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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />(c) If an audit shows that all or any portion of the funds disbursed were not spent in <br />accordance with the conditions of this Agreement, the Recipient shall be held liable for reimbursement to <br />the Division of all funds not spent in accordance with these applicable regulations and Agreement <br />provisions within thirty (30) days after the Division has notified the Recipient of such non-compliance. <br />(d) The Recipient shall have all audits completed by an independent auditor, which is defined <br />in section 215.97(2)(i), Florida Statutes, as "an independent certified public accountant licensed under <br />chapter 473." The independent auditor shall state that the audit complied with the applicable provisions <br />noted above. The audits must be received by the Division no later than nine months from the end of the <br />Recipient's fiscal year. <br />(e) The Recipient shall send copies of reporting packages required under this paragraph <br />directly to each of the following: <br />The Division of Emergency Management <br />DEMSingle_Audit@em.myflorida.com <br />OR <br />Office of the Inspector General <br />2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard <br />Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 <br />The Auditor General <br />Room 401, Claude Pepper Building <br />111 West Madison Street <br />Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1450 <br />(9) LIABILITY <br />(a) Unless Recipient is a state agency or subdivision, as defined in Section 768.28, Florida <br />Statutes, the Recipient is solely responsible to parties it deals with in carrying out the terms of this <br />Agreement and shall hold the Division harmless against all claims of whatever nature by third parties <br />arising from the work performed under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Recipient <br />agrees that it is not an employee or agent of the Division but is an independent contractor. <br />(b) As required by Section 768.28(19), Florida Statutes, any Recipient which is a state <br />agency or subdivision, as defined in Section 768.28(2), Florida Statutes, agrees to be fully responsible for <br />its negligent or tortious acts or omissions which result in claims or suits against the Division, and agrees <br />to be liable for any damages proximately caused by the acts or omissions to the extent set forth in <br />Section 768.28, Florida Statutes. Nothing herein is intended to serve as a waiver of sovereign immunity <br />by any Recipient to which sovereign immunity applies. Nothing herein shall be construed as consent by a <br />5 <br />