(1) Any agency, instrumentality or department of the State of Mississippi, which is charged by law with the collection of any taxes or fees whatsoever, shall be entitled, under the conditions hereinafter set forth, to have access to and obtain information from the books and records of any other agency, instrumentality or department of the state which is also charged by law with the collection of any taxes or fees whatsoever, if the purpose for which the information is sought or desired relates to and is connected with the statutory or constitutional duties of the agency, instrumentality or department desiring or seeking same.

(2) In order to be entitled to have access to and obtain information from the books and records of such other agency, instrumentality or department, the head of the agency, instrumentality or department desiring and seeking same shall make request therefor, in writing, to the Governor of the State of Mississippi, which request shall specify in detail the information sought and desired, and shall contain a full statement of the purpose for which such information is sought. If the Governor be of the opinion that the request relates to and is connected with the statutory or constitutional duties of the agency, instrumentality or department seeking same, and that such request is proper and reasonable and should be granted, then he shall transmit such request to the head of the agency, instrumentality or department from which the information is desired, together with his direction, in writing, that the information requested be furnished or that access to the books and records be given.

(3) The Governor shall have full and complete discretion to determine whether any request submitted to him shall be approved or disapproved, and his decision thereon shall be final; and he shall have the authority to approve same in part and disapprove same in part, and the authority to prescribe the manner in which the requested information shall be furnished and the terms and conditions under which access to the books and records shall be had.

(4) The terms and provisions of this section shall apply only to such books and records as are by statute or by their nature confidential and privileged, and shall not apply to such books and records as are declared by law to be, or are by their nature, public records, or records which are not confidential and privileged, and such records which are public records or not declared by law to be, or are not by their nature, confidential and privileged, may be inspected and information obtained therefrom as a matter of course without following the procedure herein prescribed.