111.2309 CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED.

   Any information gained as the result of any returns, investigations, hearings or verifications required or authorized by this chapter shall be confidential except for official purposes, or except in accordance with proper judicial order. Any person divulging such information in violation of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Each disclosure shall constitute a separate offense.

   In addition to the above penalty, any employee of the Municipality of Highland Heights who violates the provisions of this section relative to the disclosures of confidential information shall be guilty of an offense punishable by immediate dismissal.

(Ord. 61-1966. Passed 12-27-66.)