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525-010-40 CONSTRUCTION OGC - 11/03 Page 10 of 12 If any funds other than federally appropriated funds have been paid by the Agency to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any federal agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with this Agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions. The Agency shall require that the language of this section be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. State: No funds received pursuant to this contract may be expended for lobbying the Legislature or a state agency. 13.14 Maintenance: The Agency agrees to maintain any project not on the State Highway System, c ns ructed under this Agreement. If the Agency constructs any improvement on Department right-of-way, the Agency will Q will not maintain the improvements made for their useful life. 13.15 Vendors Rights: Vendors (in this document identified as Agency) providing goods and services to the Department should be aware of the following time frames. Upon receipt, the Department has five 5 working days to inspect and approve the goods and services unless the bid specifications, purchase order, or,contract specifies otherwise. The. Department has twenty (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the Florida Department of Financial Services. The twenty (20) days are measured from the latter of the date the invoice is received or the goods or services are received, inspected, and approved. If a payment is not available within forty (40) days after receipt of the invoice and receipt, inspection, and approval of goods and services, a separate interest penalty in accordance with Section 215.422(3)(b), Florida Statutes, will be due and payable, in addition to the invoice amount to the Agency. Interest penalties of less than one dollar ($1) will not be enforced unless the Agency requests payment., Invoices which have to be returned to an Agency because of Agency preparation errors will result in a delay in the payment. The invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly completed invoice is provided to the Department. A Vendor'Ombudsman has been established within the Florida Department of Financial Services. The duties of this individual include acting as an advocate for Agencies who may be experiencing problems in obtaining timely payment(s) from the Department. The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted at (850)410-9724 or by calling the State Comptroller's Hotline at 1-800-848-3792. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused these presents to be executed the day and year first above written. AGENCY STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION By: By: Title: Arthur R. Neu erger, Vi 1e hairman Title: Attest: Title: As to form: Attorney Attest: : Title: As to form: District Attorney See attached Encumbrance Form for date of funding approval by Comptroller.