SB3480 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3480

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2505/2505-65

was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue has the power to share information with any State agency that administers at least one means-tested program for the purpose of verifying income eligibility for those programs if the person whose information is being shared consents in writing to the disclosure. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2505-65 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2505/2505-65) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12)

Sec. 2505-65. Exchange of information.

(a) The Department has the power to exchange with any state, with any local subdivisions of any state, or with the federal government, except when specifically prohibited by law, any information that may be necessary to efficient tax administration and that may be acquired as a result of the administration of the laws set forth in the Sections following Section 95-10 and preceding Section 2505-60.

(b) The Department has the power to exchange with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the contrary, the Department of Revenue shall not be liable to any person for any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) under this subsection (b) or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of this subsection (b).

(c) The Department has the power to share information with any State agency that administers at least one means-tested program for the purpose of verifying income eligibility for those programs if the person whose information is being shared consents in writing to the disclosure. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the contrary, the Department of Revenue shall not be liable to any person for any disclosure of information under this subsection or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.