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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="17-608" title_number="17" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Office of the Inspector General">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On request from the inspector general, a Commission employee or official shall promptly provide to the inspector general any available document or other information concerning Commission operations, budget, programs, or vendor contracts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The inspector general shall notify the Commission chair, vice chair, and general manager if any Commission employee or official fails to provide any information or document requested under this subsection with reasonable promptness.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commission chair, vice chair, or general manager shall take administrative action to produce compliance with a pending request for information by the inspector general as warranted and appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A vendor of the Commission shall provide to the inspector general any available document or other information concerning any Commission vendor contract, including documents related to the procurement of the contract.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The inspector general shall promptly notify Commission officers if any vendor fails to provide any information or document requested under this subsection with reasonable promptness.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commission officers shall take appropriate administrative or civil action to produce vendor compliance with a pending request for information by the inspector general.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each Commission employee should report any fraud, waste, or abuse to the Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A Commission employee, vendor, or employee of any vendor may not be retaliated against or penalized, or threatened with retaliation or penalty, for providing information to, cooperating with, or in any way assisting the inspector general and staff of the Office in connection with any activity authorized under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The inspector general may not disclose the identity of a person that reports an allegation of fraud, waste, or abuse unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the reporting person consents to disclosure of the person’s identity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>disclosure is reasonably necessary to complete an audit or investigation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>another person is legally entitled to disclosure of the identity of the reporting person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The inspector general or a staff member authorized by the inspector general may administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit from any person if necessary to perform the duties under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
