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Section 12.28 Closeout of Equipment. At the end of the term of a Program Attachment that has no <br />additional renewals or that will not be renewed (Closeout) or when a Program Attachment is <br />otherwise terminated, Contractor shall submit to the contract manager assigned to the Program <br />Attachment, an inventory of equipment purchased with Department funds and request disposition <br />instructions for such equipment. All equipment purchased with Department funds must be secured <br />by Contractor at the time of Closeout or termination of the Program Attachment and must be <br />disposed of according to the Department's disposition instructions, which may include return of the <br />equipment to DSHS or transfer of possession to another DSHS contractor, at Contractor's expense. <br />Section 12.29 Assets as Collateral Prohibited. Contractors on a cost reimbursement payment <br />method shall not encumber equipment purchased with Department funds without prior written <br />approval from the Department. <br />ARTICLE XIII GENERAL TERMS <br />Section 13.01 Assignment. Contractor shall not transfer, assign, or sell its interest, in whole or in <br />part, in this Contract, or in any equipment purchased with funds from this Contract, without the prior <br />written consent of the Department. <br />Section 13.02 Lobbying. Contractor shall comply with Tex. Gov. Code § 556.0055, which prohibits <br />contractors who receive state funds from using those funds to pay lobbying expenses. Further, <br />Contractor shall not use funds paid under this Contract, either directly or indirectly, to support the <br />enactment, repeal, modification, or adoption of any law, regulation or policy at any level of <br />government, or to pay the salary or expenses of any person related to any activity designed to <br />influence legislation, regulation, policy or appropriations pending before Congress or the state <br />legislature, or for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any federal or state <br />agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of <br />Congress in connection with the awarding of any contract or the extension, continuation, renewal, <br />amendment, or modification of any contract (31 USC § 1352 and UGMS). If at any time this <br />Contract exceeds $100,000 of federal funds, Contractor shall file with the contract manager assigned <br />to the Program Attachment a declaration containing the name of any registrant under the Lobbying <br />Disclosure Act of 1995 who has made lobbying contacts on behalf of Contractor in connection with <br />this Contract, a certification that none of the funds provided by Department have been or will be used <br />for payment to lobbyists, and disclosure of the names of any and all registered lobbyists with whom <br />Contractor has an agreement. Contractor shall file the declaration, certification, and disclosure at the <br />time of application for this Contract; upon execution of this Contract unless Contractor previously <br />filed a declaration, certification, or disclosure form in connection with the award; and at the end of <br />each calendar quarter in which any event occurs that materially affects the accuracy of the <br />information contained in any declaration, certification, or disclosure previously filed. Contractor <br />shall require any person who requests or receives a subcontract to file the same declaration, <br />certification, and disclosure with the contract manager assigned to the Program Attachment. <br />Contractor shall also comply, as applicable, with the lobbying restrictions and requirements in OMB <br />Circulars A -122 Attachment B paragraph 25; A -87 Attachment B section 27; A -I 10 section and <br />A -21 paragraphs 17 and 28. Contractor shall include this provision in any subcontracts. <br />General Provisions (Core Subrecipient) 2011 25 <br />