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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 8 members, 
9one of whom shall be appointed by the Department and be a 
10representative of the Department; one of whom shall be 
11appointed by the Department and be a representative of a 
12statewide association representing CPAs; one of whom shall be 
13appointed by the Department and be an enrolled agent or 
14representative of the tax return preparation industry; one of 
15whom shall be the Director of Revenue or his or her designee; 
16one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
17Representatives; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
18President of the Senate; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
19Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and one of 
20whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. 
21The task force shall prepare a report that does the following: 
22determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating 
23commercial tax return preparers; addresses the appropriate 
 
 
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1qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum 
2educational qualifications and continuing educational 
3requirements for commercial tax return preparers; and 
4considers any other matters the task force determines to be 
5necessary or appropriate. The task force shall meet no less 
6than 3 times before the end of the year in which this 
7amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly becomes effective. 
8The report required under this Section shall be submitted by no 
9later than December 1, 2015 to the Secretary of Financial and 
10Professional Regulation, the Governor, and the General 
11Assembly. Members of the task force shall receive no 
12compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily 
13incurred in the performance of their duties.
14    This Section is repealed July 1, 2016.
  
 

15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.