The reports made to the commissioner of agriculture by individuals, firms, or corporations, or to any of the several state, county, city, town, school district, or institutional officers specified in section 35-2-101, shall be regarded as confidential and not for the purpose of disclosing personal or corporate affairs. In the reports of the commissioner, no use shall be made of the names of individuals, firms, or corporations supplying the information called for in this article. Any officer or employee of the state agricultural commission disclosing such information is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year.
Source: L. 19: p. 635, § 8. C.L. § 443. CSA: C. 84, § 15. CRS 53: § 6-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-2-6. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1860, § 162, effective July 1.