Any information gained by the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector or any other official or agent or employee of the city as a result of any returns, investigations, hearings or verifications required or authorized by this chapter shall be confidential, except for official purposes and except in accordance with proper judicial order, or as otherwise provided by law. The City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector may disclose to the State Commissioner of Revenue or his or her duly authorized agent all such information and right to inspect any of the books and records of the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector if the State Commissioner of Revenue grants to the City Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector the reciprocal right to obtain information from the files and records of the State Department of Revenue, and maintains the privileged character of the information as furnished to him or her. The city may publish statistics based on such information.
(Prior Code, § 110.13) (Ord. A-27, passed 3-24-1969)