(820 ILCS 170/20) (from Ch. 48, par. 2770)

Sec. 20. Language of notice.

(a) The notice furnished to employers or created by employers to notify their employees about the availability of the federal earned income tax credit shall state as follows:

IF YOU EARNED LESS THAN $....... LAST YEAR AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE CHILD, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE TAX CREDIT MAY BE A REFUND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR AS MUCH AS $..... EVEN IF YOU DO NOT OWE FEDERAL TAXES, YOU MUST FILE A TAX RETURN TO RECEIVE THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FORM IN THE TAX RETURN BOOKLET.

(b) The notice furnished by employers shall be updated annually in the appropriate blanks to reflect the maximum earned income tax credit and the maximum earnings to which such tax credit shall apply, as determined by the federal government.

(Source: P.A. 87-598.)