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(o ) All expenditures of state financial assistance shall be in compliance with the laws , rules and regulations applicable to expenditures of State funds , including but not limited to , the Reference Guide for State Expenditures . ( p) The Agreement may be charged only with allowable costs resulting from obligations incurred during the term of the Agreement . ( q ) Any balances of unobligated cash that have been advanced or paid that are not authorized to be retained for direct program costs in a subsequent period must be refunded to the State . ( 20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION ( a) No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or any state agency . ( b) The Recipient certifies , by its signature to this Agreement , that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief : 1 . No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid , by or on behalf of the Recipient , to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency , a Member of Congress , an officer or employee of Congress , or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract , the making of any Federal grant , the making of any Federal loan , the entering into of any cooperative agreement , and the extension , continuation , renewal , amendment or modification of any Federal contract , grant , loan or cooperative agreement . 2 . If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency , a Member of Congress , an officer or employee of Congress , or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract , grant , loan or cooperative agreement , the Recipient shall complete and submit Standard Form - LLL , " Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying . " 3 . The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards ( including subcontracts , subgrants , and contracts under grants , loans , and cooperative agreements ) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose . This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into . Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352 , Title 31 , U . S . Code . Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $ 10 , 000 and not more than $ 100 , 000 for each such failure . (21 ) COPYRIGHT , PATENT AND TRADEMARK ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ( a) If the Recipient has a pre- existing patent or copyright , the Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to that pre- existing patent or copyright unless the Agreement provides otherwise . ( b ) If any discovery or invention is developed in the course of or as a result of work or services performed under this Agreement , or in any way connected with it , the Recipient shall refer the discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent protection in its name . Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this Agreement are reserved to the State of Florida . If any books , manuals , films , or other copyrightable material are produced , the Recipient shall notify the Division . Any copyrights accruing under or in connection with the performance under this Agreement are transferred by the Recipient to the State of Florida . (c) Within thirty days of execution of this Agreement , the Recipient shall disclose all intellectual properties relating to the performance of this Agreement which he or she knows or should know could give rise to a patent or copyright . The Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to any pre- existing intellectual property which is disclosed . Failure to disclose will indicate that no such property exists . 10