Contractor Responsibility

Companies and individuals that contract with TxDOT have a responsibility to report nepotism. When signing contracts with TxDOT, each contractor certifies that it has no knowledge that any of its employees have relatives employed by TxDOT. It also certifies that none of the employees of its subcontractors are related to TxDOT employees. Relatives include any:
  • great grandparent, grandparent, parent, aunt or uncle, sibling, niece or nephew, spouse, child, grandchild, or great grandchild, or
  • grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or grandchild of the person's spouse.