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.