Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) As a general
rule, a person may not disclose or acknowledge, to another person, any
information relating to a complaint, preliminary inquiry, investigation,
hearing or petition for reconsideration which is before the Commission.
However, a person may disclose or acknowledge to another person matters held
confidential in accordance with this chapter or
65 Pa.C.S. §
1108
(relating to investigations by commission), when the matters pertain to any of
the following:
(1) Final orders of the
Commission as provided in
65 Pa.C.S. §
1108(h).
(2) Hearings conducted in public under
65 Pa.C.S. §
1108(g).
(3) For the purpose of seeking advice of
legal counsel.
(4) Filing an appeal
from a Commission order.
(5)
Communicating with the Commission or its staff, in the course of a preliminary
inquiry, investigation, hearing or petition for reconsideration by the
Commission.
(6) Consulting with a
law enforcement official or agency for the purpose of initiating, participating
in or responding to an investigation or prosecution by the law enforcement
official or agency.
(7) Testifying
under oath before a governmental body or a similar body of the United States of
America.
(8) Information, records
or proceedings relating to a complaint, preliminary inquiry, investigation,
hearing or petition for reconsideration which the person is the subject
of.
(9) The publication or
broadcast of information legally obtained by the news media regarding a
confidential Commission proceeding.
(10) The divulgence by individuals who are
interviewees or witnesses as to confidential Commission proceedings regarding
information that was already in their possession or the disclosure of their own
statements.
The provisions of this §21.6 issued under the Public
Official and Employee Ethics Act,
65 Pa.C.S. §§
1107(1) and
1108(k)(9).
