| 2.__Trade secret violation.__A person may not use to that person's |
own advantage or reveal to other than the commissioner or officers |
of the department or to the courts when relevant in any judicial |
proceeding information acquired under the authority of this |
subchapter concerning a method, record, formulation or process that |
as a trade secret is entitled to protection.__A person who violates |
this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not |
less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged.__This |
prohibition does not prohibit the commissioner or the |
commissioner's duly authorized agent from exchanging information of |
a regulatory nature with duly appointed officials of the United |
States Government or of other states who are similarly prohibited |
by law from revealing this information. |