22.04.040 Right to Inspect; Exceptions

Each agency shall make available for public inspection and copying final orders made in the administrative adjudication of cases, except matters that are:

(a) Trade secrets and commercial, financial, or industrial information obtained from a person and privileged confidential;

(b) Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes that the production of such records would;

(1) Interfere with enforcement proceedings;

(2) Tend to deprive a person of a fair trial or an impartial adjudication;

(3) Constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

(4) Disclose the identity of a confidential source; or

(5) Endanger the physical safety of law enforcement personnel;

(6) Contained in or related to the files, documents, or work product of an attorney, paralegal, or court advocate employed by or retained by the Tribe;

(7) Contained in or related to examination, condition, or operating reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of any financial institution affiliated with or doing business with the Tribe;

(8) Geological, geophysical, or hydrological information and data, including maps, with respect to any resource or potential resource in which the Tribe has or may have an interest; PROVIDED, however, that this subsection does not apply to information collected, or to plans, reports, licenses, or orders prepared or issued pursuant to Tribal law protecting the reservation environment or providing for Reservation-wide management of any natural resource;

(9) A record about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to the individual's Tribal enrollment, education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history, and that contains their name or any identifying symbol, which record is kept in an agency system or records, unless such record is:

(10) Requested by the individual or disclosure is made with his prior written consent

(11) Requested by another agency for a purpose compatible with the purpose for which the record was collected

(12) Requested by another agency or by an instrumentality of the United States Government for a civil or criminal law enforcement

(13) Disclosure to a requesting person upon a showing of compelling circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual if upon such disclosure notification is transmitted to the last known address of such individual; or

(14) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.