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<br />10. Termination {or Convenience of State. The State may terminate this Contract at any time the State determines that the purposes of the
<br />distribution of State monies 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 tennination to the 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 9 above shall, at the option of the State, become its property,
<br />If 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
<br />as the services actually performed bear to the total services of the Contractor covered by this Contract, less payments of compensation previously made.
<br />Provided, however, that if less than sixty percent (60%) of the services covered by this Contract have been performed upon the effective date of such
<br />termination, the Contractor shall be reimbursed (in addition to the above payment) for that portion of the actual out-ai-pocket expenses (not otherwise
<br />reimbursed under this Contract) incurred by the Contractor during the Contract period which are directly attributable to the uncompleted portion of the
<br />services covered by this Contract. If this Contract is tenninated due to the fault of the Contractor, Paragraph 9 hereof relative to termination shall apply.
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<br />11. Chanll.es. The State may. from time to time, require changes in the scope of services 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 notation, 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
<br />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 adjustments of less
<br />than ten percent. (10%) in budget line items as provided for in Paragraph 6 of this Contract.
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<br />12. 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
<br />the Department of Natural Resources according to the schedule as stated in Exhibit A.
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<br />13. 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 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 resp::msibility 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 perfonnance pursuant to
<br />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 />j) any bn,;n", entity in whicb the pemn has a dUect 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 />ill) any ,ource of income, loan"~ or gifts receive<! by or promi,ed to the penon 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
<br />any position of management.
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<br />For purposes of this subsection, indirect investment or interest means any jnvestment or interest owned by the spouse, parent, brother. sister,
<br />son, daughter, father-in-law, mother~in-Iaw, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of the person by an agent on his/her behalf, by a
<br />general, limited, or silent partner of the person. by any business entity controUed by said person, or by a trust in which he/she has substantial interest. A
<br />business entity is controlled by a person if that person, hislher agent, or a relative as defined above possesses more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership
<br />interest. Said person has a substantial economic interest in a trust when the person or an above-defined relative has a present or furore interest worth more
<br />than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
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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 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 />detennined by the State, the State reserves the right to tenninate 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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<br />14. Compliance with Applicable Laws. At all times during the perfonnance of this Contract, the Contractor shall strictly adhere to all applicable
<br />federal and State laws that have been or may hereafter be established.
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