17-Grant application of the NE Texas Auto Theft Task Force

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AUTOMOBILE BURGLARY & THEFT PREVENTION AUTHORITY SPECIAL CONDITION ASSURANCES A Grantee and the Applicant hereby makes and certifies that as grantee, it and any subgrantee shall comply with the following conditions: 1. A grantee and sub grantee must comply with ABTPA grant rules and UGMS. 2. A grantee and sub grantee must comply with Texas Government Code, Chapter 573, by ensuring that no officer, employee, or member of the applicant's governing body or of the applicant's contractor shall vote or confirm the employment of any persons related within the second degree of affinity or the third degree of consanguinity to any member of the governing body or to any other officer or employee authorized to employ or supervise such person. This prohibition shall not prohibit the employment of a person who shall have been continuously employed for a period of two years, or such period stipulated by local law, prior to the election or appointment of the officer, employee, or governing body member related to such person in the prohibited degree. 3. A grantee and sub grantee must insure that all information collected, assembled or maintained by the applicant relative to a project will be available to the public during normal business hours in compliance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law. 4. A grantee and sub grantee must comply with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, which requires all regular, special or called meeting of governmental bodies to be open to the public, except as otherwise provided by law. 5. A grantee and sub grantee must comply with Section 231.006, Texas Family Code, which prohibits payments to a person who is in arrears on child payments. 6. No health and human services agency or public safety or law enforcement agency may contact with or issue a license, certificate or permit to the owner, operator or administrator of a facility if the license, permit or certificate has been revoked by another health and human services agency or public safety or law enforcement agency. 7. A grantee and sub grantee that is a law enforcement agency regulated by Texas Government Code, Chapter 415, must be in compliance with all rules adopted by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education pursuant to Chapter 415, Texas Government Code or must provide the grantor agency with a certification from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education that the agency is in process of achieving compliance with such rules. ABTPA-39 143