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<br />11. Termination {oJ' Convenienl'.P. of State. The State may terminate this Contract at any time the State determines that the
<br />purposes of the distribution of State monies under the Contract would no longer be served by completion of the Project. The State shall
<br />effect 8uch termination by giving written notice of termination to the Contractor and specifying the effective date thereof, at least twenty
<br />(20) days before the effective date of 8uch termination. In that event, all finished or unfinished documents and other materials as
<br />described in Paragraph 9 above shall, at the option of the State, become its property. If the Contract is terminated by the State as
<br />provided herein, the Contractor will be paid an amount which bears the same ratio to the total compensation as the services actually
<br />performed bear to the total services of the Contractor covered by this Contract, less payments of compensation previously made. Provided,
<br />however, that ifless than sixty percent (60%) of the services covered by this Contract have been performed upon the effective date ofsuch
<br />termination, the Contractor shall be reimbursed (in addition to the above payment) for that portion of the actual out-of-pocket expenses
<br />(not otherwise reimbursed under this Contract) incurred by the Contractor during the Contract period which are directly attributable to
<br />the uncompleted portion of the services covered by this Contract. If this Contract is terminated due to the fault of the Contractor,
<br />Paragraph 9 hereof relative to termination shall apply.
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<br />12. ChAnl7P.s. The State may, from time to time, require changes in the scope of services of the Contract to be performed
<br />hereunder. This agreement is intended as the complete integration of all understandings between the parties. No prior or
<br />contemporaneous addition deletion, or other amendment hereto shall have any force or effect whatsoever unless embodied herein in
<br />writing. No subsequent notation, renewal, addition, deletion, or other amendment hereto shall have any force or effect unless embodied
<br />in a written contract executed and approved pursuant to State fiscal rules. Notwithstanding this provision, changes in the time of
<br />performance may be agreed to by letter if so provided for in Exhibit A. and Contractor may make adjustments of less than ten percent
<br />(10%) in budget line itema as provided for in Paragraph 6 of this Contract.
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<br />13. &Jm:\l!. At least two (2) copies of all reports prepared as a resnlt of the Project will be submitted to the Water
<br />Conservation Board in the Department of Natural Resources according to the schedule as stated in Exhibit A
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<br />14. Conflict of Interest.
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<br />a. No employee of the Contractor shall perform or provide part-time services for compensation, monetary or
<br />otherwise, to a consultant or consultant firm that has been retained by the Contractor under the authority
<br />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
<br />this Project on behalf of the Contractor shall have or acquire any personal financial or economic interest, direct
<br />or indirect, which will be materially affected by this Contract, except to the eJttent that he may receive
<br />compensation for his performance pursuant 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 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 />lii) any source of income, loans, or gifts received by or promised to the person within twelve (12) months
<br />prior to the 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,
<br />employee, or holds 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,
<br />brother, sister, son, daughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of the person by
<br />an agent on hislher behalf, by a general, limited, or silent partner of the person, by any business entity controlled by said person, or by
<br />8 trust in which he/she has substantial interest. A business entity is controlled by a person if that person, hislher agent, or a relative
<br />as defined above possesses more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership interest. Said person has a substantial economic interest in
<br />8 trust when the person or an above-defined relative has a present or future interest worth more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
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<br />d. In the event 8 conflict of interest, as described in this Paragraph 13, cannot be avoided without frustrating
<br />the purposes of this Contract, the person involved in such a conflict of interest shall submit to the Contractor
<br />and the State a full disclosure statement setting forth the details of such conflict of interest. In cases of
<br />extreme and unacceptable conflicts of interest, as determined by the State, the State reserves the right to
<br />terminate the Contract for cause, 88 provided in Paragraph 9 above. Failure to file a disclosure statement
<br />required by this Paragraph 14 shall constitute grounds for termination of this Contract for cause by the State.
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