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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK Grant funds may not be used for the purchase or construction of a library building or library quarters. 11. Travel Expenses. The Grantee mast pay any travel expenses, from grant or local matching farads, in accordance to the provisions of Section 112.061, Florida Statutes. 12. Unobligated and Unearned Funds and Allowable Costs. In accordance with Section 215.971, Florida Statutes, the Grantee shall refund to the State of Florida any balance ofunobligated fiords which has been advanced or paid to the Grantee. In addition, fiords paid in excess of the amount to which the recipient is entitled under the terms and conditions of the agreement mast be refiulded to the state agency. Further, the recipient may expend fimds only for allowable costs resulting from obligations incurred during the specified agreement period. Expenditures of state financial assistance mast be in compliance with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to expenditures of State fiords as outlined in the Department of Financial Service's Reference Guide for State Expenditures (as of October 2022) rm�ridacfo.conidocs-sfacco and- aud6i2-hbmries/state-awncies/reference- guide- for- state-eWenglitures.pffi. sf nri=b4cc3337 2, incorporated by reference. 13. Repayment. All refiands or repayments to be made to the Department under this agreement are to be made payable to the order of 'Department of State" and marled directly to the following address: Florida Department of State, Attention: Thomas Pena, Division of Library and hnfommation Services, 500 South Hronough Street, Mail Station #913, Tallahassee, FL 32399. In accordance with Section 215.34(2), Florida Statutes, if a check or other draft is returned to the Department for collection, Recipient shall pay to the Departncrat a service fee of $15.00 or fore percent (51/o) of the face amount of the returned check or draft, whichever is greater. 14. Single Audit Act. Each Grantee, other than a Grantee that is a State agency, shall submit to an audit pursuant to Section 215.97, Florida Statutes. See Attachment A for additional information regarding this requirement. If a Grantee is not required by law to conduct an audit in accordance with the Florida Single Audit Act because it did not expend at least $750,000 in state financial assistance, it mast submit a Financial Report on its operations pursuant to Section 218.39, Florida Statutes within nine months of the close of its fiscal year. Audits must be submitted on the DOS Grants System at dosgr-amrts.com 15. Retention of Accounting Records. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records and all other records, including electronic storage media pertinent to the Project, shall be retained for a period of five (5) fiscal years after the closeout of the grant and release of the audit. If any litigation or audit is initiated or claim made before the expiration of the five-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 ofFlorida for inspection at reasonable times for the purpose ofnaking 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 ofChapter 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. Noncomliliance. Any Grantee that is not following Florida Statutes or rules, the tears of the grant agreement, Florida Department of State (DOS) 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 haformation Services grants or gaits from any other DOS Division will be m noncompliance status and subject to the DOS Grants Con>pliance Procedure. DOS Divisions include the Division of Arts and Culture, the Page: 4 State Aid to Libraries Grant Agreement (Form DLIS/SA02) Chapter 1B -2.011(2)(a), Florida Administrative Code, Effective 05-2023