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[§92F-17] Criminal penalties. (a) An offi cer or employee of an agency who
intentionally discloses or provides a copy of a government record, or any con-
fi dential information explicitly described by specifi c confi dentiality statutes, to
any person or agency with actual knowledge that disclosure is prohibited, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless a greater penalty is otherwise provided for by
law.
(b) A person who intentionally gains access to or obtains a copy of a
government record by false pretense, bribery, or theft, with actual knowledge
that access is prohibited. or who intentionally obtains any confi dential informa-
tion by false pretense, bribery, or theft, with actual knowledge that it
is prohibited [by] a confi dentiality statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[L 1988, c 262, pt of §1]
§92F-18 Agency implementation. (a) Each agency shall:
(1) Issue instructions and guidelines necessary to effectuate this
chapter; and
(2) Take steps to assure that all its employees and offi cers respon-
sible for the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of gov-
ernment records are informed of the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Each agency shall compile a public report describing the records it
routinely uses or maintains using forms prescribed by the offi ce of information
practices. The public reports shall be fi led with the offi ce of information prac-
tices on or before December 31, 1994. The public reports shall include:
(1) The name and location of each set of records;
(2) The authority under which the records are maintained;
(3) The categories of individuals for whom records are maintained;
(4) The categories of information or data maintained in the records;
(5) The categories of sources of information in the records;
(6) The categories of uses and disclosures made of the records;
(7) The agencies and categories of persons outside of the agency
which routinely use the records;
(8) The records routinely used by the agency which are maintained
by:
(A) Another agency; or
(B) A person other than an agency;
(9) The policies and practices of the agency regarding storage, re-
trievability, access controls, retentions, and disposal of the informa-
tion maintained in records;
(10) The title, business address, and business telephone number of
the agency offi cer or offi cers responsible for the records;
(11) The agency procedures whereby an individual may request ac-
cess to records; and
(12) The number of written requests for access within the preceding
year, the number denied, the number of lawsuits initiated against the
agency under this part, and the number of suits in which access was
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