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A TRUE COPY
<br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE
<br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK
<br />d. As required by 2 C.F.R. § 200.415(a), any request for payment under this Agreement
<br />shall include a certification, signed by an official who is authorized to legally bind the Sub -Recipient,
<br />which reads as follows: "By signing this report, I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that the
<br />report is true, complete, and accurate, and the expenditures, disbursements and cash receipts are for the
<br />purposes and objectives set forth in the terms and conditions of the Federal award. I am aware that any
<br />false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me to criminal,
<br />civil or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims or otherwise. (U.S. Code Title 18,
<br />Section 1001 and Title 31, Sections 3729-3730 and 3801-3812)."
<br />e. The Division shall review any request for reimbursement by comparing the
<br />documentation provided by the Sub -Recipient against a performance measure, outlined in Attachment B,
<br />that clearly delineates:
<br />i. The required minimum acceptable level of service to be performed; and,
<br />ii. The criteria for evaluating the successful completion of each deliverable.
<br />f. The performance measure required by section 215.971(1)(b), Florida Statutes,
<br />remains consistent with the requirement for a "performance goal', which is defined in 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 as
<br />"a target level of performance expressed as a tangible, measurable objective, against which actual
<br />achievement can be compared." It also remains consistent with the requirement, contained in 2 C.F.R. §
<br />200.329, that the Division and the Sub -Recipient "relate financial data to performance goals and
<br />objectives of the Federal award."
<br />g. If authorized by the federal awarding agency, then the Division shall reimburse the
<br />Sub -Recipient for overtime expenses in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.430 ("Compensation—personal
<br />services") and 2 C.F.R. § 200.431 ("Compensation—fringe benefits"). If the Sub -Recipient seeks
<br />reimbursement for overtime expenses for periods when no work is performed due to vacation, holiday,
<br />illness, failure of the employer to provide sufficient work, or other similar cause (see 29 U.S.C. §
<br />207(e)(2)), then the Division shall treat the expense as a fringe benefit. 2 C.F.R. § 200.431(a) defines
<br />fringe benefits as "allowances and services provided by employers to their employees as compensation in
<br />addition to regular salaries and wages." Fringe benefits are allowable under this Agreement as long as
<br />the benefits are reasonable and are required by law, Sub -Recipient -employee agreement, or an
<br />established policy of the Sub -Recipient. 2 C.F.R. § 200.431(b) provides that the cost of fringe benefits in
<br />the form of regular compensation paid to employees during periods of authorized absences from the job,
<br />such as for annual leave, family -related leave, sick leave, holidays, court leave, military leave,
<br />administrative leave, and other similar benefits, are allowable if all of the following criteria are met:
<br />awards; and,
<br />i. They are provided under established written leave policies;
<br />ii. The costs are equitably allocated to all related activities, including federal
<br />The accounting basis (cash or accrual) selected for costing each type of
<br />leave is consistently followed by the non-federal entity or specified grouping of employees.
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