State Government Administration Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 04, 2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5165

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5165 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
 
4     "AN ACT in relation to governmental records."; and
 
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause withe the
6 following:
 
7     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 Social Security Number Protection Task Force Act.
 
9     Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows:
10         (1) Identity theft is a major and growing problem in
11 the United States and in Illinois.
12         (2) An individual's social security number is a primary
13 means of identifying the individual, and the unauthorized
14 disclosure of the individual's social security number
15 creates a substantial risk that the individual's identity
16 may be stolen.
17         (3) Certain State officers and agencies require
18 individuals to disclose their social security numbers for
19 various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft
20 of those individuals' identities if their social security
21 numbers are further disclosed without authorization.
22         (4) The State should take all necessary steps to ensure

 

 

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1 that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do
2 not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities
3 through the unauthorized disclosure of those individuals'
4 social security numbers.
 
5     Section 10. Social Security Number Protection Task Force.
6     (a) The Social Security Number Protection Task Force is
7 created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
8         (1) One member representing the House of
9 Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
10 Representatives;
11         (2) One member representing the House of
12 Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the
13 House of Representatives;
14         (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
15 the President of the Senate;
16         (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by
17 the Minority Leader of the Senate;
18         (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney
19 General, appointed by the Attorney General;
20         (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary
21 of State, appointed by the Secretary of State;
22         (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor,
23 appointed by the Governor;
24         (8) One member representing the Department of Natural
25 Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources;
26         (9) One member representing the Department of Public
27 Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid;
28         (10) One member representing the Department of
29 Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue; and
30         (11) One member representing the Department of State
31 Police, appointed by the Director of State Police.
32     (b) The Task Force shall examine the procedures used by the
33 State to protect an individual against the unauthorized

 

 

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1 disclosure of his or her social security number when the State
2 requires the individual to provide his or her social security
3 number to an officer or agency of the State.
4     (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and
5 recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, the
6 Secretary of State, and the General Assembly no later than the
7 first day of the 2004 fall veto session of the 93rd General
8 Assembly.
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.".