[§661-28]  Jurisdiction.  No court shall
have jurisdiction over an action under this part based upon the public
disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or
administrative hearing, in a legislative or administrative report, hearing, audit,
or investigation, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the
attorney general or the person bringing the action is an original source of the
information.  For purposes of this section:



"Original source" means an individual
who has direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the
allegations are based and has voluntarily provided the information to the State
before filing an action under this part that is based on the information, and
whose information provided the basis or catalyst for the investigation,
hearing, audit, or report that led to the public disclosure. [L 2000, c 126, pt
of §1]