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A I KIR UUYY
<br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE
<br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK
<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
<br />principals
<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
<br />civil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to
<br />obtain, or performing a public (federal, state or local) transaction or contract under public transaction, violation of
<br />federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction
<br />of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
<br />3 Are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental
<br />entity (federal, state or local) with commission of any offenses enumerated in Paragraph 19(g)2 , of this
<br />certification, 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
<br />attach 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 G) 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
<br />upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to any modification in accordance with Chapter 216,
<br />Fla. Stat. 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(14)(a), Fla
<br />Stat. The provisions of any special or local law, present or future, shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in this
<br />section, but 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 />Stat., which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement.
<br />(I) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this Agreement,
<br />any 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 the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A(e) of the INA. Such
<br />violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in Section 274A(e) of the INA shall be grounds
<br />for unilateral 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.
<br />Stat.) 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
<br />the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records, available to the public in accordance with Chapter 119, Fla.
<br />Stat.
<br />(o) All unmanufactured and manufactured articles, materials and supplies which are acquired for
<br />public use under this Agreement must have been produced in the United States as required under 41 U S C 10a,
<br />unless it would not be in the public interest or unreasonable in cost.
<br />(20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION.
<br />(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.
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