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( c) Any power of approval or disapproval granted to the Division under the terms of this Agreement
<br /> shall survive the term of this Agreement .
<br /> (d ) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts , any one of which may be taken
<br /> as an original .
<br /> (e) The Recipient agrees to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act ( Public Law 101 - 336 , 42
<br /> U . S . C . Section 12101 et seg . ) , which prohibits discrimination by public and private entities on the basis of disability
<br /> in
<br /> employment , public accommodations , transportation , State and local government services , and telecommunications .
<br /> (f) Those who have been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity
<br /> crime or on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to
<br /> a
<br /> public entity , may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public
<br /> building or
<br /> public work , may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity , may not be awarded or perform
<br /> work as
<br /> a contractor , supplier , subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with a public entity , and may not transact business
<br /> with any public entity in excess of $ 25 , 000 . 00 for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on
<br />the convicted
<br /> vendor list or on the discriminatory vendor list .
<br /> (g ) Any Recipient which is not a local government or state agency , and which receives funds under
<br /> this Agreement from the federal government , certifies , to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals
<br />:
<br /> 1 , are not presently debarred , suspended , proposed for debarment , declared ineligible , or
<br /> voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency ,
<br /> 2 . have not , within a five- year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a civil
<br /> judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining , attempting to obtain , or
<br /> performing a public (federal , state or local ) transaction or contract under public transaction ; violation of federal or
<br /> state
<br /> antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement , theft , forgery , bribery , falsification or destruction of records , making
<br /> false statements , or receiving stolen property ;
<br /> 3 . are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity
<br /> (federal , state or local ) with commission of any offenses enumerated in paragraph 19 ( g ) 2 . of this certification ;
<br />and
<br /> 4 . have not within a five- year period preceding this Agreement had one or more public
<br /> transactions (federal , state or local ) terminated for cause or default .
<br /> If the Recipient is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification , then the Recipient shall attach
<br /> an explanation to this Agreement .
<br /> In addition , the Recipient shall send to the Division ( by email or by facsimile transmission ) the
<br /> completed " Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension , Ineligibility And Voluntary Exclusion "
<br /> ( Attachment H ) for each intended subcontractor which Recipient plans to fund under this Agreement. The
<br /> form must be received by the Division before the Recipient enters into a contract with any subcontractor.
<br /> ( h ) The State of Florida ' s performance and obligation to pay under this Agreement is contingent upon
<br /> an annual appropriation by the Legislature , and subject to any modification in accordance with Chapter 216 , Fla . Stat
<br />.
<br /> or the Florida Constitution .
<br /> ( i ) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in detail
<br /> sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof.
<br /> (j ) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112 . 061 , Fla , Stat . The
<br /> provisions of any special or local law , present or future , shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in this section
<br />, but
<br /> only to the extent of the conflict .
<br /> ( k) The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Recipient refuses to
<br /> allow public access to all documents , papers , letters or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119 , Fla
<br />.
<br /> Stat . , which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement .
<br /> ( 1 ) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this Agreement , any
<br /> interest income shall either be returned to the Division or be applied against the Division ' s obligation to pay the
<br /> contract amount .
<br /> ( m ) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any contractor who
<br /> knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers , constituting a violation of the employment provisions contained in 8
<br /> U . S . C . Section 1324a ( e ) [ Section 274A ( e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( " INA" ) ] . The Division shall
<br /> consider
<br /> the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A( e) of the INA . Such violation by
<br /> the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in Section 274A( e) of the INA shall be grounds for unilateral
<br /> cancellation of this Agreement by the Division .
<br /> ( n ) The Recipient is subject to Florida ' s Government in the Sunshine Law ( Section 286 . 011 , Fla . Stat . )
<br /> with respect to the meetings of the Recipient' s governing board or the meetings of any subcommittee making
<br /> recommendations to the governing board . All of these meetings shall be publicly noticed , open to the public , and
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