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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK <br />Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, or been engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria, or to have <br />been placed on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List or is engaged in a boycott of Israel. <br />(23 LOBBYING PROHIBITION <br />a. 2 C.F.R. §200.450 prohibits reimbursement for costs associated with certain lobbying <br />activities. <br />b. Section 216.347, Florida Statutes, prohibits °any disbursement of grants and aids <br />appropriations pursuant to a contract or grant to any person or organization unless the terms of the grant <br />or contract prohibit the expenditure of funds for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial <br />branch, or a state agency." <br />c. No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be <br />used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or <br />any state agency. <br />d. The Sub -Recipient certifies, by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of his <br />or her knowledge and belief. <br />i. No Federal appropriated fund; have been paid or will be paid, by or on <br />behalf of the Sub -Recipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or <br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of <br />a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any <br />Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the <br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or <br />cooperative agreement. <br />ii. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be <br />paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a <br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br />connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Sub -Recipient shall <br />complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities." <br />iii. The Sub -Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the <br />award documents for all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, <br />loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all Sub -Recipients shall certify and disclose. <br />iv. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was <br />placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite <br />for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. Any person <br />who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not <br />more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />(24 COPYRIGHT. PATENT AND TRADEMARK <br />EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING <br />UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY <br />19 <br />