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<br />9. Termination fOf Convenie State. The State may terminate this Contract at any ~e State detennines that the purposes of the
<br />disttibution of,State moneys under the Con auld no longer be served by completion of the Project.'" State shall effect such termination by giving
<br />written notice of tennination to th'e Contractor and specifying the effective date thereof, at least twenty (20) days before the effective date of such termination.
<br />In that event, all finished or unfinished documents and other materials as described in Paragraph 8 above shall, at the option of the State, become its property. If
<br />the Contract is terminated by the State as provided herein, the Contractor will be paid an amount which bears the same ratio to the total compensation as the
<br />services actually performed bear to the total services of the Contractor covered by this Contract, less payments of compensation previously made. Provided,
<br />however, that if less than sixty percent (60%) of the services covered by this Contract have been perfonned upon the effective date of such termination, the
<br />Contractor shall be reimbursed (in addition to the above payment) for that portion of the actual out-of-pocket expenses (not othetwise reimbursed under this
<br />Contract) incurred by the Contractor during the Contract period which are directly attributable to the uncompleted portion of the services covered by this
<br />Contract. If this Contract is terminated due to the fault of the Contractor, Paragraph 8 hereof relative to termination shall apply.
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<br />10. Changes. The State may, from time to time, require changes in the scope of selVices of the Contract to be performed hereunder. This
<br />agreement is intended as the complete integration of all understandings between the parties. No prior or contemporaneous addition deletion, or other
<br />amendment hereto shall have any force or effect whatsoever unless embodied herein in writing. No subsequent novation, renewal, addition, deletion, or other
<br />amendment hereto shall have any force or effect unless embodied in a written contract executed and approved pursuant to State fiscal rules. Notwithstanding this
<br />provision, changes in the time of performance may be agreed to by letter if so provided for in Exhibit A, and Contractor may make adjustments of less than ten
<br />percent (10%) in budget line items as provided for in Paragraph 5 of this Contract.
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<br />\1. Reports. At least two (2) copies of all reports prepared as a result of the Project will be submitted to the Water Conservation Board in the
<br />Department of Natural Resources according to the schedule as stated in Exhibit A.
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<br />12. Conflict ofInterest.
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<br />a. 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 retained 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 on
<br />behalf of the Contractor shall have or acquire any personal financial or economic interest, direct or indirect, which will be
<br />materially affected by this Contract, except to the extent that he may receive compensation for his performance pursuant to this
<br />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 business entity in which the person has a direct or indirect monetary interest;
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<br />ii) any real property in which the person has a direct 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 partner, trustee, employee, or holds any
<br />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, son,
<br />daughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of the person by an agent on hislher behalf, by a general,
<br />limited, or silent partner of the person, by any business entity controlled by said person, or by a trust in which he/she has substantial interest. A business entity is
<br />controlled by a person if that person, hislher agent, or a relative as defined above possesses more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership interest. Said person
<br />has a substantial economic interest in a trust when the person or an above-defined relative has a present or future interest worth more than One Thousand Dollars
<br />($1,000.00).
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<br />d. In the event a conflict of interest, as described in this Paragraph 12, cannot be avoided without frustrating the purposes of this
<br />Contract, the person involved in such a conflict 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 State reserves the right to terminate the Contract for cause, as provided in Paragraph 8 above.
<br />Failure to file a disclosure statement required by this Paragraph 12 shall constitute grounds for termination of this Contract for
<br />cause by the State.
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