(A) No officer or employee of the city or any city agency shall be subject to reprisal, or directly or indirectly use, or threaten to use, any official authority to 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 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 or employee of the city or any city agency discloses information which he or she knows:
(1) To be false or which he discloses with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity;
(2) To be exempt from the required disclosure under the provisions of the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884;
(3) Is confidential under any other provision of law.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-22-94)
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Cross reference:
Records protected from disclosure, see § 27.107
Penalty for violation, see § 25.999
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Statutory reference:
Open records and exceptions, see KRS 61.884