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Inc. for monies owed hereunder (if any) are hereby assigned to Cabarrus County, North Carolina Ambulance Services without recourse to Assignor." 5) Funds Received by Franchisee. Franchisee shall remit to the County, on the following business day, any funds collected for transport services. 6) No-Show; Cancellation. The Franchisee agrees not to invoice the County for any tripr for which cancellation was received at least two hours prior to the scheduled service. Franchisee shall summarize "No-Shows" and "Late Cancellations" in its monthly report for subsequent resolution by all parties. "No-Shows" and "Late Cancellations" shall be billed at one-half the base rate and no mileage charge. 7) Service Out of County. In the event a party requests the Franchisee to provide transportation service to an out-of-County destination, such transport and the special rate therefore shall be approved on a case by case basis by the County Transportation System office and the Franchisee President. K. Continuing Education. The County will provide continuing education to EMTs and will develop and coordinate any advanced training programs, as needed. L. System Equipment/Dispatching Duties. Franchisee shall be responsible for providing the necessary equipment for the operation of the System, except for any equipment initially provided in the Vehicles. The County shall provide and maintain the System's computer hardware, software and other equipment needed for scheduling transports, billing purposes and entry of System data into the Cottnty ambulance billing system. The County shall provide the necessary personnel to operate the hardware and software for dispatching duties during normal business hours on the days County offices are open for regular business. Every effort will be made to provide one day prior notice of needed transports. However, it is understood that the County will accept all appropriate transport reservations, and will communicate the same to the Franchisee as soon as possible; however, there may be requests for transport that need to be scheduled the same day as the request is received. Dispatching duties outside the hours and days provided by the County shall be the sole and exclusive responsibility of Franchisee. Franchisee will ensure that such additional hours and days are covered in order to provide the citizens of the County will the services of the System 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, throughout the term of this Agreement. M. Term of Agreement and Miscellaneous Provisions. 1. Term. This Agreement shall be in force for an initial period beginning November ,2002 through June 30, 2003. This Agreement can be extended for additional one-year options, if mutually agreed upon in writing between the County and the Franchisee and approved by the County Board of Commissioners. 2. Severabilit¥; Paragraph Headings. If one section of this Agreement is found to be improper or legally unenforceable, the remaining sections are severable and are 5