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( 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 Legislature or <br /> any state agency . <br /> ( b ) The Recipient certifies , by its signature to this Agreement , that to the best of his or <br /> her knowledge and belief: <br /> 1 . No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid , by or on behalf <br /> of the Recipient , 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 Member of <br /> Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract , the making of any Federal grant , the <br /> making of any Federal loan , the entering into of any cooperative agreement , and the extension , <br /> continuation , renewal , amendment or modification of any Federal contract , grant , loan or cooperative <br /> agreement . <br /> 2 . If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be <br /> paid 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 this Federal contract , grant , loan or cooperative agreement , the Recipient shall complete <br /> and submit Standard Form - LLL , " Disclosure of Lobbying Activities . " <br /> 3 . The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award <br /> documents for all subawards ( including subcontracts , subgrants , and contracts under grants , loans , and <br /> cooperative agreements ) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose . <br /> This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed <br /> when this transaction was made or entered into . Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for <br /> making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352 , Title 31 , U . S . Code . Any person who <br /> fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $ 10 , 000 and <br /> not <br /> 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 FLORIDA . <br /> ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE <br /> OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF <br /> FLORIDA . <br /> ( a ) If the Recipient has a pre-existing patent or copyright , the Recipient shall retain all <br /> rights and 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 <br /> services performed under this Agreement , or in any way connected with it , the Recipient shall refer the <br /> discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent <br /> protection in its name . Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this <br /> 12 <br />