Sec. 11. (a) An assessing official or an employee of an assessing official shall immediately be dismissed from that position if the person discloses in an unauthorized manner any information that is classified as confidential under section 9 of this chapter.
(b) If an officer or employee of an entity that contracts with a board of county commissioners or a county assessor under IC 6-1.1-36-12 discloses in an unauthorized manner any information that is classified as confidential under section 9 of this chapter:
(1) the contract between the entity and the board is void as of the date of the disclosure;
(2) the entity forfeits all right to payments owed under the contract after the date of disclosure;
(3) the entity and its affiliates are barred for three (3) years after the date of disclosure from entering into a contract with a board or a county assessor under IC 6-1.1-36-12; and
(4) the taxpayer whose information was disclosed has a right of action for triple damages against the entity.
[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-34-9.]
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.114; P.L.178-2002, SEC.38; P.L.146-2008, SEC.280.