As Amended
SEC. 57-39-23. Limitations on disclosure of proprietary information; penalties.
No state employee or person hired under contract to the board shall divulge or make known in any manner any proprietary information acquired under the provisions of sections 57-39-17 through 57-39-35 except in accordance with the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, as otherwise provided by law, or in the publication of statistical information compiled by methods which do not disclose the source of the information or the identity of individual companies. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent inspection of reports by the attorney general, members of the legislature, or other state agencies, provided that such agencies and their employees and members are bound by the requirements set forth in this section.
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisoned in the county jail no more than sixty (60) days.
SOURCES: Laws, 1980, ch. 548, Sec. 12, eff from and after passage (approved May 26, 1980).