Okaloosa County BOCC — May 17, 2016 — FDOT LAP Agreement 433572-2 — reading text

policies and procedures prescribed by the Division Administrator of FHWA. Federal funds shall not be paid on account of any cost incurred prior to authorization by FHWA to the Department to proceed with the Project or part thereof involving such cost (23 C.F.R. 1.9 (a)). If FHWA or the Department determines that any amount claimed is not eligible, federal participation may be approved in the amount determined to be adequately supported and the Department shall notify the Agency in writing citing the reasons why items and amounts are not eligible for federal participation. Where correctable non-compliance with provisions of law or FHWA requirements exists. Federal funds may be withheld until compliance is obtained. Where non-compliance is not correctable, FHWA or the Department may deny participation in parcel or Project costs in part or in total. For any amounts determined to be ineligible for federal reimbursement for which the Department has advanced payment, the Agency shall promptly reimburse the Department for all such amounts within 90 days of written notice.  STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 525-010-40 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT OGC– 08/15 Page 6 of 15 H. For any project requiring additional right-of-way, the Agency must submit to the Department an annual report of its real property acquisition and relocation assistance activities on the project. Activities shall be reported on a federal fiscal year basis, from October 1 through September 30. The report must be prepared using the format prescribed in 49 C.F.R. Part 24, Appendix B, and be submitted to the Department no later than October 15 of each year. 8. Audit Reports: The administration of resources awarded through the Department to the Agency by this Agreement may be subject to audits and/or monitoring by the Department. The following requirements do not limit the authority of the Department to conduct or arrange for the conduct of additional audits or evaluations of federal awards or limit the authority of any State agency inspector general, the State of Florida Auditor General or any other State official. The Agency shall comply with all audit and audit reporting requirements as specified below. A. In addition to reviews of audits conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, monitoring procedures may include but not be limited to on-site visits by Department staff and/or other procedures including, reviewing any required performance and financial reports, following up, ensuring corrective action, and issuing management decisions on weaknesses found through audits when those findings pertain to federal awards provided through the Department by this Agreement. By entering into this Agreement, the Agency agrees to comply and cooperate fully with any monitoring procedures/processes deemed appropriate by the Department. The Agency further agrees to comply and cooperate with any inspections, reviews, investigations, or audits deemed necessary by the Department, State of Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or State of Florida Auditor General. B. The Agency, a non-federal entity as defined by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and as defined by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, as a subrecipient of a federal award awarded by the Department through this Agreement is subject to the following requirements: i. In the event the Agency expends a total amount of federal awards equal to or in excess of the threshold established by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and established by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, the Agency must have a federal single or program- specific audit for such fiscal year conducted in accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular A- 133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and in accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014. Exhibit “1”, Federal Financial Assistance (Single Audit Act) to this Agreement provides the required federal award identification information needed by the Agency to further comply with the requirements of OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and the requirements of 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014. In determining federal awards expended in a fiscal year, the Agency must consider all sources of federal awards based on when the activity related to the federal award occurs, including the federal award provided through the Department by this Agreement. The determination of amounts of federal awards expended should be in accordance with the guidelines established by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and established by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014. An audit conducted by the State of Florida Auditor General in accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, will meet the requirements of this part. ii. In connection with the audit requirements, the Agency shall fulfill the requirements relative to the auditee responsibilities as provided in OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and as provided in 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014.  STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 525-010-40 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT OGC– 08/15 Page 7 of 15 iii. In the event the Agency expends less than the threshold established by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and established by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, in federal awards, the Agency is exempt from federal audit requirements for that fiscal year. However, the Agency must provide a single audit exemption statement to the Department at FDOTSingleAudit@dot.state.fl.us no later than nine months after the end of the Agency’s audit period for each applicable audit year. In the event the Agency expends less than the threshold established by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and established by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, in federal awards in a fiscal year and elects to have an audit conducted in accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, the cost of the audit must be paid from non-federal resources (i.e., the cost of such an audit must be paid from the Agency’s resources obtained from other than federal entities). iv. The Agency must electronically submit to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) at https://harvester.census.gov/facweb/ the audit reporting package as required by OMB Circular A- 133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and as required by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the end of the audit period. The FAC is the repository of record for audits required by OMB Circular A- 133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and for audits required by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, and this Agreement. However, the Department requires a copy of the audit reporting package also be submitted to FDOTSingleAudit@dot.state.fl.us within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the end of the audit period as required by OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and as required by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014. v. Within six months of acceptance of the audit report by the FAC, the Department will review the Agency’s audit reporting package, including corrective action plans and management letters, to the extent necessary to determine whether timely and appropriate action on all deficiencies has been taken pertaining to the federal award provided through the Department by this Agreement. If the Agency fails to have an audit conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A-133, for fiscal years beginning before December 26, 2014, and in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F – Audit Requirements, for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, the Department may impose additional conditions to remedy noncompliance. If the Department determines that noncompliance cannot be remedied by imposing additional conditions, the Department may take appropriate actions to enforce compliance, which actions may include but not be limited to the following: 1. Temporarily withhold cash payments pending correction of the deficiency by the Agency or more severe enforcement action by the Department; 2. Disallow (deny both use of funds and any applicable matching credit for) all or part of the cost of the activity or action not in compliance; 3. Wholly or partly suspend or terminate the federal award; 4. Initiate suspension or debarment proceedings as authorized under 2 C.F.R. 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