2.__Exceptions.__Notwithstanding subsection 1, during the pendency of an investigation, a complaint or investigative record may be disclosed:

A.__To department employees designated by the commissioner;

B.__To designated complaint officers of the commission;

C.__By a department employee or complaint officer designated by the commissioner when and to the extent considered necessary to facilitate the investigation;

D.__To other state or federal agencies when the files contain evidence of possible violations of laws enforced by those agencies;

E.__When and to the extent considered necessary by the commissioner to avoid imminent and serious harm.__The authority of the commissioner to make such a disclosure may not be delegated;

F.__Pursuant to rules adopted by the department, when it is determined that confidentiality is no longer warranted due to general public knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the complaint or investigation and when the investigation would not be prejudiced by the disclosure; and

G.__To the person investigated on that persons's request.__ The commissioner may refuse to disclose part or all of any investigative information, including the fact of an investigation, when the commissioner determines that disclosure would prejudice the investigation.__The authority of the commissioner to make such a determination may not be delegated.

3.__Violation.__A person who knowingly or intentionally makes a disclosure in violation of this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture not to exceed $1,000 may be adjudged.

Sec. 22. 38 MRSA §101, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 696, §334, is amended to read:

§101. Surrender of suspended or revoked license

A pilot whose license has been revoked or suspended shall surrender his the license to the commission, which shall retain