5412-S AMH COND ELGE 260

SSB 5412 - H AMD TO LWD COMM AMD (H-4422.1/12) 1195

By Representative Condotta

WITHDRAWN 02/29/2012

    On page 8, after line 9 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "(42) "Good faith" means the employee has a reasonable basis in fact for reporting or assisting in reporting practices.  An employee who knowingly reports or assists in reporting, or who reasonably ought to know he or she is reporting or assisting in reporting malicious, false, or frivolous information, or information that is provided with reckless disregard for the truth, or who knowingly omits relevant information is not acting in good faith."

EFFECT:   Provides a definition for "good faith." Defines "good faith" to mean the employee has a reasonable basis in fact for reporting practices. Provides that an employee who knowingly reports information that the employee reasonably ought to know is malicious, false or frivolous, or information that is provided with reckless disregard for the truth, or who knowingly omits relevant information is not acting in good faith. (The definition also applies to employees who assist in reporting practices.)

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