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90_HB2671enr

      20 ILCS 2505/39b54 new
          Amends the Civil Administrative Code. Provides  that  the
      Director of the Department of Revenue shall annually disclose
      a  list  of  all  taxpayers,  including  but  not  limited to
      individuals, trusts, partnerships,  corporations,  and  other
      taxable entities, that are delinquent in the payment of their
      State  tax liabilities in an amount greater than $5,000 for a
      period of  6  months  from  the  time  that  the  taxes  were
      assessed.   Requires   that  at  least  90  days  before  the
      disclosure of  the  name  of  any  delinquent  taxpayer,  the
      Director  shall  mail  a  written  notice  to each delinquent
      taxpayer by certified mail detailing the amount and nature of
      the  delinquency  and  the   intended   disclosure   of   the
      delinquency.   Provides  that  if  the delinquent tax has not
      been paid 60  days  after  the  notice,  the  Director  shall
      disclose  the  tax  in  the  list  of  delinquent  taxpayers.
      Provides  that  the  names  shall  not  be  included  if  the
      delinquent taxpayer has a payment plan with the Department or
      if the tax is under appeal before a court, the Department, or
      the  Property Tax Appeal Board.  Provides that the list shall
      be available for public inspection at the  Department  or  by
      other means of publication, including the Internet. Effective
      January 1, 1999.
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Civil Administrative Code by adding
 2    Section 39b54.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The Civil Administrative Code is amended by
 6    adding Section 39b54 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 2505/39b54 new)
 8        Sec. 39b54.  Public list of delinquent State taxes.
 9        (a)  The Director may annually disclose  a  list  of  all
10    taxpayers,  including but not limited to individuals, trusts,
11    partnerships, corporations, and other taxable entities,  that
12    are delinquent in the payment of tax liabilities collected by
13    the  Department.  The list shall include only those taxpayers
14    with total final liabilities for all taxes collected  by  the
15    Department  (including  penalties  and interest) in an amount
16    greater than $10,000 (or such greater amount  as  established
17    by  the Department by rule) for a period of 6 months (or such
18    longer period as established by the Department by rule)  from
19    the  time  that  the  taxes were assessed or became final, as
20    provided in the statute imposing the tax.    The  list  shall
21    contain  the name, address, types of taxes, month and year in
22    which each tax liability was assessed or  became  final,  the
23    amount  of  each tax outstanding of each delinquent taxpayer,
24    and, in the case of a corporate taxpayer,  the  name  of  the
25    current president of record of the corporation.
26        (b)  At  least  90 days before the disclosure of the name
27    of any delinquent taxpayer prescribed in subsection (a),  the
28    Director  shall  mail  a  written  notice  to each delinquent
29    taxpayer  by  certified  mail  addressed  to  the  delinquent
30    taxpayer at his or her last or usual  place  of  business  or
31    abode  detailing the amount and nature of the delinquency and
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 1    the  intended  disclosure  of  the   delinquency.    If   the
 2    delinquent tax has not been paid 60 days after the notice was
 3    delivered  or  the Department has been notified that delivery
 4    was refused or unclaimed, and the taxpayer has not, since the
 5    mailing  of  the  notice,  either  entered  into  a   written
 6    agreement  with the Department for payment of the delinquency
 7    or corrected a  default  in  an  existing  agreement  to  the
 8    satisfaction  of  the Director, the Director may disclose the
 9    tax in the list of delinquent taxpayers.
10        (c)  Unpaid taxes shall not be deemed  to  be  delinquent
11    and  subject  to  disclosure  if  (i) a written agreement for
12    payment exists without default between the taxpayer  and  the
13    Department  or  (ii)  the  tax liability is the subject of an
14    administrative hearing, administrative  review,  or  judicial
15    review.
16        (d)  The list shall be available for public inspection at
17    the  Department  or  by other means of publication, including
18    the Internet.
19        (e)  The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules  for
20    the administration and implementation of this Section.
21        (f)  Any  disclosure made by the Director in a good faith
22    effort to comply with this Section shall not be considered  a
23    violation  of  any statute prohibiting disclosure of taxpayer
24    information.
25        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
26    January 1, 1999.

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