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. ' Any publication produced as a result of this grant shall include on its <br /> title page the following citation: <br /> "This project was conducted with funds provided under the Illinois Clean <br /> and Beautiful Program by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Cortanunity <br /> Affairs and does not necessarily represent in whole or in part the <br /> viewpoint of the Department." <br /> 12. Integration Clause. It is agreed between the oarties that this agreement, <br /> with attachments, as written, is the full and complete agreement between <br /> the parties and that there are not oral agreements or understandings <br /> between the parties other than what has been reduced to writing herein. <br /> 13. Severability Clause. If any provision under this agreement or its <br /> application to any persons or circumstance is held invalid by any court of <br /> competent jurisdiction, this invalidity does not affect any other provision <br /> or its application of this agreement which can be given effect without the <br /> invalid provision or applicatian. <br /> 14. Interest on Grant Funds. In accordance with the Illinois Grant Funds <br />' Recovery Act (Public Act 83-640) , all interest earned on funds held by the <br /> Grantee under this grant shall become part of the qrant principal when <br /> earned. Any interest earned under the qrant, and not expended as grant <br /> principal during the term of the grant, shall be returned to the Department <br /> in accordance with the provisions of Part III, paragraph 15 of this <br /> agreement unless the Department determines that the cost of accounting for <br /> the interest or allocatin the interest to the ran rin ' <br /> 9 g t p cipal is <br /> significant in compariscn to the interest earned. <br /> 15. Return of Unobligated Funds. In accordance with the Illinois Grant Funds <br /> Recover Act (Public Act 83-640) the Grantee shall , upon submission of the <br /> closeout package or within 45 days of the expiration of the grant, <br /> whichever occurs first, refund to the Department any balance of funds which <br /> were unobligated at the end of the grant period. <br /> 16. Assurances. The Assurances provided in Part IV of this Agreement shall be <br /> complied with by the Grantee. <br /> 17. Audit Requirements. The grantee shall be responsible for having an annual <br /> audit of all grant records and such audit must be performed by an <br /> independent public accountant, certified and licensed by authority of ttie <br /> State of Illinois. The audit must be conducted in accordance with qenerally <br /> accepted government auditing standards adopted by the American Institute of <br /> Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) (1981) . The grantee may secure an <br /> independent audit of its qrant in the same manner as it secures its regular <br /> audits, provided it provides for maximum open and free competition. The <br /> grant audit should be conducted as part of the grantee's annual audit. The <br /> grantee will provide the department with one copy of its annual audit which <br /> addresses the grant. In instances where the grant periad or term does not <br /> coincide with the grantee's fiscal year, two fiscal audit reports shall be <br /> forwarded to the department. Any grantee determined to have misused grant <br /> funds (i .e. , fraud and abuse, noncompliance with terms and conditions of <br /> grant dacument) as a result of an audit shall be ineligible to apply for <br /> and receive funds under this program. <br /> -7- <br />