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subcommittee making recommendations to the governing board. All of these meetings shall be publicly noticed, open to the public, and the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records, available to the public in accordance with Chapter 119, Fla. Stat. o. All expenditures of state financial assistance shall 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. p. This Agreement may be charged only with allowable costs resulting from obligations incurred during the period of agreement. q. Any balances of unobligated cash that have been advanced or paid that� are not authorized to be retained for direct program costs in a subsequent period must be refunded to the State. (22) LOBBYING PROHIBITION a. Section 216.347, Florida Statutes. prohibits "any disbursement of grants and aids appropriations pursuant to a contract or grant to any person or organization unless the terms of the grant or contract prohibit the expenditure of funds for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial branch, or a state agency.' b. No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or any state agency. (23) COPYRIGHT, PATENT AND TRADEMARK EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, ANY ANDALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE -PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER ORIN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA� a. If the Recipient has a pre-existing patentor copyright, the Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to that pre-existing patent or.copyright unless this Agreement provides otherwise. b. If any discovery or invention is developed in. the course of or as a result of work or services performed under this Agreement, or in any. way connected with it, the Recipient shall refer the discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent protection in its name. Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this Agreement are reserved to the �tate of Florida. If any books, manuals, films. or other copyrightable material are produced, the Recipient shall notify the Di vision. Any copyrights accruing under or in connection with the performance under this Agreement are transferred by the Recipient to the State of Florida. c. Within thirty (30) days of execution of this Agreement, the Recipient shall disclose all intellectual properties relating to the performance ofthis Agreement that he or she knows or should know could give rise to a patent or copyright. The Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to any pre - 13 P199