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<br />If the audit is conducted by an independent public or certified public account and not the Indiana
<br />State Board of Accounts, the LPA shall submit the completed audit to the Indiana State Board of
<br />Accounts within 10 (ten) days of the completion of the audit.
<br />The audit shall be an audit of the actual entity, or distinct portion thereof that is the LPA, and not of
<br />a parent, member, or subsidiary corporation of the LPA, except to the extent such an expanded audit
<br />may be determined by the Indiana State Board of Accounts or the State to be in the best interests of
<br />the State.
<br />D. Certification for Federal -Aid Contracts Lobbying Activities. The LPA certifies, by signing and
<br />submitting this Contract, to the best of its knowledge and belief that the LPA has complied with Section
<br />1352, Title 31, U.S. Code, and specifically, that:
<br />No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned,
<br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any Federal
<br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member
<br />of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal Contract, the making of any Federal
<br />grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the
<br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant,
<br />loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person
<br />for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any Federal agency, a
<br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
<br />Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the
<br />undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, (Disclosure Form to Report
<br />Lobbying), in accordance with its instructions.
<br />3. The LPA also agrees by signing this Contract that it shall require that the language of this
<br />certification be included in all lower tier subcontracts, which exceed $100,000, and that all such
<br />sub recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. Any person who fails to sign or file this
<br />required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than
<br />$100,000 for each failure.
<br />E. Compliance with Laws.
<br />The LPA shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and
<br />ordinances, and all provisions required thereby to be included herein are hereby incorporated
<br />by reference. The enactment or modification of any applicable state or federal statute or the
<br />promulgation of rules or regulations there under, after execution of this Contract shall be
<br />reviewed by INDOT and the LPA to determine whether the provisions of this Contract require
<br />formal modification.
<br />2. The LPA acknowledges that federal requirements provide for the possible loss of federal
<br />funding to one degree or another when the requirements of Public Law 91-646 and other
<br />applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations are not complied with.
<br />3. The LPA acknowledges paragraph 7 of the Federal Highway Program Manual, Volume 7,
<br />Chapter 1, Section 3, entitled "Withholding Federal Participation" which is herewith quoted in
<br />part as follows: "Where correctable noncompliance with provisions of law or FHWA
<br />requirements exist, federal funds may be withheld until compliance is obtained. Where
<br />compliance is not correctable, the FHWA may deny participation in parcel or project costs in
<br />part or in total."
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