(A) No county elected official, officer, employee, board or commission member of the county or county agency shall be subject to reprisal, 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 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 county or any 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 Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884; or
(3) Is confidential under any provision of law.
(Ord. 120.0, passed 12-27-94) Penalty, see § 35.99