the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records, available
to the public in accordance with Chapter 119, Fla. Stat. ;
(0) All expenditures of state financial assistance shall be in compliance with the laws,
rules and regulations applicable to expenditures of State funds, including but not limited to, the Reference
Guide for State Expenditures.
(p) The Agreement may be charged only with allowable costs resulting from obligations
incurred during the term of the Agreement.
(q) Any balances of unobligated cash that have been advanced or paid that are not
authorized to be retained for direct program costs In a subsequent period must be refunded to the State.
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(20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION
(a) No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be
used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or
any state agency. .
(b) The Recipient certifies, by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of his or
her knowledge and belief:
4. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf
of the Recipient, to. any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the
making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,
continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative
agreement.
2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be
pald to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Recipient shall complete
and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities."
3. The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award
documents for all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants; and contracts under grants, loans, and
cooperative agreements) and that all subreciplents shall certify and disclose.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed
when this transaction was made or entered Into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for
making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who
fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not
more than $100,000 for each such failure.
(21) COPYRIGHT, PATENT AND TRADEMARK .
ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE
OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
(a) If the Recipient has a pre-existing patent or copyright, thie Recipient shall retain all
rights and entitlements to that pre-existing patent or copyright unless the Agreement provides otherwise.
(b) If any discovery or invention is developed in the course of or as a result of work or
services performed under this Agreement, or in any way connected with it, the Recipient shall refer the
discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent
protection In its name. Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this
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Agreement are reserved to the State of Florida. If any books, manuals, films, or other copyrightable
material are produced, the Recipient shall notify the Division. Any copyrights accruing under or in
connection with the performance under this Agreement are transferred by the Recipient to the State of
Florida.
(c) Within thirty days of execution of this Agreement, the Recipient shall disclose all
intellectual properties relating to the performance of this Agreement which he or she knows or should
know could give rise to a patent or copyright. The Recipient shail retain all rights and entitlements to any
pre-existing intellectual property which is disclosed. Failure to disclose will indicate that no such property
exists. The Division shall then, under Paragraph (b), have the right to all patents and copyrights which
accrue during performance of the Agreement.
(22) LEGAL AUTHORIZATION.
The Recipient certifies that it has the legal authority to receive the funds under this
Agreement and that its governing body has authorized the execution and acceptance of this Agreement.
The Recipient also certifies that the undersigned person has the authority to legally execute and bind
Recipient to the terms of this Agreement. :
(23) ASSURANCES.
The Recipient shall comply with any Statement of Assurances incorporated as
Attachment H.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
RECIPIENT:
OKALOOSA COUNTY
By: .
Name and title; Charles K. Windes, Jr., Chairman
Date:
FID# 59-6000765
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANGEMENT
By:
Name and Title: Bryan W. Koon, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Date:
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. EXHIBIT —1
STATE RESOURCES AWARDED TO THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT CONSIST
OF THE FOLLOWING:
MATCHING RESOURCES FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS:
NOTE: If the resources awarded to the recipient for matching represent more than one
