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has twenty (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the Department of <br /> Financial Services . The Twenty (20) days are measured from the latter of the date the <br /> invoice is received or the goods or services are received, inspected and approved. <br /> K) If a payment is not available within Forty (40) days, separate interest penalty at a rate <br /> as established pursuant to Section 55 .03 ( 1 ), F . S . , will be due and payable, in addition <br /> to the invoice amount, to the COUNTY. Interest penalties of less than one ( 1 ) dollar <br /> will not be enforced unless the COUNTY requests payment. Invoices that have to be <br /> returned to a COUNTY because of COUNTY preparation error will result in a delay <br /> in the payment. The invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly <br /> completed invoice is provided to the DEPARTMENT . <br /> L) A Vendor Ombudsman has been established within the Department of Financial <br /> Services. The duties of this individual include acting as an advocate for <br /> contractors/vendors who may be experiencing problems in obtaining timely <br /> payments(s) from a state agency. The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted at (850) <br /> 410-9724 or by calling the Department of Financial Services Hotline, 1 - 800-848-3792. <br /> M) Records of costs incurred under terms of this Agreement shall be maintained and made <br /> available upon request to the DEPARTMENT at all times during the period of this <br /> Agreement and for five years after final payment is made. Copies of these documents <br /> and records shall be furnished to the DEPARTMENT upon request. Records of costs <br /> incurred includes the COUNTY' S general accounting records and the project records, <br /> together with supporting documents and records of the COUNTY and all <br /> subcontractors performing work on the project, and all other records of the COUNTY <br /> and subcontractors considered necessary by the DEPARTMENT for a proper audit of <br /> costs. <br /> N) The DEPARTMENT, during any fiscal year, shall not expend money, incur any <br /> liability, or enter into any contract which, by its terms, involves the expenditure of <br /> money in excess of the amounts budgeted as available for expenditure during such <br /> fiscal year. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this subsection is null <br /> and void, and no money may be paid on such contract. The DEPARTMENT shall <br /> require a statement from the Comptroller of the DEPARTMENT that funds are <br /> available prior to entering into any such contract or other binding commitment of <br /> funds . Nothing herein contained shall prevent the making of contracts for periods <br /> exceeding one year, but any contract so made shall be executory only for the value of <br /> the services to be rendered or agreed to be paid for in succeeding fiscal years . <br /> 5. ROADWAY LEVEL OF SERVICE <br /> A) Fla. Stat. § 163.3180 requires that facilities funded through the Transportation <br /> Regional Incentive Program adopt the level of service standards established by the <br /> DEPARTMENT for the PROJECT limits. <br /> B) The logical termini for level of service purposes are SR-60 from CR-609/66`n Ave. to <br /> 43`d Ave. <br /> C) The COUNTY agrees that once the additional capacity from the PROJECT is <br /> available for purposes of concurrency under Fla. Stat. § 163.3180, it will officially <br /> adopt the DEPARTMENT 'S level of service for the segment of SR-60 between the <br /> logical termini specified in (B), above. This will be accomplished through an update to <br /> the comprehensive plan within one year of the completion of the PROJECT. <br /> 4 <br />