4.11.1117    VIOLATIONS

(1) Any authorized personnel within the department or agencies outside the department, who fail to comply with these confidentiality rules, shall be investigated by that agency and complete findings reported to the department's director. The department retains the authority to revoke an agency's access to CBI if violations of the department's CBI rules are documented. If CBI access is revoked, an agency may regain access to CBI by providing proof, satisfactory to the department, that adequate steps have been taken to improve security.

(2) Persons or agencies, who with intent to defraud, uses or reveals CBI, shall have their access to CBI immediately revoked. Violators, pursuant to 80-15-414 (4) , MCA are subject to a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.

History: Sec. 80-15-105, MCA; IMP, Sec. 80-15-108, MCA; NEW, 1990 MAR p. 2244, Eff. 12/28/90.