HB4039 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4039

Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2505/2505-426 new

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall publish a list containing the name of each member of the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act more than 180 prior to the date the list is published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that notice by the date the list is published. Provides that, if a member of the General Assembly whose name appears on the list subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or if that member demonstrates that his or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director shall promptly remove that member's name from the list. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

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 adding Section 2505-426 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2505/2505-426 new)

Sec. 2505-426. Disclosure of failure to file by General Assembly members.

(a) No later than July 1, 2017, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, the Director shall publish, in accordance with subsection (b), a list containing the name of each member of the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act by the Department more than 180 prior to the date the list is published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that notice by the date the list is published. If a member of the General Assembly whose name appears on the list under this Section subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or if that member of the General Assembly demonstrates that his or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director shall promptly remove that member's name from the list.

(b) The list shall be available for public inspection at the Department or by other means of publication, including the Internet.

(c) The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules for the administration and implementation of this Section.

(d) Any disclosure made by the Director in a good faith effort to comply with this Section, or any disclosure by a third party of information contained on the list, shall not be considered a violation of any statute prohibiting disclosure of taxpayer information.

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