§1508.1. Unauthorized disclosure of information
A. Any officer, employee, or agent or any former officer, employee, or agent of the state of Louisiana or of any political subdivision of the state who unlawfully discloses any information obtained from a return of a taxpayer or records and files of the secretary of the Department of Revenue, contrary to the provisions of R.S. 47:1508, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
B. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prevent such persons from disclosing a return of a taxpayer or the records of the secretary as authorized by law in any Board of Tax Appeals or other judicial proceeding in which the state or any political subdivision thereof is a party.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 88, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 587, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2014, No. 198, §1, eff. July 1, 2014.
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