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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended  by 
5adding 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 7 members, 
9one of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary and be a 
10representative of the Department; one of whom shall be 
11appointed by the Secretary and be a representative of a 
12statewide association representing CPAs; one of whom shall be 
13appointed by the Secretary and be an enrolled agent or 
14representative of the tax return preparation industry; one of 
15whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
16Representatives; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
17President of the Senate; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
18Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and one of 
19whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. 
20The task force shall prepare a report that does the following: 
21determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating 
22commercial tax return preparers; addresses the appropriate 
23qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum 
 
 
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1educational qualifications and continuing educational 
2requirements for commercial tax return preparers; and 
3considers any other matters the task force determines to be 
4necessary or appropriate. The task force shall meet no less 
5than 3 times before the end of the year in which this 
6amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly becomes effective. 
7The report required under this Section shall be submitted by no 
8later than December 1, 2014 to the Secretary, the Governor, and 
9the General Assembly. Members of the task force shall receive 
10no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses 
11necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
12    This Section is repealed on December 1, 2015.
  
 

13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.