| 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. |