R98-52 AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A FINAL APPLICATION

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(A) The employee,officer, board member, or agent; (B) Any member of his or her immediate family; (C) His or her partner; or (D) An organization that employs, or is about to employ,any of the above. The conflict of interest requirement for former employees, officers, board members and agents shall apply for one year. The code shall also provide that the Grantee's employees, officers, board members or agents shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to sub-agreements. The Department may waive the prohibition contained in this subsection, provided that any such present employee, officer, board member, or agent shatl not participate in any action by the Grantee or the locality relating to such contract, subcontract, or arrangement. (2) Organizational Conflict of Interest - Grantee will also prevent real and apparent organizational conflict of interest. An organizational conflict of interest exists when the nature of the work to be performed under a proposed third party contract or subcontract may,without some restriction on future activities, result in an unfair competitive advantage to the third party contractor or grantee or impair the objectivity in performing the contract work. b. Bri e - Nongovernmental grantees certify that it has not been convicted of bribery or attempting to bribe an officer or employee of the State of Illinois, nor has the Grantee made an admission of guilt of such conduct which is a matter of record, nor has an official, agent or employee of the Grantee committed bribery or attempted bribery on behalf of the firm and pursuant to the direction or authorization of a responsible official of Grantee. The Grantee further certifies that it has not been barred from contracting with a unit of the State or local government as a result of a violation of Section 33E-3 or 33E-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961. ITEM 11 -ACCOUNTING RECORDS a. Project Accounts - The Grantee shall establish and maintain as a separate set of accounts, or as an integral part of its current accounting scheme, accounts for the Project in conformity with requirements established by the Department. � b. Funds Received or Made Available for the Project - Grantee shall appropriately record in the Project Account, and deposit in a federally insured bank or trust company, all Grant payments received by it from the Department pursuant to this Agreement and all other funds provided for, accruing to, or otherwise received on account of the Project, which Department payments and other funds are herein collectively referred to as"Project Funds." The Grantee shall require the depositories of Project Funds to secure continuously and fully all Project Funds in excess of the amounts insured under federal plans, or under state plans which have been approved for the deposit of the Project Funds by the Department, by the deposit or setting aside of collateral of the types and in the manner as described by state law for the security of public funds. The Grantee agrees to report to the Department quarterly by the fifteenth day of the month following the reported quarter, and at such other times as the Department may prescribe in writing, the amounts . recorded in the Project Account. ' . - State Capital Grant 9