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amount paid by STATE from future apportionments or any other funds due ADMINISTERING AGENCY from the Highway Users Tax Fund or any other funds and/or may withhold approval of future ADMINISTERING AGENCY projects. 20. Should ADMINISTERING AGENCY be constituted as a joint powers authority, a special district, or any other public entity not directly receiving funds through the State Controller and ADMINISTERING AGENCY is declared by STATE to be in breach of this AGREEMENT or otherwise in default, STATE is authorized to obtain reimbursement from whatever sources of funding are available, including the withholding or transfer of funds, pursuant to Article 1-19, from any or all, joint and several, of those constituent entities comprising the joint powers authority or by the bringing of an action against ADMINISTERING AGENCY and its constituent member entities to recover all funds provided by STATE hereunder. The ADMINISTERING AGENCY acknowledges that the signatory party represents the ADMINISTRING AGENCY and further warrants that there is nothing within the Joint Powers Agreement itself that would restrict or otherwise limit STATE's ability to recover state funds improperly spent by the ADMINISTERING AGENCY in contravention of the terms of this AGREEMENT. 21. When PROJECT is not on the STATE highway system, but includes work to be performed by a railroad, the contract for such work shall be prepared and administered by ADMINISTERING AGENCY or by STATE, as the parties may hereafter agree. In either event, ADMINISTERING AGENCY shall enter into an agreement with the railroad providing for future maintenance of protective devices or other facilities installed or constructed under that contract. ARTICLE II - ENGINEERING 1. "Project Development Costs" includes all preliminary work directly related to the PROJECT up to contract award for construction, including, but not limited to, environmental studies, preliminary surveys and reports, laboratory work, soil investigation, preparation of plans, specifications and estimates, advertising for bids, awarding contract, as well as project development contract administration. 2. "Construction Engineering" eligible costs include actual inspection and supervision of PROJECT construction work, construction staking, laboratory and field testing, preparation and processing of field reports, and records, estimates, final reports, and allowable expenses of employees/consultants engaged in such activities. 3. Unless the parties shall otherwise agree in writing, ADMINISTERING AGENCY's employees or its subcontractor engineering consultant shall be responsible for all PROJECT engineering work. When construction engineering is performed by STATE, charges by STATE invoiced to ADMINISTERING AGENCY shall include an assessment on direct labor costs in accordance with Section 8755.1 of the State Administrative Manual. Any portions of STATE charges not contractually absorbed by STATE shall be paid from PROJECT or other funds administered by ADMINISTERING AGENCY. Page 5 of 9 1/5/00