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Public Act 0571 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 099-0571
 
SB2420 EnrolledLRB099 16784 JLS 41130 b

    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 3. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 917 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 5/917)  (from Ch. 120, par. 9-917)
    Sec. 917. Confidentiality and information sharing.
    (a) Confidentiality. Except as provided in this Section,
all information received by the Department from returns filed
under this Act, or from any investigation conducted under the
provisions of this Act, shall be confidential, except for
official purposes within the Department or pursuant to official
procedures for collection of any State tax or pursuant to an
investigation or audit by the Illinois State Scholarship
Commission of a delinquent student loan or monetary award or
enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty or sanction
imposed by this Act or by another statute imposing a State tax,
and any person who divulges any such information in any manner,
except for such purposes and pursuant to order of the Director
or in accordance with a proper judicial order, shall be guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor. However, the provisions of this
paragraph are not applicable to information furnished to (i)
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
Department of Public Aid), State's Attorneys, and the Attorney
General for child support enforcement purposes and (ii) a
licensed attorney representing the taxpayer where an appeal or
a protest has been filed on behalf of the taxpayer. If it is
necessary to file information obtained pursuant to this Act in
a child support enforcement proceeding, the information shall
be filed under seal.
    (b) Public information. Nothing contained in this Act shall
prevent the Director from publishing or making available to the
public the names and addresses of persons filing returns under
this Act, or from publishing or making available reasonable
statistics concerning the operation of the tax wherein the
contents of returns are grouped into aggregates in such a way
that the information contained in any individual return shall
not be disclosed.
    (c) Governmental agencies. The Director may make available
to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his
delegate, or the proper officer or his delegate of any other
state imposing a tax upon or measured by income, for
exclusively official purposes, information received by the
Department in the administration of this Act, but such
permission shall be granted only if the United States or such
other state, as the case may be, grants the Department
substantially similar privileges. The Director may exchange
information with the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services and the Department of Human Services (acting as
successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
of Human Services Act) for the purpose of verifying sources and
amounts of income and for other purposes directly connected
with the administration of this Act, the Illinois Public Aid
Code, and any other health benefit program administered by the
State. The Director may exchange information with the Director
of the Department of Employment Security for the purpose of
verifying sources and amounts of income and for other purposes
directly connected with the administration of this Act and Acts
administered by the Department of Employment Security. The
Director may make available to the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission information regarding employers for
the purpose of verifying the insurance coverage required under
the Workers' Compensation Act and Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act. The Director may exchange information with the
Illinois Department on Aging for the purpose of verifying
sources and amounts of income for purposes directly related to
confirming eligibility for participation in the programs of
benefits authorized by the Senior Citizens and Persons with
Disabilities Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act. The Director may exchange information with the State
Treasurer's Office and the Department of Employment Security
for the purpose of implementing, administering, and enforcing
the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act.
    The Director may make available to any State agency,
including the Illinois Supreme Court, which licenses persons to
engage in any occupation, information that a person licensed by
such agency has failed to file returns under this Act or pay
the tax, penalty and interest shown therein, or has failed to
pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest due under
this Act. The Director may make available to any State agency,
including the Illinois Supreme Court, information regarding
whether a bidder, contractor, or an affiliate of a bidder or
contractor has failed to file returns under this Act or pay the
tax, penalty, and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay
any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest due under
this Act, for the limited purpose of enforcing bidder and
contractor certifications. For purposes of this Section, the
term "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly,
indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is
directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another
entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity.
For purposes of this subsection (a), an entity controls another
entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of
the voting securities of that entity. As used in this
subsection (a), the term "voting security" means a security
that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the
election of members of the board of directors or similar
governing body of the business or (2) is convertible into, or
entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security
that confers such a right to vote. A general partnership
interest is a voting security.
    The Director may make available to any State agency,
including the Illinois Supreme Court, units of local
government, and school districts, information regarding
whether a bidder or contractor is an affiliate of a person who
is not collecting and remitting Illinois Use taxes, for the
limited purpose of enforcing bidder and contractor
certifications.
