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shall have no authorization, express or implied to bind the Sending Jurisdiction to any agreements, liability or understanding except as expressly set forth herein. Section 6.2 Personnel. The Receiving Jurisdiction shall retain sufficient personnel to deliver twenty- four (24) hours of care and supervision to Incarcerated Individuals, as well as administrative and support service personnel for the overall operation of the Facility. Prior to employment at the Facility, applicants shall be subjected to a thorough background check. Section 6.3 Training. The Receiving Jurisdiction will train all personnel of the Facility. The Receiving Jurisdiction shall be responsible for all claims, damages, liability and court awards including costs, expenses and attorney fees incurred as a result of any action or omission of its employees, agents, subcontractors or assignees incurred in connection with training. Article VII MISCELLANEOUS Section 7.1 Existing State Law. This Compact shall not be construed to alter the legal responsibilities of the Sending and Receiving Jurisdictions with regard to the legal and fiscal responsibility for housing of Incarcerated Individuals under state law. Section 7.2 Disputes. Disputes between the Sending and Receiving Jurisdictions may be submitted to arbitration if the Parties are unable to resolve any disputes arising hereunder. No disputes may be submitted to arbitration without the agreement of both Parties. Section 7.3 Equal Employment Opportunity. The Parties ascribe to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Neither is responsible for ensuring that the other is in compliance with equal employment statutes or policies. Section 7.4 Invalidity and Severability. To the extent that this Compact may be executed and performance of the obligations of the parties may be accomplished within the intent of the Compact, the terms of th s Compact are several and should any term or provision hereof be declared invalid or become inoperative for any reason, such invalidity or failure shall not affect the validity of any other term or provision hereof. In the event that any provision of this Compact is held invalid, that provision shall be null and void. However, the validity of the remaining provisions of the Compact shall not be affected thereby. Section 7.5 Jurisdiction and Venue. The laws of the State of Washington and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be applied in the interpretation, execution and enforcement of this Compact. Venue for any legal action related to the performance or interpretation of this Compact shall be in the Superior Court in Thurston County, Washington. Washington State K14078 Page 9 of 11 Department of Corrections 26RAD