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Identifying information about complainants or witnesses shall not be subject to any method of legal compulsion, nor shall such information be revealed to the *legislative oversight committee or the governor except under the following circumstances: (1) The complainant or witness waives confidentiality; (2) under a legislative subpoena when there is a legislative investigation for neglect of duty or misconduct by the ombudsman or ombudsman's office when the identifying information is necessary to the investigation of the ombudsman's acts; or (3) under an investigation or inquiry by the governor as to neglect of duty or misconduct by the ombudsman or ombudsman's office when the identifying information is necessary to the investigation of the ombudsman' [ombudsman's] acts.

     For the purposes of this section, "identifying information" includes the complainant's or witness's name, location, telephone number, likeness, social security number or other identification number, or identification of immediate family members.

[1998 c 288 § 2.]

Notes:

*Reviser's note: "Legislative oversight committee" apparently refers to the "legislative children's oversight committee" created in RCW 44.04.220.      Severability -- Effective date -- 1998 c 288: See notes following RCW 43.06A.020.