    The Director may also make available to the Secretary of
State information that a corporation which has been issued a
certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State has
failed to file returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty
and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay any final
assessment of tax, penalty or interest due under this Act. An
assessment is final when all proceedings in court for review of
such assessment have terminated or the time for the taking
thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the
Director may make available to the Director or principal
officer of any Department of the State of Illinois, information
that a person employed by such Department has failed to file
returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest
shown therein. For purposes of this paragraph, the word
"Department" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section
3 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
    (d) The Director shall make available for public inspection
in the Department's principal office and for publication, at
cost, administrative decisions issued on or after January 1,
1995. These decisions are to be made available in a manner so
that the following taxpayer information is not disclosed:
        (1) The names, addresses, and identification numbers
    of the taxpayer, related entities, and employees.
        (2) At the sole discretion of the Director, trade
    secrets or other confidential information identified as
    such by the taxpayer, no later than 30 days after receipt
    of an administrative decision, by such means as the
    Department shall provide by rule.
    The Director shall determine the appropriate extent of the
deletions allowed in paragraph (2). In the event the taxpayer
does not submit deletions, the Director shall make only the
deletions specified in paragraph (1).
    The Director shall make available for public inspection and
publication an administrative decision within 180 days after
the issuance of the administrative decision. The term
"administrative decision" has the same meaning as defined in
Section 3-101 of Article III of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Costs collected under this Section shall be paid into the Tax
Compliance and Administration Fund.
    (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the
Director from divulging information to any person pursuant to a
request or authorization made by the taxpayer, by an authorized
representative of the taxpayer, or, in the case of information
related to a joint return, by the spouse filing the joint
return with the taxpayer.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act
is amended by changing Sections 30, 35, and 60 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 80/30)
    Sec. 30. Duties of the Board. In addition to the other
duties and responsibilities stated in this Act, the Board
shall:
    (a) Cause the Program to be designed, established and
operated in a manner that:
        (1) accords with best practices for retirement savings
    vehicles;
        (2) maximizes participation, savings, and sound
    investment practices;
        (3) maximizes simplicity, including ease of
    administration for participating employers and enrollees;
        (4) provides an efficient product to enrollees by
    pooling investment funds;
        (5) ensures the portability of benefits; and
        (6) provides for the deaccumulation of enrollee assets
    in a manner that maximizes financial security in
    retirement.
    (b) Appoint a trustee to the IRA Fund in compliance with
Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (c) Explore and establish investment options, subject to
Section 45 of this Act, that offer employees returns on
contributions and the conversion of individual retirement
savings account balances to secure retirement income without
incurring debt or liabilities to the State.
    (d) Establish the process by which interest, investment
earnings, and investment losses are allocated to individual
program accounts on a pro rata basis and are computed at the
interest rate on the balance of an individual's account.
    (e) Make and enter into contracts necessary for the
administration of the Program and Fund, including, but not
limited to, retaining and contracting with investment
managers, private financial institutions, other financial and
service providers, consultants, actuaries, counsel, auditors,
third-party administrators, and other professionals as
necessary.
    (e-5) Conduct a review of the performance of any investment
vendors every 4 years, including, but not limited to, a review
of returns, fees, and customer service. A copy of reviews
conducted under this subsection (e-5) shall be posted to the
Board's Internet website.
    (f) Determine the number and duties of staff members needed
to administer the Program and assemble such a staff, including,
as needed, employing staff, appointing a Program
administrator, and entering into contracts with the State
Treasurer to make employees of the State Treasurer's Office
available to administer the Program.
    (g) Cause moneys in the Fund to be held and invested as
pooled investments described in Section 45 of this Act, with a
view to achieving cost savings through efficiencies and
economies of scale.
    (h) Evaluate and establish the process by which an enrollee
is able to contribute a portion of his or her wages to the
Program for automatic deposit of those contributions and the
process by which the participating employer provides a payroll
deposit retirement savings arrangement to forward those
contributions and related information to the Program,
including, but not limited to, contracting with financial
service companies and third-party administrators with the
capability to receive and process employee information and
contributions for payroll deposit retirement savings
arrangements or similar arrangements.
