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No State or its subrecipient, including its officers, employees, or agents, shall perform or continue to perform
<br />under a grant or cooperative agreement, whose objectivity may be impaired because of any related past,
<br />present, or currently planned interest, financial or otherwise, in
<br />organizations regulated by NHTSA or in organizations whose interests may be substantially affected by NHTSA
<br />activities. Based on this policy:
<br />1. The recipient shall disclose any conflict of interest identified as soon as reasonably possible,
<br />making an immediate and full disclosure in writing to NHTSA. The disclosure shall include a
<br />description of the action which the recipient has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate such
<br />conflict.
<br />2. NHTSA will review the disclosure and may require additional relevant information from the recipient.
<br />If a conflict of interest is found to exist, NHTSA may (a) terminate the award, or (b) determine that it
<br />is otherwise in the best interest of NHTSA to continue the award and include appropriate provisions
<br />to mitigate or avoid such conflict.
<br />3. Conflicts of interest that require disclosure include all past, present, or currently planned
<br />organizational, financial, contractual, or other interest(s) with an organization regulated by NHTSA
<br />or with an organization whose interests may be substantially affected by NHTSA activities, and
<br />which are related to this award. The interest(s) that require disclosure include those of any
<br />recipient, affiliate, proposed consultant, proposed subcontractor, and key personnel of any of the
<br />above. Past interest shall be limited to within one year of the date of award. Key personnel shall
<br />include any person owning more than a 20 percent interest in a recipient, and the officers,
<br />employees or agents of a recipient who are responsible for making a decision or taking an action
<br />under an award where the decision or action can have an economic or other impact on the
<br />interests of a regulated or affected organization.
<br />PROHIBITION ON USING GRANT FUNDS TO CHECK FOR HELMET USAGE
<br />(applies to 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
<br />usage or to 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,
<br />the Grantee is encouraged to adopt and enforce on-the-job seat belt use policies and programs for its
<br />employees when operating company -owned, rented, or personally -owned vehicles. The National Highway
<br />Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for providing leadership and guidance in support of this
<br />Presidential initiative. For information and resources on traffic safety programs and policies for employers,
<br />please contact the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS), a public -private partnership dedicated to
<br />improving the traffic safety practices of employers and employees. You can download information on seat belt
<br />programs, costs of motor vehicle crashes to employers, and other traffic safety initiatives at
<br />www.trafficsafety.org. The NHTSA website ( www.nhtsa.gov) also provides information on statistics,
<br />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,
<br />and DOT Order 3902.10, Text Messaging While Driving, States are encouraged to adopt and enforce
<br />workplace safety policies to decrease crashes caused by distracted driving, including policies to ban text
<br />messaging while driving company -owned or rented vehicles, Government -owned, leased or rented vehicles, or
<br />privately -owned vehicles when on official Government business or when performing any work on or behalf of
<br />the Government. States are also encouraged to conduct workplace safety initiatives in a manner
<br />commensurate with the size of the business, such as establishment of new rules and programs or re-
<br />evaluation of existing programs to prohibit text messaging while driving, and education, awareness, and other
<br />outreach to employees about the safety risks associated with texting while driving.
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