Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 4/25/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4381

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4381 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended
5by adding Section 30.9 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 450/30.9 new)
7    Sec. 30.9. Tax return preparation task force. The
8Department shall convene a task force consisting of 8 members,
9one of whom shall be appointed by the Department and be a
10representative of the Department; one of whom shall be
11appointed by the Department and be a representative of a
12statewide association representing CPAs; one of whom shall be
13appointed by the Department and be an enrolled agent or
14representative of the tax return preparation industry; one of
15whom shall be the Director of Revenue or his or her designee;
16one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

 

 

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1Representatives; one of whom shall be appointed by the
2President of the Senate; one of whom shall be appointed by the
3Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and one of
4whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
5The task force shall prepare a report that does the following:
6determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating
7commercial tax return preparers; addresses the appropriate
8qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum
9educational qualifications and continuing educational
10requirements for commercial tax return preparers; and
11considers any other matters the task force determines to be
12necessary or appropriate. The task force shall meet no less
13than 3 times before the end of the year in which this
14amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly becomes effective.
15The report required under this Section shall be submitted by no
16later than December 1, 2015 to the Secretary of Financial and
17Professional Regulation, the Governor, and the General
18Assembly. Members of the task force shall receive no
19compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily
20incurred in the performance of their duties.
21    This Section is repealed July 1, 2016.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".