3. No officer, including an elected official, supervisor or


appointing authority, or designee thereof, shall: (a) Prohibit a county employee from, or take any


disciplinary action whatsoever against a county employee for, the disclosure of any alleged prohibited activity under investigation or any related activity, or for the disclosure of information which the employee reasonably believes evidences: (i) A violation of any law, rule, policy or regulation; or (ii) Mismanagement, conflict of interest, or unlawful


discrimination, or a specific danger to public health or safety, if the disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law; or (b) Require any such employee to give notice to any


officer, including an elected official, supervisor or appointing authority prior to making any such report; or (c) Prevent an employee from testifying, pursuant to a


validly authorized and served subpoena, regarding activity which the employee reasonably believes amounts to mismanagement as defined in this section, before a court, the county council and/or its authorized committees, any authorized committee of the Missouri general assembly, or any other public governmental body which possesses subpoena power to compel such testimony. 4. This section shall not be construed as: (a) Prohibiting a supervisor or appointing authority from


requiring that an employee inform the supervisor or appointing authority as to receipt of a subpoena as described in this section or council requests for information or the substance of testimony made, or to be made, by the employee to the council or pursuant to a subpoena; (b) Permitting an employee to leave their assigned work


areas during normal work hours without following applicable rules, regulations and policies pertaining to leaves, unless the employee is requested by a member of the county council or a council committee to appear before a council committee or


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