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7 Assignment, Amendments, Waiver, and Grant Contract Complete
<br />7.1 Assignment, The Grantee may neither assign nor transfer any rights or obligations
<br />' under this grant contract without the prior consent of the State and a fully executed
<br />Assignment Agreement, executed and approved by the same parties who executed
<br />and approved this grant contract, or their successors in office.
<br />7.2 Amendments, Any amendment to this grant contract must be in writing and will not' be
<br />effective until it has been executed and approved by the same parties who executed and
<br />approved the original grant contract, or their successors in office.
<br />7.3 Waiver. If the State fails to enforce any provision of this grant contract, that failure does not
<br />waive the provision or its right to enforce it,
<br />7.4 Grant Contract Complete. This grant contract contains all negotiations and agreements
<br />between the State and the Grantee, No other understanding regarding this grant contract,
<br />whether written or oral, may be used to bind either party.
<br />8 Liability
<br />The Grantee must indemnify, save, and hold the State, its agents, and employees harmless from
<br />any claims or causes of action, including attorney's fees incurred by tha State, arising from the
<br />performance of this grant contract by the Grantee or the Grantee's agents or employees, This
<br />clause will not be construed to bar any legal remedies the Grantee may have for the State's
<br />failure to fulfill its obligations under this grant contract,
<br />The Department of Administration is not responsible for maintenance or repair of equipment and
<br />has no ownership rights of equipment,
<br />9 State Audits
<br />Under Minnesota Statutes§ 16B,98, Subd. 8, the Grantee's books, records, documents, and
<br />accounting procedures and practices relevant to this grant contract are subject to examination by
<br />the State and/or the State Auditor or Legislative Auditor, as appropriate, for a minimum of six
<br />years from the end of the grant contract end date, receipt and approval of all final reports, or the
<br />required period of time to satisfy all state and program retention requirements, whichever is later,
<br />10 Government Data Practices and Intellectual Property
<br />10,1. Government _Data Practices, The Grantee and State must comply with the Minnesota
<br />Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as it applies to all data
<br />provided by the State under this grant contract, and as it applies to all data created, collected,
<br />received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the Grantee under this grant contract,
<br />The civil remedies oflvlinnesota Statutes § 13.08 apply to the release of the data referred to
<br />in this clause by either the Grantee or the State, If the Grantee receives a request to release
<br />the data referred to in this Clause, the Grantee must immediately notify the State, The State
<br />will give the Grantee instructions concerning the release of the data to the requesting party
<br />before the data is released,
<br />10.2. Intellectual Property Rights
<br />The Grantee retains ownership of all intellectual property created with these grant funds,
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