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any document provided to the Provider by the County. Provider agrees to be bound by the terms <br /> of this section of this Agreement in perpetuity. <br /> 12. RECORD AND/OR DOCUMENT RETENTION AND SECURITY <br /> Provider agrees to maintain all records and/or documents of, or related to, the employment and <br /> services set out in this Agreement on the property of the County, specifically, Information <br /> Technology office in the West Campus Office Building. In the event the removal of such records <br /> and/or documents from the property of the County is necessary for the furtherance of the <br /> employment and provision of services set out in this Agreement the Provider agrees to maintain <br /> such records and/or documents in a safe and secure location. Provider agrees that upon the <br /> conclusion of the provision of services to the County it will leave all record: and/or documents and <br /> things accumulated in the furtherance of the provision of services set out in this Agreement in a <br /> safe and secure location upon the property of the County, specifically, West Campus Office <br /> Building. <br /> 13. NONAPPROPRIATION <br /> Provider acknowledges that County is a governmental entity, and the contract validity is based <br /> upon the availability of public funding under the authority of its statutory mandate. <br /> In the event that public funds are unavailable and not appropriated for the performance of County's <br /> obligations under this contract, then this contract shall automatically expire without penalty to <br /> County thirty (30) days after written notice to Provider of the unavailability and non-appropriation of <br /> public funds. It is expressly agreed that County shall not activate this nor-appropriation provision <br /> for its convenience or to circumvent the requirements of this contract, but only as an emergency <br /> fiscal measure during a substantial fiscal crisis. <br /> In the event of a change in the County's statutory authority, mandate and mandated functions, by <br /> state and federal legislative or regulatory action, which adversely affects County's authority to <br /> continue its obligations under this contract, then this contract shall automatically terminate without <br /> penalty to County upon written notice to Provider of such limitation or change in County's legal <br /> authority. <br /> 14. SEVERABILITY <br /> Should any word, sentence, paragraph or clause of this Agreement be determined to be unlawful, <br /> it shall have no bearing or impact on the remaining terms of the Agreement which shall remain <br /> fully enforceable as if the unlawful word, sentence, paragraph, or clause had been absent from the <br /> initial drafting of the Agreement. <br /> 15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT <br /> The parties have read this Agreement and agree to be bound by all of its terms, and further agree <br /> that it constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the Agreement between the Parties <br /> unless and until modified by a written instrument signed by the Parties. Modifications may be <br /> evidenced by telefacsimile signatures. <br /> 16. GOVERNING LAW <br /> Both parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the law: of the State of North <br /> Carolina. <br /> Revised April 2010 3 <br />