11.00 Restrictions, Prohibitions, Controls, and Labor Provisions:
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<br />11.10 Equal Employment Opportunity: In connection with the carrying out of any project, the Agency shall
<br />not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, age, creed, color, sex or national
<br />origin. The Agency will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated
<br />during employment, without regard to their race, age, creed, color, sex, or national origin. Such action shall include, but
<br />not be limited to, the following: Employment upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising;
<br />layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
<br />The Agency shall insert the foregoing provision modified only to show the particular contractual relationship in all its
<br />contracts in connection with the development or operation of the project, except contracts for standard commercial
<br />supplies or raw materials, and shall require all such contractors to insert a similar provision in all subcontracts, except
<br />subcontracts for standard commercial supplies or raw materials. When the project involves installation, construction,
<br />demolition, removal, site improvement, or similar work, the Agency shall post, in conspicuous places available to
<br />employees and applicants for employment for project work, notices to be provided by the Department setting forth the
<br />provisions of the nondiscrimination clause.
<br />11.20 Title VI - Civil Rights Act of 1964: Execution of this Joint Participation Agreement constitutes a certification that
<br />the Agency will comply with all the requirements imposed by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d, et.
<br />seq.), the Regulations of the Federal Department of Transportation issued thereunder, and the assurance by the Agency
<br />pursuant thereto.
<br />11.30 Title VIII - Civil Rights Act of 1968: Execution of this Joint Participation Agreement constitutes a certification
<br />that the Agency will comply with all the requirements imposed by Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 USC 3601,et
<br />seq., which among other things, prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed,
<br />sex, and age.
<br />11.40 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): Execution of this Joint Participation Agreement
<br />constitutes a certification that the Agency will comply with all the requirements imposed by the ADA (42 U.S.C. 12102, et.
<br />seq.), the regulations of the federal government issued thereunder, and the assurance by the Agency pursuant thereto.
<br />11.50 Prohibited Interests: The Agency shall not enter into a contract or arrangement in connection with the project
<br />or any property included or planned to be included in the project, with any officer, director or employee of the Agency, or
<br />any business entity of which the officer, director or employee or the officer's, director's or employee's spouse or child is an
<br />officer, partner, director, or proprietor or in which such officer, director or employee or the officer's, director's or employee's
<br />spouse or child, or any combination of them, has a material interest.
<br />"Material Interest" means direct or indirect ownership of more than 5 percent of the total assets or capital stock of any
<br />business entity.
<br />The Agency shall not enter into any contract or arrangement in connection with the project or any property included or
<br />planned to be included in the project, with any person or entity who was represented before the Agency by any person
<br />who at any time during the immediately preceding two years was an officer, director or employee of the Agency.
<br />The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to any agreement between the Agency and its fiscal
<br />depositories, any agreement for utility services the rates for which are fixed or controlled by the government, or any
<br />agreement between the Agency and an agency of state government.
<br />11.60 Interest of Members of, or Delegates to, Congress: No member or delegate to the Congress of the
<br />United States, or the State of Florida legislature, shall be admitted to any share or part of the Agreement or any benefit
<br />arising therefrom.
<br />12.00 Miscellaneous Provisions:
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