(a) The board shall keep a record of all actions taken and account for moneys received. All moneys shall be deposited in a special account in the State Treasury to be known as the “West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board Fund”. Expenditures from this fund shall be for the purposes set forth in this article and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of 12-3-1 et seq. of this code and upon the fulfillment of the provisions set forth in 5A-2-1 et seq. of this code. Amounts collected which are found from time to time to exceed the funds needed for purposes set forth in this article may be transferred to other accounts or funds and redesignated for other purposes by appropriation of the Legislature.
(b) The board shall maintain at the principal office, open for public inspection during office hours, a complete indexed record of all applications, licenses issued, licenses renewed, and all revocations, cancellations, and suspensions of licenses. Applications shall show the date of application, name, qualifications, place of business, and place of residence of each applicant; and whether the application was approved or refused.
(c)(1) All investigations, complaints, reports, records, proceedings, and other information received by the board and related to complaints made to the board or investigations conducted by the board pursuant to this article, including the identity of the complainant or respondent, are confidential and may not be knowingly and improperly disclosed by any member or former member of the board or staff, except as follows:
(A) Upon a finding that probable cause exists to believe that a respondent has violated the provisions of this article, the complaint and all reports, records, nonprivileged, and nondeliberative materials introduced at any probable cause hearing held pursuant to the complaint are thereafter not confidential: Provided, That confidentiality of the information shall remain in full force and effect until the respondent has been served with a copy of the statement of charges.