    (i) Design and establish the process for enrollment under
Section 60 of this Act, including the process by which an
employee can opt not to participate in the Program, select a
contribution level, select an investment option, and terminate
participation in the Program.
    (j) Evaluate and establish the process by which an
individual may voluntarily enroll in and make contributions to
the Program.
    (k) Accept any grants, appropriations, or other moneys from
the State, any unit of federal, State, or local government, or
any other person, firm, partnership, or corporation solely for
deposit into the Fund, whether for investment or administrative
purposes.
    (l) Evaluate the need for, and procure as needed, insurance
against any and all loss in connection with the property,
assets, or activities of the Program, and indemnify as needed
each member of the Board from personal loss or liability
resulting from a member's action or inaction as a member of the
Board.
    (m) Make provisions for the payment of administrative costs
and expenses for the creation, management, and operation of the
Program, including the costs associated with subsection (b) of
Section 20 of this Act, subsections (e), (f), (h), and (l) of
this Section, subsection (b) of Section 45 of this Act,
subsection (a) of Section 80 of this Act, and subsection (n) of
Section 85 of this Act. Subject to appropriation, the State may
pay administrative costs associated with the creation and
management of the Program until sufficient assets are available
in the Fund for that purpose. Thereafter, all administrative
costs of the Fund, including repayment of any start-up funds
provided by the State, shall be paid only out of moneys on
deposit therein. However, private funds or federal funding
received under subsection (k) of Section 30 of this Act in
order to implement the Program until the Fund is
self-sustaining shall not be repaid unless those funds were
offered contingent upon the promise of such repayment. The
Board shall keep total annual administrative expenses as low as
possible, but in no event shall they exceed 0.75% of the total
trust balance.
    (n) Allocate administrative fees to individual retirement
accounts in the Program on a pro rata basis.
    (o) Set minimum and maximum contribution levels in
accordance with limits established for IRAs by the Internal
Revenue Code.
    (p) Facilitate education and outreach to employers and
employees.
    (q) Facilitate compliance by the Program with all
applicable requirements for the Program under the Internal
Revenue Code, including tax qualification requirements or any
other applicable law and accounting requirements.
    (r) Carry out the duties and obligations of the Program in
an effective, efficient, and low-cost manner.
    (s) Exercise any and all other powers reasonably necessary
for the effectuation of the purposes, objectives, and
provisions of this Act pertaining to the Program.
    (t) Deposit into the Illinois Secure Choice Administrative
Fund all grants, gifts, donations, fees, and earnings from
investments from the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program
Fund that are used to recover administrative costs. All
expenses of the Board shall be paid from the Illinois Secure
Choice Administrative Fund.
(Source: P.A. 98-1150, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    (820 ILCS 80/35)
    Sec. 35. Risk management. The Board shall annually prepare
and adopt a written statement of investment policy that
includes a risk management and oversight program. This
investment policy shall prohibit the Board, Program, and Fund
from borrowing for investment purposes. The risk management and
oversight program shall be designed to ensure that an effective
risk management system is in place to monitor the risk levels
of the Program and Fund portfolio, to ensure that the risks
taken are prudent and properly managed, to provide an
integrated process for overall risk management, and to assess
investment returns as well as risk to determine if the risks
taken are adequately compensated compared to applicable
performance benchmarks and standards. The Board shall adopt
consider the statement of investment policy and any changes in
the investment policy at a public meeting of the Board. The
investment policy and any changes to the investment policy
shall be published on the Board's or Treasurer's website at
least 30 days prior to implementation of such policy hearing.
(Source: P.A. 98-1150, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    (820 ILCS 80/60)
    Sec. 60. Program implementation and enrollment. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 93 of this Act, the Program shall
be implemented, and enrollment of employees shall begin, within
24 months after the effective date of this Act. The provisions
of this Section shall be in force after the Board opens the
Program for enrollment.
