It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the City to release to any person any tax information obtained by virtue of a reciprocal exchange of tax information between the State of West Virginia and the City unless the person receiving the information is an authorized official or counsel for the said state or City and shall be used only for the purpose of administering official business of the City, unless the taxpayer has authorized, in writing its release to others.
This section shall not be construed to prohibit the publication or release of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification of a particular taxpayer.
(Ord. 1-7-03.)