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ATRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE J.R. SMITH, CLERK THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management, with headquarters in Tallahassee, Florida (hereinafter referred to as the "Division"), and Indian River County (hereinafter referred to as the "Sub -Recipient"). For the purposes of this Agreement, the Division serves as the pass-through entity for a Federal award, and the Sub -Recipient serves as the recipient of a subaward. THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO BASED ON THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIONS: A. The Sub -Recipient represents that it is fully qualified and eligible to receive these grant funds to provide the services identified herein; B. The Sub -Recipient, by its decision to participate in this grant program, bears the ultimate responsibility for ensuring compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws, regulations and policies, and bears the ultimate consequences of any adverse decisions rendered by the Division, the Federal Awarding Agency, or any other State and Federal agencies with audit, regulatory, or enforcement authority; C. The State of Florida received these grant funds from the Federal government, and the Division has the authority to subgrant these funds to the Sub -Recipient upon the terms and conditions outlined below; D. The Division, as the pass-through entity and fiduciary of such Federal funding, reserves the right to demand that the Sub -Recipient comply with all applicable State and Federal laws, regulations and policies, terminate reimbursements and take any and all other actions it deems appropriate to protect those funds for which it is responsible, including debt collections; and E. The Division has statutory authority to disburse the funds under this Agreement. THEREFORE, the Division and the Sub -Recipient agree to the following: (1) APPLICATION OF STATE LAW TO THIS AGREEMENT 2 C.F.R. §200.302 provides: "Each state must expend and account for the Federal award in accordance with state laws and procedures for expending and accounting for the state's own funds." Therefore, section 215.971, Florida Statutes, entitled "Agreements funded with federal or state assistance", applies to this Agreement. (2) LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES Performance under this Agreement is subject to 2 C.F.R. Part 200, entitled "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards." For this event, FEMA recognizes that noncompetitive procurements may be necessary to save lives, to protect property and public health, and to ensure public safety, as well as to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. The President's unprecedented Nationwide Emergency Declaration and the Secretary of Health and Human Services' (HHS) declaration of a Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 establish that exigent and emergency circumstances currently exist.