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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK existing intellectual property that is disclosed. Failure to disclose will indicate that no such property exists. The Division shall then, under Paragraph (b), have the right to all patents and copyrights that accrue during performance of this Agreement. (d) If the Recipient qualifies as a state university under Florida law, then, pursuant to Section 1004.23, Florida Statutes, any invention conceived exclusively by the employees of the Recipient shall become the sole property of the Recipient. In the case of joint inventions, that is inventions made jointly by one or more employees of both parties hereto, each party shall have an equal, undivided interest in and to such joint inventions. The Division shall retain a perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid, nonexclusive license, for its use and the use of its contractors of any resulting patented, copyrighted or trademarked work products, developed solely by the Recipient, under this Agreement, for Florida government purposes. (21) LEGAL AUTHORIZATION. (a) The Recipient certifies that it has the legal authority to receive the funds under this Agreement and that its governing body has authorized the execution and acceptance of this Agreement. The Recipient also certifies that the undersigned person has the authority to legally execute and bind Recipient to the terms of this Agreement (22) STATEMENT AND ASSURANCES (a) The Recipient shall comply with any Statement of Assurances incorporated as Attachment E. (23) RECORDS (a) As a condition of receiving state financial assistance, and as required by Sections 20.055(6)(c) and 215.97(5)(b), Florida Statutes, the Division, the Chief Inspector General of the State of Florida, the Florida Auditor General, or any of their authorized representatives, shall enjoy the right of access to any documents, financial statements, papers, or other records of the Recipient which are pertinent to this Agreement, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcripts. The right of access also includes timely and reasonable access to the Recipient's personnel for the purpose of interview and discussion related to such documents. For the purposes of this section, the term "Recipient" includes employees or agents, including all subcontractors or consultants to be paid from funds provided under this Agreement. (b) The Recipient shall maintain all records related to this Agreement for the period of time specified in the appropriate retention schedule published by the Florida Department of State. Information regarding retention schedules can be obtained at: http://dos.mvflorida.com/library-archives/records- management/general-records-schedules/. (c) Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law (Section 286.011, Florida Statutes) provides the citizens of Florida with a right of access to governmental proceedings and mandates three, basic u