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as required under 41 U.S.C. 10a, unless it would not be in the public interest or unreasonable in <br />cost. <br />(20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION <br />(a) No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be <br />used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida <br />Legislature or any state agency. <br />(b) The Recipient certifies, by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of <br />his or her knowledge and belief: <br />1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or <br />on behalf of the Recipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or <br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an <br />employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the <br />making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative <br />agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal <br />contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement. <br />2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or <br />will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any <br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a <br />Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative <br />agreement, the Recipient shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to <br />Report Lobbying." <br />3. The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the <br />award documents for all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under <br />grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose. <br />This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was <br />placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a <br />prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. <br />Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of <br />not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />(21) COPYRIGHT. PATENT AND TRADEMARK <br />ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE <br />PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF <br />FLORIDA, ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH <br />THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE <br />RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. <br />Page 13 of 36 <br />