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A TRUE COPY <br /> CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br /> J . K . BARTON , CLERK <br /> (b) T he Recipient certifies , by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of his or her <br /> knowledge and belief: <br /> 1 . No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid , by or on behalf of the <br /> Recipient , to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency , a <br /> Member of Congress , an officer or employee of Congress , or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br /> connection with the awarding of any Federal contract , the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal <br /> loan , the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension , continuation , renewal , amendment or <br /> modification of any Federal contract , grant, loan or cooperative agreement . <br /> 2 . If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to <br /> any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency , a Member of <br /> Congress , an officer or employee of Congress , or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this <br /> Federal contract , grant , loan or cooperative agreement , the Recipient shall complete and submit Standard Form- <br /> LLL , " Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying . " <br /> 3 . The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award documents <br /> for all subawards (including subcontracts , subgrants , and contracts under grants , loans , and cooperative <br /> agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose . <br /> This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this <br /> transaction was made or entered into . Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into <br /> this transaction imposed by Section 1352 , Title 31 , U . S . Code . Any person who fails to file the required <br /> certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $ 10 , 000 and not more than $ 100 , 000 for each such <br /> failure . <br /> (21 ) COPYRIGHT , PATENT AND TRADEMARK <br /> ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF <br /> THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS <br /> ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY <br /> TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. <br /> (a) If the Recipient has a pre-existing patent or copyright, the Recipient shall retain all rights and <br /> entitlements to that pre-existing patent or copyright unless the Agreement provides otherwise . <br /> (b) If any discovery or invention is developed in the course of or as a result of work or services <br /> performed under this Agreement, or in any way connected with it , the Recipient shall refer the discovery or <br /> invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent protection in its name . <br /> Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this Agreement are reserved to the <br /> State of Florida . If any books , manuals , films , or other copyrightable material are produced , the Recipient shall <br /> notify the Division . Any copyrights accruing under or in connection with the performance under this Agreement <br /> are transferred by the Recipient to the State of Florida . <br /> 13 <br />