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DocuSign Envelope ID:6D54E8BA-1794-4F70-B78E-1EA897E6B473 <br /> In any event,per 24 C.F.R. 570.489(g), all purchase orders and contracts shall include any <br /> clauses required by Federal statutes, executive orders and implementing regulations. <br /> Additionally,Recipient acknowledges and agrees that, in its conduct under this Agreement <br /> and in connection with any and all expenditures of Grant funds made by it,Recipient, its <br /> officers, agents and employees shall be and are subject to the provisions of the North <br /> Carolina General Statutes and the North Carolina Administrative Code relating to and <br /> governing procurement,public contracts, suspension and debarment. Recipient further <br /> acknowledges and agrees that, in the event that it grants any of the Grant funds awarded <br /> hereunder to one or more subrecipients or other applicable entities,Recipient shall,by <br /> contract,ensure that the provisions of all applicable laws relating to and governing <br /> procurement,public contracts, suspension and debarment are made applicable to and binding <br /> upon any and all subrecipients and/or other applicable entities. <br /> 23. Labor Standards. Recipient shall follow all applicable laws,rules and regulations concerning <br /> the payment of wages, contract work hours, safety,health standards, and equal opportunity <br /> for CDBG-CV programs,including but not limited to the rules set forth in 4 N.C.A.0 <br /> 19L.1006,24 C.F.R. § 570.603 and the following (as may be applicable to CDBG-projects): <br /> a. Davis-Bacon Act(40 U.S.C.A. 276a). Among other provisions,this act requires <br /> that prevailing local wage levels be paid to laborers and mechanics employed on <br /> certain construction work assisted with CDBG funds. <br /> b. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act(40 U.S.C.A. 327 through 333). <br /> Under this act, among other provisions, laborers and mechanics employed by <br /> contractors and subcontractors on construction work assisted with CDBG funds <br /> must receive overtime compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half the <br /> basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in any workweek. <br /> Violators shall be liable for the unpaid wages and in addition for liquidated <br /> damages computed in respect to each laborer or mechanic employed in violation <br /> of the act. <br /> c. Fair Labor Standards Act(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.),requiring among other things <br /> that covered employees be paid at least the minimum prescribed wage, and also <br /> that they be paid one and one-half times their basic wage rate for all hours <br /> worked in excess of the prescribed work-week. <br /> d. Federal anti-kickback laws Q 8 U.S.C. 874 and 40 U.S.C. 276),which, among <br /> other things,outlaws and prescribes criminal penalties for"kickbacks" of wages <br /> in federally financed or assisted construction activities. Weekly statements of <br /> compliance and weekly payrolls must be provided by all contractors and <br /> subcontractors. <br /> Recipient agrees to maintain records regarding compliance with the laws and regulations <br /> cited in 4 N.C.A.C. 19L.1006(including the citations listed above)in accordance with 4 <br /> N.C.A.C. 19L.0911. <br /> All contracts between Recipient and third parties shall contain labor standards provisions as <br /> required in 4 N.C.A.C. 19L.1006. <br /> 24. Architectural Barriers. Per 4 N.C.A.C.1 9L.1007, 24 C.F.R. §§ 570.487 and 570.614 and <br /> other applicable law, all applicable buildings or facilities designed, constructed or altered <br /> with CDBG-CV Grant funds shall be made accessible and useable to the physically <br /> 7 <br />