No present or former Commissioner or employee of the Tourist and Convention Commission or the city or any other person shall divulge any information acquired by him or her of the affairs of any person, or information regarding tax schedules, returns or reports required to be filed with the Commission or other proper officer, or any information produced by a hearing or investigation, insofar as the information may have to do with the affairs of the person or entity’s business. The prohibition does not extend to information required in prosecutions for making false reports or any other infraction of this chapter, nor does it extend to any matter which is in any way made a matter of public record, nor does it preclude furnishing any taxpayer or his or her properly authorized agent with information respecting his or her own report. Further, this prohibition does not preclude the Commission or any employee of the Commission or city from testifying in court, or from introducing as evidence returns or reports filed with the commission or city, in an action for violation of state or federal tax laws.
(Ord. 02-17, passed 8-31-17)