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126 Section 5. Remedies of Employees Objecting to Material in File An employee who objects to material in his file may place in his file a statement relating to the material he considers to be inaccurate or misleading. The employee may seek the removal of such material in accordance with established grievance procedures. Section 6. Penalty for Permitting Access to Confidential File by Unauthorized Person G.S. 153A-98 provides that any public official or employee who knowingly and willfully permits any person to have access to any confidential information contained in an employee personnel file, except as expressly authorized by the designated custodian, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. Section 7. Penalty for Examining and/or Copying Confidential Material Without Authorization G.S. 153A-98 provides that any person, not specifically authorized to have access to a personnel file designated as confidential, who shall knowingly and willfully examine in its official filing place, remove or copy any portion of a confidential personnel file shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in the discretion of the court but not in excess of five hundred dollars. Section 8. Destruction of Records Regulated No public official may destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of any public record, except in accordance with G.S. 121-5, without the consent of the State Department of Cultural Resources. Whoever unlawfully removes a public record from the office where it is usually kept, or whoever alters, defaces, mutilates or destroys it will be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction will be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars as provided in G.S. 132-3. ARTICLE XI. IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY Section 1. Conflicting Policies Repealed Ail policies, ordinances or resolutions that conflict with the provisions of this policy are hereby-repealed. Section 2. Separability If any provision of this policy or any rule, regulation or order thereunder of the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this policy and the application of such remaining provisions of this policy of such rules, regulations or orders to perso~or circumstances other than those held invalid will not be affected thereby. Section 3. Violations of Policy Provisions An employee violating any of the provisions of this policy shall be subject to suspension and/or dismissal, in addition to any civil or criminal penalty, which may be imposed for the violation of the same. Section 4. Effective Date This policy shall become effective as of November 19, 1984.