(A) No officer, employee, board or commission member of the city or county or any city or county agency shall be subject to reprisal, or directly or indirectly use, or threaten to use, any official authority or influence in any manner whatsoever which tends to discourage, restrain, deter, prevent, interfere with, coerce or discriminate against any person who in good faith reports, discloses, divulges or otherwise brings to the attention of the Board of Ethics or any other agency or official of the city, county or the commonwealth any facts or information relative to an actual or suspected violation of this chapter.
(B) This section shall not be construed as prohibiting disciplinary or punitive action if an officer, employee, board or commission member of the city or county or any city or county agency discloses information which he or she knows:
(1) To be false or which he or she discloses with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity;
(2) To be exempt from required disclosure under the provisions of the state’s Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 through 61.884; and
(3) Is confidential under any other provision of law.
(Prior Code, § 33.56) (Ord. 28-1994, passed 10-24-1994)