Exhibit 10.19
AGREEMENT FOR RENEWAL OF CONTRACT FOR
MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM
ZONE 5 - DADE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Envirotest Technologies (hereinafter referred to as
"Contractor"), and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
(hereinafter referred to as "the State"), are parties to an agreement entitled
"A Contract for Motor Vehicle Inspection Program" and assigned Contract Number
MO171 (hereinafter "the Contract"), and
WHEREAS, the Contract will expire on March 31, 1998, and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to exercise the renewal option set forth
in section I, paragraph U of the Contract,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it agreed that the Contractor and the State do
hereby covenant and agree that the term of the Contract be renewed for two
additional one-year periods, up to and including March 31, 2000, and,
BE IT FURTHER AGREED that the Contract, all exhibits thereto, and
all amendments thereto, if any, are incorporated by reference in this Agreement
just as though fully set out herein, and, except as otherwise provided herein,
the Contractor and the State do hereby bind themselves to perform all the
obligations of said Contract until the same expires on March 31, 2000, and,
BE IT FURTHER AGREED that during the renewal period and as
consideration for this renewal, the Contractor waives and releases the State
from any claims for damages pursuant to section 325.207(8)(i), Florida Statutes,
and Section V, Paragraph H of the Contract as a result of cancellation of the
Program at any time during the renewal period by the Legislature. This waiver
and release extends to any compensation to which the Contractor may be entitled
in equity, law, or contract arising out of section 325.207(8)(i), Florida
Statutes, and Section V, paragraph H of the Contract. In furtherance of this
waiver, the Contractor hereby releases the State from any and all obligations it
may have in equity, law, or contract arising out of section
325.207(8)(i), Florida Statutes, and Section V, paragraph H of the Contract: to
negotiate an amount to be paid to the Contractor as compensation for such
termination; to determine such an amount; to offer the Contractor a point of
entry to an administrative proceeding relating such compensation; and to seek or
request an appropriation for payment of such compensation from the Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER AGREED that this waiver and release shall not apply to
any funds expended by the Contractor in response to the enactment of any law
that alters the services to be provided by the Contractor as part of the
Program.
BE IT FURTHER AGREED that this waiver and release shall not apply to
the damages arising from the Contractor's obligation under the leases entered
into in furtherance of its obligations under the Contract.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, State and Contractor have caused this Agreement
to be executed by their respective undersigned officials authorized to do so, on
the dates set out below.
Contractor:
[illegible]
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx President & CEO
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Witness as to Contractor Title
February 14, 1997
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Date
State:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx [illegible]
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Director of Administrative Services
[illegible] February 24, 1995
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Witness as to State Date
Approved as to form and legality, subject only to full and proper execution by
the parties.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
General Counsel
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