(a) Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law, all passenger manifests transmitted to the City, obtained in the course of an audit, or otherwise by the City under this chapter, shall be kept confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection. Except upon court order, such manifests shall be made available only to employees, officials, attorneys and other representatives of the City whose responsibilities are directly related to such manifests; and to the person supplying such documents and information; as well as persons authorized in writing by the person supplying such documents and information.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the following information shall be made available to the public: the names of ships subject to payment of fees, whether or not the ship is current in payment of fees, the total fees due, and names of ships which have been issued an exemption certificate. The City Manager may, from time to time, make public the names of the ships and owners, operators or agents delinquent in payment of fees and the amount thereof; provided, that the names of owners, operators or agents who have executed a confession of judgment for the delinquent fees and penalties, and who are current in their fee payments under such confession of judgment as of the date on which the names are made public, will not be made public. Information may also be made available to the public in the form of statistical reports if the identity of a particular passenger is not revealed by the reports.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the City Manager may use the information in a manifest as reasonably necessary to respond to an emergency involving the ship that provided the manifest. [Ord. 23-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023.]