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Public Act 0813 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 093-0813

HB5165 Enrolled LRB093 20976 JAM 46967 b

    AN ACT in relation to governmental records.

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

    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Social
Security Number Protection Task Force Act.

    Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows:
        (1) Identity theft is a major and growing problem in
    the United States and in Illinois.
        (2) An individual's social security number is a primary
    means of identifying the individual, and the unauthorized
    disclosure of the individual's social security number
    creates a substantial risk that the individual's identity
    may be stolen.
        (3) Certain State officers and agencies require
    individuals to disclose their social security numbers for
    various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft
    of those individuals' identities if their social security
    numbers are further disclosed without authorization.
        (4) The State should take all necessary steps to ensure
    that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do
    not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities
    through the unauthorized disclosure of those individuals'
    social security numbers.

    Section 10. Social Security Number Protection Task Force.
    (a) The Social Security Number Protection Task Force is
created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
        (1) One member representing the House of
    Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
    Representatives;
        (2) One member representing the House of
    Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    House of Representatives;
        (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
    the President of the Senate;
        (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
    the Minority Leader of the Senate;
        (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney
    General, appointed by the Attorney General;
        (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary
    of State, appointed by the Secretary of State;
        (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor,
    appointed by the Governor;
        (8) One member representing the Department of Natural
    Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources;
        (9) One member representing the Department of Public
    Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid;
        (10) One member representing the Department of
    Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue;
        (11) One member representing the Department of State
    Police, appointed by the Director of State Police; and
        (12) One member representing the Department of
    Employment Security, appointed by the Director of
    Employment Security.
    (b) The Task Force shall examine the procedures used by the
State to protect an individual against the unauthorized
disclosure of his or her social security number when the State
requires the individual to provide his or her social security
number to an officer or agency of the State.
    (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, the
Secretary of State, and the General Assembly no later than the
first day of the 2004 fall veto session of the 93rd General
Assembly.

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

Effective Date: 7/27/2004

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