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1     AN ACT in relation to governmental records.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Social
5 Security Number Protection Task Force Act.
 
6     Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows:
7         (1) Identity theft is a major and growing problem in
8 the United States and in Illinois.
9         (2) An individual's social security number is a primary
10 means of identifying the individual, and the unauthorized
11 disclosure of the individual's social security number
12 creates a substantial risk that the individual's identity
13 may be stolen.
14         (3) Certain State officers and agencies require
15 individuals to disclose their social security numbers for
16 various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft
17 of those individuals' identities if their social security
18 numbers are further disclosed without authorization.
19         (4) The State should take all necessary steps to ensure
20 that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do
21 not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities
22 through the unauthorized disclosure of those individuals'
23 social security numbers.
 
24     Section 10. Social Security Number Protection Task Force.
25     (a) The Social Security Number Protection Task Force is
26 created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
27         (1) One member representing the House of
28 Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
29 Representatives;
30         (2) One member representing the House of
31 Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the

 

 

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1 House of Representatives;
2         (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
3 the President of the Senate;
4         (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
5 the Minority Leader of the Senate;
6         (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney
7 General, appointed by the Attorney General;
8         (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary
9 of State, appointed by the Secretary of State;
10         (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor,
11 appointed by the Governor;
12         (8) One member representing the Department of Natural
13 Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources;
14         (9) One member representing the Department of Public
15 Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid;
16         (10) One member representing the Department of
17 Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue;
18         (11) One member representing the Department of State
19 Police, appointed by the Director of State Police; and
20         (12) One member representing the Department of
21 Employment Security, appointed by the Director of
22 Employment Security.
23     (b) The Task Force shall examine the procedures used by the
24 State to protect an individual against the unauthorized
25 disclosure of his or her social security number when the State
26 requires the individual to provide his or her social security
27 number to an officer or agency of the State.
28     (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and
29 recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, the
30 Secretary of State, and the General Assembly no later than the
31 first day of the 2004 fall veto session of the 93rd General
32 Assembly.
 
33     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
34 becoming law.