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<br />. . <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />E. permanently withhold cash payments. Permanently withholding of cash payment means that <br />RECEIVING AGENCY retains funds billed by the PERFORMING AGENCY or its subrecipient(s) for <br />a) unallowable, undocumented, disputed, inaccurate, improper, or erroneous claims; b) failure to comply <br />with grant award conditions; or c) indebtedness to the United States or to the State of Texas; <br /> <br />F. deny contract renewal or future contract awards to a PERFORMING AGENCY for a certain period of <br />time not to exceed five years; <br /> <br />G. delay contract execution with the PERFORMING AGENCY while other proposed sanctions are pending <br />resolution; <br /> <br />H. place the PERFORMING AGENCY on probation. Probation means that the PERFORMING AGENCY <br />will be placed on accelerated monitoring for a period not to exceed six months at which time items of <br />noncompliance must be resolved or substantial improvement shown by the PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> <br />I. conduct accelerated monitoring of the PERFORMING AGENCY. Accelerated monitoring means more <br />frequent or more extensive monitoring will be performed by RECEIVING AGENCY than would <br />routinely be accomplished; <br /> <br />1. require the PERFORMING AGENCY to obtain technical or managerial assistance; <br /> <br />K. disallow requests for reimbursement by disapproving costs or fees submitted for payment or <br />reimbursement by PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> <br />L. establish additional prior approvals for expenditure of funds by the PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> <br />M. require additional, more detailed, financial and/or programmatic reports to be submitted by <br />PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> <br />N. demand repayment from the PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> <br />O. reduce the contract funding amount for failure to achieve or maintain the proposed level of service, to <br />expend funds appropriately and at a rate which will make full use of the award, or to provide services <br />as set out in the -contract; and <br /> <br />P. impose other remedies provided by law. <br /> <br />RECEIVING AGENCY will formally notify the PERFORMING AGENCY in writing when a sanction is imposed <br />(with the exception of accelerated monitoring, which may be unannounced), stating the nature of the sanction(s), <br />the reasons for imposing them, the corrective actions which must be taken before they will be removed and the time <br />allowed for completing the corrective actions, and the method, if any, of requesting reconsideration of the sanctions <br />imposed. PERFORMING AGENCY is required to file, within 15 days of receipt of notice, a written response to <br />RECEIVING AGENCY's program/division that sent the notice, acknowledging receipt of such notice and stating <br />how the PERFORMING AGENCY will correct the noncompliance or demonstrating that the findings on which <br />the sanctions are based are either invalid or do not warrant the sanction( s). <br /> <br />In an emergency, RECEIVING AGENCY may immediately terminate or suspend all or part of the contract, <br />temporarily or permanently withhold cash payments, deny contract renewal or future contract awards, or delay <br /> <br />(LGS) <br /> <br />1999 GENERAL PROVISIONS Page 17 <br /> <br />4/98 <br />