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1 | AN ACT in relation to governmental records.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Social | ||||||
5 | Security Number Protection Task Force Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows: | ||||||
7 | (1) Identity theft is a major and growing problem in | ||||||
8 | the United States and in Illinois. | ||||||
9 | (2) An individual's social security number is a primary | ||||||
10 | means of identifying the individual, and the unauthorized | ||||||
11 | disclosure of the individual's social security number | ||||||
12 | creates a substantial risk that the individual's identity | ||||||
13 | may be stolen. | ||||||
14 | (3) Certain State officers and agencies require | ||||||
15 | individuals to disclose their social security numbers for | ||||||
16 | various reasons, thus creating the potential for the theft | ||||||
17 | of those individuals' identities if their social security | ||||||
18 | numbers are further disclosed without authorization. | ||||||
19 | (4) The State should take all necessary steps to ensure | ||||||
20 | that the procedures used by its officers and agencies do | ||||||
21 | not facilitate the theft of individuals' identities | ||||||
22 | through the unauthorized disclosure of those individuals' | ||||||
23 | social security numbers. | ||||||
24 | Section 10. Social Security Number Protection Task Force. | ||||||
25 | (a) The Social Security Number Protection Task Force is | ||||||
26 | created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members: | ||||||
27 | (1) One member representing the House of | ||||||
28 | Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
29 | Representatives; | ||||||
30 | (2) One member representing the House of | ||||||
31 | Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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1 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
2 | (3) One member representing the Senate, appointed by | ||||||
3 | the President of the Senate; | ||||||
4 | (4) One member representing the Senate, appointed by | ||||||
5 | the Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
6 | (5) One member representing the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
7 | General, appointed by the Attorney General; | ||||||
8 | (6) One member representing the Office of the Secretary | ||||||
9 | of State, appointed by the Secretary of State; | ||||||
10 | (7) One member representing the Office of the Governor, | ||||||
11 | appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
12 | (8) One member representing the Department of Natural | ||||||
13 | Resources, appointed by the Director of Natural Resources; | ||||||
14 | (9) One member representing the Department of Public | ||||||
15 | Aid, appointed by the Director of Public Aid; | ||||||
16 | (10) One member representing the Department of | ||||||
17 | Revenue, appointed by the Director of Revenue; | ||||||
18 | (11) One member representing the Department of State | ||||||
19 | Police, appointed by the Director of State Police; and
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20 | (12) One member representing the Department of | ||||||
21 | Employment Security, appointed by the Director of | ||||||
22 | Employment Security. | ||||||
23 | (b) The Task Force shall examine the procedures used by the | ||||||
24 | State to protect an individual against the unauthorized | ||||||
25 | disclosure of his or her social security number when the State | ||||||
26 | requires the individual to provide his or her social security | ||||||
27 | number to an officer or agency of the State. | ||||||
28 | (c) 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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33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
34 | becoming law.
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