    (a) Each employer shall establish a payroll deposit
retirement savings arrangement to allow each employee to
participate in the Program at most nine months after the Board
opens the Program for enrollment.
    (b) Employers shall automatically enroll in the Program
each of their employees who has not opted out of participation
in the Program using the form described in subsection (c) of
Section 55 of this Act and shall provide payroll deduction
retirement savings arrangements for such employees and
deposit, on behalf of such employees, these funds into the
Program. Small employers may, but are not required to, provide
payroll deduction retirement savings arrangements for each
employee who elects to participate in the Program. Small
employers' use of automatic enrollment for employees is subject
to final rules from the United States Department of Labor.
Utilization of automatic enrollment by small employers may be
allowed only if it does not create employer liability under the
federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
    (c) Enrollees shall have the ability to select a
contribution level into the Fund. This level may be expressed
as a percentage of wages or as a dollar amount up to the
deductible amount for the enrollee's taxable year under Section
219(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. Enrollees may change
their contribution level at any time, subject to rules
promulgated by the Board. If an enrollee fails to select a
contribution level using the form described in subsection (c)
of Section 55 of this Act, then he or she shall contribute 3%
of his or her wages to the Program, provided that such
contributions shall not cause the enrollee's total
contributions to IRAs for the year to exceed the deductible
amount for the enrollee's taxable year under Section
219(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (d) Enrollees may select an investment option from the
permitted investment options listed in Section 45 of this Act.
Enrollees may change their investment option at any time,
subject to rules promulgated by the Board. In the event that an
enrollee fails to select an investment option, that enrollee
shall be placed in the investment option selected by the Board
as the default under subsection (c) of Section 45 of this Act.
If the Board has not selected a default investment option under
subsection (c) of Section 45 of this Act, then an enrollee who
fails to select an investment option shall be placed in the
life-cycle fund investment option.
    (e) Following initial implementation of the Program
pursuant to this Section, at least once every year,
participating employers shall designate an open enrollment
period during which employees who previously opted out of the
Program may enroll in the Program.
    (f) An employee who opts out of the Program who
subsequently wants to participate through the participating
employer's payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement may
only enroll during the participating employer's designated
open enrollment period or if permitted by the participating
employer at an earlier time.
    (g) Employers shall retain the option at all times to set
up any type of employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a
defined benefit plan or a 401(k), Simplified Employee Pension
(SEP) plan, or Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees
(SIMPLE) plan, or to offer an automatic enrollment payroll
deduction IRA, instead of having a payroll deposit retirement
savings arrangement to allow employee participation in the
Program.
    (h) An employee may terminate his or her participation in
the Program at any time in a manner prescribed by the Board.
    (i) The Board shall establish and maintain an Internet
website designed to assist employers in identifying private
sector providers of retirement arrangements that can be set up
by the employer rather than allowing employee participation in
the Program under this Act; however, the Board shall only
establish and maintain an Internet website under this
subsection if there is sufficient interest in such an Internet
website by private sector providers and if the private sector
providers furnish the funding necessary to establish and
maintain the Internet website. The Board must provide public
notice of the availability of and the process for inclusion on
the Internet website before it becomes publicly available. This
Internet website must be available to the public before the
Board opens the Program for enrollment, and the Internet
website address must be included on any Internet website
posting or other materials regarding the Program offered to the
public by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 98-1150, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    Section 10. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
changing Section 1900 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 405/1900)  (from Ch. 48, par. 640)
    Sec. 1900. Disclosure of information.
    A. Except as provided in this Section, information obtained
from any individual or employing unit during the administration
of this Act shall:
        1. be confidential,
        2. not be published or open to public inspection,
        3. not be used in any court in any pending action or
    proceeding,
        4. not be admissible in evidence in any action or
    proceeding other than one arising out of this Act.
    B. No finding, determination, decision, ruling or order
(including any finding of fact, statement or conclusion made
therein) issued pursuant to this Act shall be admissible or
used in evidence in any action other than one arising out of
this Act, nor shall it be binding or conclusive except as
provided in this Act, nor shall it constitute res judicata,
regardless of whether the actions were between the same or
related parties or involved the same facts.
