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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE J.R. SMITH, CLERK year period, the records shall be retained for five fiscal years after the litigation, audit or claim has been resolved. 16. Obligation to Provide State Access to Grant Records. The Grantee must make all grant records of expenditures, copies of reports, books, and related documentation available to the Division or a duly authorized representative of the State of Florida for inspection at reasonable times for the purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts. 17. Obligation to Provide Public Access to Grant Records. The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement in the event that the Grantee refuses public access to all documents or other materials made or received by the Grantee that are subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, known as the Florida Public Records Act. The Grantee must immediately contact the Division's Contract Manager for assistance if it receives a public records request related to this Agreement. 18. Noncompliance. Any Grantee that is not following Florida statutes or rules, the terms of the grant agreement, Florida Department of State policies and guidance, local policies, or other applicable law or that has not submitted required reports or satisfied other administrative requirements for other Division of Library and Information Services grants or grants from any other Office of Cultural, Historical, and Information Programs (OCHIP) Division will be in noncompliance status and subject to the OCHIP Grants Compliance Procedure. OCHIP Divisions include the Division of Cultural Affairs, the Division of Historical Resources, and the Division of Library and Information Services. Grant compliance issues must be resolved before a grant award agreement may be executed and before grant payments for any OCHIP grant may be released. 19. Accounting Requirements. The Grantee must maintain an accounting system that provides a complete record of the use of all grant funds as follows: a) The accounting system must be able to specifically identify and provide audit trails that trace the receipt, maintenance and expenditure of state funds; b) Accounting records must adequately identify the sources and application of funds for all grant activities and must classify and identify grant funds by using the same budget categories that were approved in the grant application. If Grantee's accounting system accumulates data in a different format than the one in the grant application, subsidiary records must document and reconcile the amounts shown in the Grantee's accounting records to those amounts reported to the Division; c) An interest-bearing checking account or accounts in a state or federally chartered institution may be used for revenues and expenses described in the Scope of Work and detailed in the Estimated Project Budget; d) The name of the account(s) must include the grant award number; State Aid to Libraries Grant Agreement (Form DLIS/SA02) Page 5 of 9 Chapter 1 B -2.011(2)(a), Florida Administrative Code, Effective 7-2016.