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| AN ACT in relation to governmental records.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Social |
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| Security Number Protection Task Force Act.
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| Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows: |
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| (1) Identity theft is a major and growing problem in |
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| the United States and in Illinois. |
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| (2) An individual's social security number is a primary |
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| means of identifying the individual, and the unauthorized |
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| disclosure of the individual's social security number |
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| creates a substantial risk that the individual's identity |
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| may be stolen. |
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| (3) Certain State officers and agencies require |
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| individuals to disclose their social security numbers for |
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| various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft |
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| of those individuals' identities if their social security |
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| numbers are further disclosed without authorization. |
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| (4) The State should take all necessary steps to ensure |
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| that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do |
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| not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities |
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| through the unauthorized disclosure of those individuals' |
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| social security numbers.
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| Section 10. Social Security Number Protection Task Force. |
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| (a) The Social Security Number Protection Task Force is |
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| created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members: |
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| (1) One member representing the House of |
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| Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives; |
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| (2) One member representing the House of |
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| Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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| House of Representatives; |
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| (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by |
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| the President of the Senate; |
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| (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by |
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| the Minority Leader of the Senate; |
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| (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney |
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| General, appointed by the Attorney General; |
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| (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary |
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| of State, appointed by the Secretary of State; |
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| (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor, |
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| appointed by the Governor; |
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| (8) One member representing the Department of Natural |
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| Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources; |
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| (9) One member representing the Department of Public |
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| Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid; |
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| (10) One member representing the Department of |
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| Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue; |
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| (11) One member representing the Department of State |
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| Police, appointed by the Director of State Police; and
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| (12) One member representing the Department of |
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| Employment Security, appointed by the Director of |
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| Employment Security. |
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| (b) The Task Force shall examine the procedures used by the |
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| State to protect an individual against the unauthorized |
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| disclosure of his or her social security number when the State |
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| requires the individual to provide his or her social security |
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| number to an officer or agency of the State. |
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| (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and |
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| recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, the |
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| Secretary of State, and the General Assembly no later than the |
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| first day of the 2004 fall veto session of the 93rd General |
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| Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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