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(a) No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be used <br /> directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or any state <br /> agency . <br /> (b) The 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 of Lobbying Activities . " <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 /> (2 1 ) 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 THE <br /> PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO <br /> 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 /> Page 13 of 56 <br />