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DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
<br />No State or its subrecipient, including its officers, employees, or agents, shall perform or continue to perform under a
<br />grant or cooperative agreement, whose objectivity may be impaired because of any related past, present, or currently
<br />planned interest, financial or otherwise, in organizations regulated by NHTSA or in organizations whose interests may be
<br />substantially affected by NHTSA activities. Based on this policy:
<br />1. The recipient shall disclose any conflict of interest identified as soon as reasonably possible, making an
<br />immediate and full disclosure in writing to NHTSA. The disclosure shall include a description of the action
<br />which the recipient has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate such conflict.
<br />2. NHTSA will review the disclosure and may require additional relevant information from the recipient. If a conflict
<br />of interest is found to exist, NHTSA may (a) terminate the award, or (b) determine that it is otherwise in the best
<br />interest of NHTSA to continue the award and include appropriate provisions to mitigate or avoid such conflict.
<br />3. Conflicts of interest that require disclosure include all past, present, or currently planned organizational,
<br />financial, contractual, or other interest(s) with an organization regulated by NHTSA or with an organization
<br />whose interests may be substantially affected by NHTSA activities, and which are related to this award. The
<br />interest(s) that require disclosure include those of any recipient, affiliate, proposed consultant, proposed
<br />subcontractor, and key personnel of any of the above. Past interest shall be limited to within one year of the
<br />date of award. Key personnel shall include any person owning more than a 20 percent interest in a recipient,
<br />and the officers, employees or agents of a recipient who are responsible for making a decision or taking an
<br />action under an award where the decision or action can have an economic or other impact on the interests of a
<br />regulated or affected organization.
<br />PROHIBITION ON USING GRANT FUNDS TO CHECK FOR HELMET USAGE
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
<br />The State and each subrecipient will not use 23 U.S.C. Chapter 4 grant funds for programs to check helmet usage or to
<br />create checkpoints that specifically target motorcyclists.
<br />POLICY ON SEAT BELT USE
<br />In accordance with Executive Order 13043, Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States, dated April 16, 1997, the
<br />Grantee is encouraged to adopt and enforce on-the-job seat belt use policies and programs for its employees when
<br />operating company -owned, rented, or personally -owned vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
<br />(NHTSA) is responsible for providing leadership and guidance in support of this Presidential initiative. For information
<br />and resources on traffic safety programs and policies for employers, please contact the Network of Employers for
<br />Traffic Safety (NETS), a public -private partnership dedicated to improving the traffic safety practices of employers and
<br />employees. You can download information on seat belt programs, costs of motor vehicle crashes to employers, and
<br />other traffic safety initiatives at www.trafficsafety.org. The NHTSA website (www.nhtsa.gov) also provides information
<br />on statistics, campaigns, and program evaluations and references.
<br />POLICY ON BANNING TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING
<br />In accordance with Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership On Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, and DOT
<br />Order 3902.10, Text Messaging While Driving, States are encouraged to adopt and enforce workplace safety policies
<br />to decrease crashes caused by distracted driving, including policies to ban text messaging while driving company -
<br />owned or rented vehicles, Government -owned, leased or rented vehicles, or privately -owned vehicles when on official
<br />Government business or when performing any work on or behalf of the Government. States are also encouraged to
<br />conduct workplace safety initiatives in a manner commensurate with the size of the business, such as establishment of
<br />new rules and programs or re-evaluation of existing programs to prohibit text messaging while driving, and education,
<br />awareness, and other outreach to employees about the safety risks associated with texting while driving.
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