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b.If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to
<br /> influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of congress,an officer or employee of congress or an employee of a
<br /> member of congress in connection with this federal contract,grant, loan,or cooperative agreement,the undersigned shall
<br /> complete and submit standard form-LLL,"Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions.
<br /> c.The LPA shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards(including
<br /> subcontracts,subgrants and contracts under grants, loans and cooperative agreements),and that all subrecipients shall certify
<br /> and disclose accordingly.
<br /> 18.To regulate parking and traffic in accordance with the approved project report.
<br /> 19.To regulate encroachments on public rights-of-way in accordance with current Illinois Compiled Statutes.
<br /> 20.To regulate the discharge of sanitary sewage into any storm water drainage system constructed with this improvement in
<br /> accordance with the current Illinois Compiled Statutes.
<br /> 21.To comply with the federal Financial Integrity Review and Evaluation(FIRE)program,which requires States and subrecipients to
<br /> justify continued federal funding on inactive projects.23 CFR 630.106(a)(5)defines an inactive project as a project in which no
<br /> expenditures have been charged against federal funds for the past twelve(12)months.
<br /> 22.(Reimbursement Requests)For reimbursement requests the LPA will submit supporting documentation with each invoice.
<br /> Supporting documentation is defined as verification of payment,certified time sheets or summaries,vendor invoices,vendor
<br /> receipts,cost plus fix fee invoice,progress report,personnel and direct cost summaries,and other documentation supporting the
<br /> requested reimbursement amount(Form BLR 05621 should be used for consultant invoicing purposes).LPA invoice requests to
<br /> the STATE will be submitted with sequential invoice numbers by project.
<br /> 23. (Final Invoice)The LPA will submit to the STATE a complete and detailed final invoice with applicable supporting
<br /> documentation of all incurred costs,less previous payments, no later than twelve(12)months from the date of completion of work
<br /> or from the date of the previous invoice,which ever occurs first. If a final invoice is not received within this time frame,the most
<br /> recent invoice may be considered the final invoice and the obligation of the funds closed.Form BLR 05613(Engineering Payment
<br /> Record)is required to be submitted with the final invoice on the engineering projects.
<br /> 24.(Project Closeout)The LPA shall provide the final report to the appropriate STATE district office within twelve(12)months of the
<br /> physical completion date of the project so that the report my be audited and approved for payment. If the deadline cannot be met,
<br /> a written explanation must be provided to the district prior to the end of the twelve(12)months documenting the reason and the
<br /> new anticipated date of completion. If the extended deadline is not met,this process must be repeated until the project is closed.
<br /> Failure to follow this process may result in the immediate close-out of the project and loss of further funding.
<br /> 25.(Project End Date)For Preliminary Engineering projects the end date is ten(10)years from the execution date of the agreement.
<br /> For Right-of-Way projects the end date is fifteen(15)years from the execution date of the agreement. For Construction projects
<br /> the end date is five(5)years for projects under$1,000,000 or seven(7)years for projects over$1,000,000 from the execution
<br /> date of the agreement. Requests for time extensions and joint agreement amendments must be received and approved prior to
<br /> expiration of the project end date. Failure to extend the end date may result in the immediate close-out of the project and loss of
<br /> further funding.
<br /> 26.(Single Audit Requirements)That if the LPA expends$750,000 or more a year in federal financial assistance they shall have an
<br /> audit made in accordance with 2 CFR 200.LPA's expending less than$750,000 a year shall be exempt from compliance.A copy
<br /> of the audit report must be submitted to the STATE(Office of Internal Audit, Room 201,2300 South Dirksen Parkway,Springfield,
<br /> Illinois,62764)within 30 days after the completion of the audit,but no later than one year after the end of the LPA's fiscal year.
<br /> The CFDA number for all highway planning and construction activities is 20.205.
<br /> 27. That the LPA is required to register with the System for Award Management or SAM,which is a web-enabled government-wide
<br /> application that collects,validates,stores,and disseminates business information about the federal government's trading partners
<br /> in support of the contract award and the electronic payment processes.To register or renew,please use the following website:
<br /> hftps://www.sam.ciov/SAM/
<br /> 28.(Required Uniform Reporting)To comply with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act(30 ILCS 708)that requires a
<br /> uniform reporting of expenditures. Uniform reports of expenditures shall be reported no less than quarterly using IDOTs BoBS
<br /> 2832 form available on(DOT's web page under the"Resources"tab.Additional reporting frequency may be required based upon
<br /> specific conditions,as listed in the accepted Notice of State Award(NOSA).Specific conditions are based upon the award
<br /> recipient/grantee's responses to the Fiscal and Administrative Risk Assessment(ICQ)and the Programmatic Risk Assessment
<br /> (PRA).
<br /> NOTE:Under the terms of the Grant Funds Recovery Act(30 ILCS 705/4.1),"Grantor agencies may withhold or suspend the
<br /> distribution of grant funds for failure to file requirement reports"if the report is more than 30 calendar days delinquent,without any
<br /> approved written explanation by the grantee,the entity will be placed on the Illinois Stop Payment List.(Refer to the Grantee
<br /> Compliance Enforcement System for detail about the Illinois Stop Payment List: https://www.illinois.gov/sites]GATA/Pages/
<br /> ResourceLibrary.aspx)
<br /> THE STATE AGREES:
<br /> 1. To provide such guidance,assistance,and supervision to monitor and perform audits to the extent necessary to assure validity of
<br /> the LPA's certification of compliance with Title II and III Requirements.
<br /> 2. (State Contracts)To receive bids for construction of the proposed improvement when the plans have been approved by the
<br /> STATE(and FHWA,if required)and to award a contract for construction of the proposed improvement after receipt of a
<br /> satisfactory bid.
<br /> 3. (Day Labor)To authorize the LPA to proceed with the construction of the improvement when agreed unit prices are approved,
<br /> and to reimburse the LPA for that portion of the cost payable from Federal and/or State funds based on the agreed unit prices
<br /> and engineer's pay estimates in accordance with the division of cost page.
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