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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK <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 Member <br />of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the <br />awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering <br />into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any <br />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 any <br />person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an <br />officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, <br />grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Recipient shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure of <br />Lobbying Activities " <br />3 The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award documents for <br />all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) <br />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 certification <br />shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not 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 PERFORMANCE OF <br />THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS <br />ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY <br />TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO 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 />invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent protection in its name <br />Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this Agreement are reserved to the State <br />of Florida If any books, manuals, films, or other copyrightable material are produced, the Recipient shall notify the <br />Division Any copyrights accruing under or in connection with the performance under this Agreement are <br />transferred by the Recipient to the State of Florida. <br />(c) Within thirty days of execution of this Agreement, the Recipient shall disclose all intellectual <br />properties relating to the performance of this Agreement which he or she knows or should know could give rise to a <br />patent or copyright. The Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to any pre-existing intellectual property <br />which is disclosed Failure to disclose will indicate that no such property exists The Division shall then, under <br />Paragraph (b), have the right to all patents and copyrights which accrue during performance of the Agreement. <br />(22) LEGAL AUTHORIZATION <br />The Recipient certifies that it has the legal authority to receive the funds under this Agreement and <br />that its governing body has authorized the execution and acceptance of this Agreement. The Recipient also <br />certifies that the undersigned person has the authority to legally execute and bind Recipient to the terms of this <br />Agreement. <br />(23) ASSURANCES. <br />The Recipient shall comply with any Statement of Assurances incorporated as Attachment H <br />9 <br />