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9. Credit Line(s) to Acknowledge Grant Funding. The Division requires public acknowledgement of State Aid to Libraries Grant funding for activities and publications supported by grant funds. Any announcements, information, press releases, publications, brochures, videos, web pages, programs, etc. created as part of a State Aid to Libraries Grant project must include an acknowledgment that State Aid to Libraries Grant funds were used to create them. Use the following text: "This project has been funded under the provisions of the State Aid to Libraries Grant program, administered by the Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services." 10. Non -allowable Grant Expenditures. The Grantee agrees to expend all grant funds received under this agreement solely for the purposes for which they were authorized and appropriated. Expenditures shall be in compliance with the state guidelines for allowable project costs as outlined in the Department of Financial Services' Reference Guide for State Expenditures, which are available online at myfloridacfo.com/aadir/reference _guide/. Grant funds may not be used for the purchase or construction of a library building or library quarters. 11. Travel Expenses. The Subgrantee must pay any travel expenses, from grant or local matching funds, in accordance to the provisions of Section 112.061, Florida Statutes. 12. Unobligated and Unearned Funds and Allowable Costs. In accordance with Section 215.971, Florida Statutes, the Grantee shall refund to the State of Florida any balance of unobligated funds which has been advanced or paid to the Grantee: In addition, funds paid in excess of the amount to which the recipient is entitled under the terms and conditions of the agreement must be refunded to the state agency. Further, the recipient may expend funds only for allowable costs resulting from obligations incurred during the specified agreement period. Expenditures of state financial assistance must 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. 13. Repayment. All refunds or repayments to be made to the Department under this agreement are to be made payable to the order of "Department of State" and mailed directly to the following address: Florida Department of State, Attention: Marian Deeney, Library Program Administrator, Division of Library and Information Services, 500 South Bronough Street, Mail Station #9D, Tallahassee, FL 32399. In accordance with Section 215.34(2), Florida Statutes, if a check or other draft is returned to the Department for collection, Recipient shall pay to the Department a service fee of $15.00 or five percent (5%) of the face amount of the returned check or draft, whichever is greater. State Aid to Libraries Grant Agreement Page 4 of 17 Chapter 1B -2.011(2)(a), Florida Administrative Code, Effective 4-2015.