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