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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 expenditures of state financial assistance shall be in compliance with the laws, rules and
<br /> regulations applicable to expenditures of State funds, including but not limited to, the Reference Guide for State
<br /> Expenditures.
<br /> (p) The Agreement may be charged only with allowable costs resulting from obligations incurred
<br /> during the term of the Agreement.
<br /> (q) Any balances of unobligated cash that have been advanced or paid that are not authorized to
<br /> be retained for direct program costs in a subsequent period must be refunded to the State.
<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:
<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
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