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<br />B. Department shall not be liable to Contractor for any costs incurred by Contractor under this <br />contract until Department receives a properly completed Depository/Authorized Signators Form, as <br />specified by Department, from Contractor. <br /> <br />C. Contractor shall not advertise or solicit bids for construction or re~abi1itation of a project assisted <br />with funds provided under this contract until Contractor has received the applicable prevailing wage <br />rates from Department. <br /> <br />D. In accordance with Section 18 of this contract, this contract shall terminate six (6) months after the <br />commencement date specified in Section 2 unless activities funded under this contract have begun by <br />such date. <br /> <br />E. Contractor shall provide a copy of its proposed housing rehabilitation assistance program <br />guidelines for Department review and approval prior to the selection of program recipients and prior to <br />Department's release of funds for such activities. Contractor's housing rehabilitation assistance <br />program guidelines must include provisions for compliance with Section 31 of the Federal Fire <br />Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (which requires that any housing unit rehabilitated with <br />Department funds be protected by a hard-wired or battery-operated smoke detector) and provisions <br />for compliance with the Texas Community Development Program Policv And Procedures For Hazard <br />Identification. Notification And Abatement Of Lead-Based Paint (which establishes a policy to <br />eliminate as far as practicable the hazards of lead poisoning due to the presence of lead-based paint <br />in any housing unit rehabilitated with Department funds). <br /> <br />SECTION 23. <br /> <br />DEBARMENT <br /> <br />By signing this contract, Contractor certifies that it will not award any funds provided under this <br />contract to any party which is debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for <br />participation in federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549 and 24 CFR Part 24. <br />Contractor shall receive the certification provided by the Department from each proposed <br />subcontractor under this contract and its principals. <br /> <br />SECTION 24. <br /> <br />POLITICAL AID AND LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE PROHIBITED <br /> <br />A. None of the funds provided under this contract shall be used for influencing the outcome of any <br />election, or the passage or defeat of any legislative measure. This prohibition shall not be construed <br />to prevent any official or employee of Contractor from furnishing to any member of its governing body <br />upon request, or to any other local or state official or employee or to any citizen information in the <br />hands of the employee or official not considered under law to be confidential information. Any action <br />taken against an employee or official for supplying such information shall subject the person initiating <br />the action to immediate dismissal from employment. <br /> <br />B. No funds provided under this contract may be used directly or indirectly to hire employees or in <br />any other way fund or support candidates for the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of <br />government of Contractor, the State of Texas, or the government of the United States. <br /> <br />SECTION 25. <br /> <br />ORAL AND WRITTEN AGREEMENTS <br /> <br />A. All oral and written agreements between the parties to this contract relating to the subject matter of <br />this contract that were made prior to the execution of this contract have been reduced to writing and <br />are contained in this contract. <br /> <br />Page 11 of 12 <br />