(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 specific danger to public health or safety.
    (b) Violation of this Section shall be a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 87-1249.)