    C. Any officer or employee of this State, any officer or
employee of any entity authorized to obtain information
pursuant to this Section, and any agent of this State or of
such entity who, except with authority of the Director under
this Section, shall disclose information shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor and shall be disqualified from holding any
appointment or employment by the State.
    D. An individual or his duly authorized agent may be
supplied with information from records only to the extent
necessary for the proper presentation of his claim for benefits
or with his existing or prospective rights to benefits.
Discretion to disclose this information belongs solely to the
Director and is not subject to a release or waiver by the
individual. Notwithstanding any other provision to the
contrary, an individual or his or her duly authorized agent may
be supplied with a statement of the amount of benefits paid to
the individual during the 18 months preceding the date of his
or her request.
    E. An employing unit may be furnished with information,
only if deemed by the Director as necessary to enable it to
fully discharge its obligations or safeguard its rights under
the Act. Discretion to disclose this information belongs solely
to the Director and is not subject to a release or waiver by
the employing unit.
    F. The Director may furnish any information that he may
deem proper to any public officer or public agency of this or
any other State or of the federal government dealing with:
        1. the administration of relief,
        2. public assistance,
        3. unemployment compensation,
        4. a system of public employment offices,
        5. wages and hours of employment, or
        6. a public works program.
    The Director may make available to the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission information regarding employers for
the purpose of verifying the insurance coverage required under
the Workers' Compensation Act and Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act.
    G. The Director may disclose information submitted by the
State or any of its political subdivisions, municipal
corporations, instrumentalities, or school or community
college districts, except for information which specifically
identifies an individual claimant.
    H. The Director shall disclose only that information
required to be disclosed under Section 303 of the Social
Security Act, as amended, including:
        1. any information required to be given the United
    States Department of Labor under Section 303(a)(6); and
        2. the making available upon request to any agency of
    the United States charged with the administration of public
    works or assistance through public employment, the name,
    address, ordinary occupation and employment status of each
    recipient of unemployment compensation, and a statement of
    such recipient's right to further compensation under such
    law as required by Section 303(a)(7); and
        3. records to make available to the Railroad Retirement
    Board as required by Section 303(c)(1); and
        4. information that will assure reasonable cooperation
    with every agency of the United States charged with the
    administration of any unemployment compensation law as
    required by Section 303(c)(2); and
        5. information upon request and on a reimbursable basis
    to the United States Department of Agriculture and to any
    State food stamp agency concerning any information
    required to be furnished by Section 303(d); and
        6. any wage information upon request and on a
    reimbursable basis to any State or local child support
    enforcement agency required by Section 303(e); and
        7. any information required under the income
    eligibility and verification system as required by Section
    303(f); and
        8. information that might be useful in locating an
    absent parent or that parent's employer, establishing
    paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing child
    support orders for the purpose of a child support
    enforcement program under Title IV of the Social Security
    Act upon the request of and on a reimbursable basis to the
    public agency administering the Federal Parent Locator
    Service as required by Section 303(h); and
        9. information, upon request, to representatives of
    any federal, State or local governmental public housing
    agency with respect to individuals who have signed the
    appropriate consent form approved by the Secretary of
    Housing and Urban Development and who are applying for or
    participating in any housing assistance program
    administered by the United States Department of Housing and
    Urban Development as required by Section 303(i).
    I. The Director, upon the request of a public agency of
Illinois, of the federal government or of any other state
charged with the investigation or enforcement of Section 10-5
of the Criminal Code of 2012 (or a similar federal law or
similar law of another State), may furnish the public agency
information regarding the individual specified in the request
as to:
        1. the current or most recent home address of the
    individual, and
        2. the names and addresses of the individual's
    employers.
    J. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to interfere
with the disclosure of certain records as provided for in
Section 1706 or with the right to make available to the
Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the
Treasury, or the Department of Revenue of the State of
Illinois, information obtained under this Act.
