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h. Entire Agreement; Motlification. This Agreement, with all exhibits and <br />anachments hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the County antl OPC. <br />No motlification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding upon either parry <br />unless matle in wrking and executetl by each party. <br />i. No Joint Venture or Agency. The County antl OPC each agree antl <br />acknowledge that nothing contained herein or otherwise, inclutling, without limkatioq <br />any ad of the County or OPC under this Agreement, shall be tleemetl or construed to <br />create any relationship of Joint venture, partnership or agency between Ne parties. <br />j. Effect of Waiver or FOrbeannce. No hailure by the County to insist upon <br />[he strict pertonnance of any tens or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any <br />right or remedy upon the breach by OPC of any of its obligations, agreements, or <br />covenants hereuntler, shall be a waiver of such affected tern or condition or of such <br />breach; nor shall any forbearance by the County to seek a remedy for any breach by <br />OPC be a waiver by the County of its dghls antl remedies wkh respect to that or any <br />other Creech. <br />k. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with <br />and governed by the laws of the Stale of North Carolina. Any litigation arising out of <br />this Agreement shall be brought in courts skiing in North Carolina, with venue in Orange <br />County. <br />I. Severebilily. The provisions of this Agreement are intlepantlent of antl <br />separable from each other, antl no provision shall be affected or rentleretl invalitl or <br />unenforceable by the fact that far any reason any other provision may be invalid or <br />unenforceable in whole or in part. If any provision of [his Agreement or the application <br />[hereof to any person or circumstances shall, to any exent, be or become invalitl or <br />unenforceable, the remaintler of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to <br />persons or circumstances other than Mose as to which tt is heltl invalitl or <br />unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, antl each provision of this Agreement <br />shall be valid antl be enforcetl to the fullest extent permittetl by law. The County antl <br />OPC agree to aubstkute for such provision of this Agreement or the application thereof <br />determined to be invalid or unenforrable, such other provision as most closely <br />approximates, in a lawful manner, such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. If [he <br />Count' antl OPC cannot agree, they shall apply to a court of competent judsdigion to <br />substitute such provision as the court tleems reasonable and jutlicially valiq legal antl <br />enforceable. Such provision tle[ermined by the court shall au[ometically be deemetl <br />part of [his Agreements initio. <br />m. Equal Opportunity. OPC shall not discriminate against any employee or <br />applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political <br />affiliation or belief, age, or handicap. <br />