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<br />10. Tennination for Convenience of State. The State may terminate this Contract at any lime the State determines that the pUrposes of the
<br />distribution of State moni~s under the Contract would no longer be served by completion of the Project. The State shall effect such termination by giving
<br />written notice of termination to the Contractor and specifying the effective date thereof, at least twenty (20) days before the effective date of such
<br />termination. In that event, all finished or unfinished documents and other materials as described in Paragraph 9 above shall, at the option of the State,
<br />bccome its property. If the Contract is terminated by the State as provided herein, the Contractor will be paid an amount which bears the same ratio to
<br />the total compensation as the services actually performed bear to the total services of the Contractor covered by this Contract, less payments of compensation
<br />previously made. Provided, however, that if less lhan sixty percent (60%) of the services covered by this Contract have been performed upon the effective
<br />date of such termination, the Contractor shall be reimhursed (in addition to the ahove payment) for that portion of the actual out-of-pocket expenses (nol
<br />otherwise reimbursed under this Contract) incurred by the Contractor during the Contract period which are directly attributable to the uncompleted portion
<br />of the services covered by this Contract. If this Contract is terminated due to the fault of the Contractor, Paragraph 9 hereof relative to termination shall
<br />apply.
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<br />II. Chan2es. The State may, from time to time, require changes in the scope of services of the Contract to be performed hereunder. This
<br />agl"<:~men! is in/ended as Ihe compJe!e in/cgralion of all understandings bclween the panics. No prior or conlemporaneous addition deletion, or other
<br />amendment her~to shall have any force or effect whatsoever unless embodied herein in writing. No subsequent notation, renewal, addition, deletion, or
<br />other amendment hereto shall have any force or effect unless embodied in a written contract executed and approved pursuant to State fiscal rules.
<br />Notwithstanding this provision, changes in the time of performance may be agreed to by letter if so provided for in Exhibit A, and Contractor may make
<br />adjustments of less than ten percent (10%) in budget line items as provided for in Paragraph 6 of this Contract.
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<br />12, Rep0l1s. At least two (2) copies of all reports prepared as a rcsult of the Project will be submitted to the Water Conservation Board in
<br />the Department of Natural Resources according to the schedule as stated in Exhihit A.
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<br />13. Conflict of Interest.
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<br />8. No employee of the Contractor shall perform or provide part-time services for compensation, monetary or otherwise, to a
<br />consultant or consultant firm that has been ~tained by the Contractor under the authority of this Contract.
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<br />b. The Contractor agrees that no person at any time exercising any function or responsibility in connection with this Project
<br />on behalf of the Contractor shan have or acquire any perf;onal financial or economic interest, direct or indirect, which will
<br />be materially affected by this Contract, except to the extent that he may receive compensation for his perfomlance pursuant
<br />to this Contract.
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<br />c. A personal financial or economic interest includes, but is not limited to:
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<br />i) any husiness entity in which the person has a direct or indirect monetary interest;
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<br />ii) any real propeny in which the person has a direcl or indirect monetary interest
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<br />iii) any source of income, loans, or gifts received by or promised to the person within twelve (12) months prior to the
<br />execution date of this Contract;
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<br />iv) any business entity in which the person is a director, officer, general or limited panner, trustee, employee, or holds
<br />any position of management.
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<br />For purposes of this subsection, indirect investment or interest means any investment or interest owned by the spouse, parent, brother, sister,
<br />son, daughter, falher-in-law, mOlher-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of the person by an agent on his/her behalf, by
<br />a general, limited, or silent partner of the person, by any business entity controlled by said person, or by a tmst in which he/she has substantial interest.
<br />A business entity is controlled by a person if that person. his/her agent, or a relatiw as defined above possesses more than fifty percent (50%) of the
<br />ownuship interest. Said person has a substantial economic interest in a trust whl:n the person or an above-defml:d relative has a present or future interest
<br />W0l1h more than One Thousand Dollars ($ I ,000.00).
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<br />d. In the event a conflict of interest, as described in this Paragraph 13, cannot be avoided without frustrating the purposes of
<br />this Contract, the person involved in such a connict of interest shall submit to the Contractor and the State a full disclosure
<br />statement setting forth the details of such conflict of interest. In cases of extreme and unacceptable conflicts of interest, as
<br />determined by the State, the Slate reserves the right to terminate the Contract for cause, as provided in Paragraph 9 above.
<br />Failure to file a disclosure statement required by this Paragraph 14 shall constitute grounds for termination of this Contract
<br />for cause by the State.
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