    K. The Department shall make available to the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission, upon request, information in
the possession of the Department that may be necessary or
useful to the Commission in the collection of defaulted or
delinquent student loans which the Commission administers.
    L. The Department shall make available to the State
Employees' Retirement System, the State Universities
Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
of Illinois, and the Department of Central Management Services,
Risk Management Division, upon request, information in the
possession of the Department that may be necessary or useful to
the System or the Risk Management Division for the purpose of
determining whether any recipient of a disability benefit from
the System or a workers' compensation benefit from the Risk
Management Division is gainfully employed.
    M. This Section shall be applicable to the information
obtained in the administration of the State employment service,
except that the Director may publish or release general labor
market information and may furnish information that he may deem
proper to an individual, public officer or public agency of
this or any other State or the federal government (in addition
to those public officers or public agencies specified in this
Section) as he prescribes by Rule.
    N. The Director may require such safeguards as he deems
proper to insure that information disclosed pursuant to this
Section is used only for the purposes set forth in this
Section.
    O. Nothing in this Section prohibits communication with an
individual or entity through unencrypted e-mail or other
unencrypted electronic means as long as the communication does
not contain the individual's or entity's name in combination
with any one or more of the individual's or entity's social
security number; driver's license or State identification
number; account number or credit or debit card number; or any
required security code, access code, or password that would
permit access to further information pertaining to the
individual or entity.
    P. Within 30 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1993 and annually thereafter, the Department
shall provide to the Department of Financial Institutions a
list of individuals or entities that, for the most recently
completed calendar year, report to the Department as paying
wages to workers. The lists shall be deemed confidential and
may not be disclosed to any other person.
    Q. The Director shall make available to an elected federal
official the name and address of an individual or entity that
is located within the jurisdiction from which the official was
elected and that, for the most recently completed calendar
year, has reported to the Department as paying wages to
workers, where the information will be used in connection with
the official duties of the official and the official requests
the information in writing, specifying the purposes for which
it will be used. For purposes of this subsection, the use of
information in connection with the official duties of an
official does not include use of the information in connection
with the solicitation of contributions or expenditures, in
money or in kind, to or on behalf of a candidate for public or
political office or a political party or with respect to a
public question, as defined in Section 1-3 of the Election
Code, or in connection with any commercial solicitation. Any
elected federal official who, in submitting a request for
information covered by this subsection, knowingly makes a false
statement or fails to disclose a material fact, with the intent
to obtain the information for a purpose not authorized by this
subsection, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
    R. The Director may provide to any State or local child
support agency, upon request and on a reimbursable basis,
information that might be useful in locating an absent parent
or that parent's employer, establishing paternity, or
establishing, modifying, or enforcing child support orders.
    S. The Department shall make available to a State's
Attorney of this State or a State's Attorney's investigator,
upon request, the current address or, if the current address is
unavailable, current employer information, if available, of a
victim of a felony or a witness to a felony or a person against
whom an arrest warrant is outstanding.
    T. The Director shall make available to the Department of
State Police, a county sheriff's office, or a municipal police
department, upon request, any information concerning the
current address and place of employment or former places of
employment of a person who is required to register as a sex
offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act that may be
useful in enforcing the registration provisions of that Act.
    U. The Director shall make information available to the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department
of Human Services for the purpose of determining eligibility
for public benefit programs authorized under the Illinois
Public Aid Code and related statutes administered by those
departments, for verifying sources and amounts of income, and
for other purposes directly connected with the administration
of those programs.
    V. The Director shall make information available to the
State Board of Elections as may be required by an agreement the
State Board of Elections has entered into with a multi-state
voter registration list maintenance system.
    W. The Director shall make information available to the
State Treasurer's office and the Department of Revenue for the
purpose of facilitating compliance with the Illinois Secure
Choice Savings Program Act, including employer contact
information for employers with 25 or more employees and any
other information the Director deems appropriate that is
directly related to the administration of this program.
(Source: P.A. 97-621, eff. 11-18-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12;
97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/15/2016