§ 78-2. Nepotism.

(a)

Under this article, no person related within the second degree by affinity or within the second degree by consanguinity to the mayor, any member of the city council or the city manager shall be appointed to any office, position, clerkship or other service of the city. This shall not apply, however, to any person who has been continuously employed in any such position for a period of two years prior to the election or appointment of the mayor, councilmember or city manager so related to him.

(b)

No employee shall work under the direct or indirect supervision of a relative to whom he is related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity.

(c)

Degrees of relationship, as referred to in this section, will be calculated pursuant to the common law method, as outlined in state cases pertaining to judicial disqualification.

(d)

The city manager may apply the nepotism rule to other organizational and personal relationships when the failure to do so would be seriously detrimental to the city.

(Code 1968, § 22-21)

State law reference

Nepotism, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 573.001 et seq.