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<br />"Department" or "TOPS" means the Texas Department of Public Safety. <br /> <br />"Failure to Appear Program" or "FTA Program" refers to the implementation <br />efforts of all parties, including those system components provided by the TOPS, <br />local political subdivisions and the Vendor, including the FT A System. <br /> <br />"Failure to Appear System" or "FTA System" refers to the goods and services, <br />including all hardware, software, consulting services, telephone and related <br />support services, supplied by the Vendor. <br /> <br />"FTA Software" refers to computer software developed or maintained now or in <br />the future by the Vendor to support the FTA System. <br /> <br />"Originating Court" refers to the court in which an applicable violation has been <br />filed for which a person has failed to appear or failed to payor satisfy a <br />judgement and which has submitted an appropriate FTA report. <br /> <br />"State" refers to the State of Texas. <br /> <br />"Local political subdivision" refers to a city or county of the State of Texas. <br /> <br />Unless otherwise defined, terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned by <br />Texas Transportation Code Chapter 706 or other relevant statute. Terms not <br />defined in this Contract or by other relevant statutes shall be given their ordinary <br />meanings. <br /> <br />IV. Governing Law <br /> <br />This Contract is entered into pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 791 <br />and is subject to the laws and jurisdiction of the State of Texas and shall be <br />construed and interpreted accordingly. <br /> <br />V. Venue <br /> <br />The parties agree that this contract is deemed performable in Travis County, <br />Texas, and that venue for any suit arising from the interpretation or enforcement <br />of this Contract shall lie in Travis County . Texas. <br /> <br />VI. Application and Scope of Contract <br /> <br />This Contract applies to each FT A report submitted to and accepted by the TOPS <br />or the Vendor by the local political subdivision pursuant to the authority of Texas <br />Transportation Code Chapter 706. <br /> <br />Revised (11/04) <br /> <br />2 <br />