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<br />Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program <br />Florida Department of Law Enforcement <br /> <br />8. Written Approval of Changes in this Approved Agreement <br /> <br />Recipients shall obtain written approval from the Department for major changes to this agreement. <br />Major changes include, but are not limited to: <br /> <br />a. Changes in project activities, designs or research plans set forth in the approved agreement; <br />b. Budget deviations that do not meet the following criteria: <br />c. That is, a Subgrant Recipient may transfer funds between approved budget categories as long <br />as the total amount of transfer does not exceed ten (10) percent of the total award amount and <br />the transfer is made to an already approved budget line item. <br />d. Transfers of funds above the ten (10) percent cap shall be made only if a revised budget is <br />approved by the Department. <br />e. Under no circumstances can transfers of funds increase the total budgeted award. Transfers <br />do not allow for increasing the quantitative number of items documented in any approved <br />budget line item. (For example, equipment items in Operating Capital Outlay or Expense <br />categories or staff positions in the Salaries and Benefits category.) <br /> <br />Under no circumstances can transfers of funds increase the total budgeted award. <br /> <br />9. Reimbursement Subject to Available Funds <br /> <br />The obligation of the State of Florida to reimburse recipients for incurred costs is subject to available <br />federal Local Law Enforcement Block Grant funds. <br /> <br />10. Commencement of Project <br /> <br />If a project has not begun within sixty (60) days after acceptance of the subgrant award, the recipient <br />shall send a letter to the Department requesting approval of a new project starting date. The letter <br />must outline steps to initiate the project, explain reasons for delay, and specify an anticipated project <br />starting date. <br /> <br />If a project has not begun within ninety (90) days after acceptance of the subgrant award, the <br />recipient shall send another letter to the Department, again explaining reasons for delay and <br />requesting approval of a revised project starting date. <br /> <br />Upon receipt of the ninety (90) day letter, the Department shall determine if the reasons for delay are <br />justified or shall, at its discretion, unilaterally terminate this agreement and de-obligate subgrant <br />funds to other projects approved by the Department. If warranted by extenuating circumstances, the <br />Department may extend the starting date of the project beyond the ninety (90) day period, but only <br />by a formal written amendment to this agreement. <br /> <br />11. Excusable Delays <br /> <br />Except with respect to defaults of consultants, the recipient shall not be in default by reason of any <br />failure in performance of this agreement according to its terms (including any failure by the recipient <br />to make progress in the execution of work hereunder which endangers such performance) if such <br />failure arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the recipient. <br />Such causes include but are not limited to acts of God or of the public enemy, acts of the <br />government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine <br />restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather, but in every case the failure <br />to perform shall be beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the recipient. <br /> <br />Subarant ADDlication Packaae <br /> <br />SFY 2005 <br /> <br />Section 11I- Page 3 <br /> <br />SIB <br />