(70 ILCS 3605/49) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 349)

Sec. 49.

Disclosure of information by employees; Disciplinary Actions.

(a) No disciplinary action shall be taken by the Authority against an
employee in any case involving the disclosure of information by an employee
that a reasonable individual believes concerns the following:

(1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or

(2) mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and