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Section 2-256. Records, reporting, and fiscal accountability requirements. (a) The nonprofit organization shall follow generally accepted accounting procedures and practices and shall maintain books, records, documents, and other evidence that sufficiently and properly account for the expenditure of the disaster relief funds. The books, records, and documents shall be subject at all reasonable times to inspection, reviews, or audits by the director and the [legislative] County auditor, or by their designated representatives. (b) The director may request periodic written reports on the use of the disaster relief funds. (c) The nonprofit organization shall submit a written report to the director within sixty days after the final expenditure of the amount of disaster relief funds that was awarded. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed description focusing on specific, [measurcable] measurable outcomes of how the disaster relief funds were used and a breakdown of other funding sources and their expenditures. (d) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, if the nonprofit organization fails to submit the written report due within sixty days from the date of the final expenditure of the amount of disaster relief funds that was awarded, the director shall require the nonprofit organization to return all grant funds awarded and deem the nonprofit organization ineligible to receive future grant awards for at least the following fiscal year, and for all subsequent fiscal years until such time as the written report is submitted to, and accepted by, the director. (e) Should the director determine that the written report is deficient in any way, the nonprofit organization shall be notified of the deficiencies and shall provide additional infoiiiiation to mitigate the deficiencies within thirty days of notice. Noncompliance shall constitute a violation of this section. Section 2-257. Indemnification. All contracts executed under this article shall contain a provision that the awarded grantee shall save, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the County against any claims arising from the award or use of disaster relief funds. Section 2-258. Rules. The director may adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 91 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, as may be necessary to implement this article." SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. 5