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90_HB3104
20 ILCS 2505/39c-7 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
Requires the Department of Revenue to provide for, staff, and
administer an Office of the Taxpayer Defender that assesses
problems individual taxpayers have with the Department and
assists in solving them. Provides that the Office of the
Taxpayer Defender shall act as a conduit between the
Department and the individual taxpayer. Gives the Office
access to any books, records, and databases of the Department
of Revenue. States that the Office is subject to the same
confidentiality requirements concerning those books, records,
and databases. Requires the Office to submit a written
report of its activities, problem resolution cases, and
recommendations for improvement, if any, to the Governor and
the General Assembly by February 1 of each year. Repeals the
Section January 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by adding Section 39c-7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 39c-7 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2505/39c-7 new)
8 Sec. 39c-7. Office of the Taxpayer Defender.
9 (a) The Department shall provide for, staff, and
10 administer an Office of the Taxpayer Defender to assess
11 problems individual taxpayers have with the Department and
12 assist in solving them. The Office of the Taxpayer Defender
13 shall act as a conduit between the Department and the
14 individual taxpayer. The Office shall have access to any
15 books, records, and databases of the Department of Revenue
16 and shall be subject to the same confidentiality requirements
17 concerning those books, records, and databases.
18 (b) The Office shall submit a written report of its
19 activities, problem resolution cases, and recommendations for
20 improvement, if any, to the Governor and the General Assembly
21 by February 1 of each year.
22 (c) This Section is repealed January 1, 2004.
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.