Full Text of HJR0067 93rd General Assembly
HJ0067eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 67
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| WHEREAS, Identity theft is a major and growing problem in | 3 |
| the United States and in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, An individual's social security number is a | 5 |
| primary means of identifying the individual, and the | 6 |
| unauthorized disclosure of the individual's social security | 7 |
| number creates a substantial risk that the individual's | 8 |
| identity may be stolen; and
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| WHEREAS, Certain State officers and agencies require | 10 |
| individuals to disclose their social security numbers for | 11 |
| various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft of | 12 |
| those individuals' identities if their social security numbers | 13 |
| are further disclosed without authorization; and
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| WHEREAS, The State should take all necessary steps to | 15 |
| ensure that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do | 16 |
| not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities through the | 17 |
| unauthorized disclosure of those individuals' social security | 18 |
| numbers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 21 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Social Security Number | 22 |
| Protection Task Force is created; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of the | 24 |
| following members: | 25 |
| (1) One member representing the House of | 26 |
| Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 27 |
| Representatives; | 28 |
| (2) One member representing the House of | 29 |
| Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 30 |
| House of Representatives; |
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| (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by | 2 |
| the President of the Senate; | 3 |
| (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by | 4 |
| the Minority Leader of the Senate; | 5 |
| (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney | 6 |
| General, appointed by the Attorney General; | 7 |
| (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary | 8 |
| of State, appointed by the Secretary of State; | 9 |
| (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor, | 10 |
| appointed by the Governor; | 11 |
| (8) One member representing the Department of Natural | 12 |
| Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources; | 13 |
| (9) One member representing the Department of Public | 14 |
| Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid; | 15 |
| (10) One member representing the Department of | 16 |
| Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue; | 17 |
| (11) One member representing the Department of State | 18 |
| Police, appointed by the Director of State Police; and
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| (12) One member representing the Department of | 20 |
| Employment Security, appointed by the Director of | 21 |
| Employment Security; and be it further | 22 |
| RESOLVED, That the task force shall examine the procedures | 23 |
| used by the State to protect an individual against the | 24 |
| unauthorized disclosure of his or her social security number | 25 |
| when the State requires the individual to provide his or her | 26 |
| social security number to an officer or agency of the State; | 27 |
| and be it further | 28 |
| RESOLVED, That 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.
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