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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4
ARTICLE 5

 
5     Section 5-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Reciprocal Tax Collection Act.
 
7     Section 5-5. Collection of tax liabilities of other states
8 and the District of Columbia.
9     (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
10         (1) "Taxpayer" means any person identified by a
11     claimant state under this Section as owing taxes to a
12     claimant state.
13         (2) "Claimant state" means any other state of the
14     United States or the District of Columbia with whom the
15     Director has entered an agreement for reciprocal
16     collection of taxes under Section 2505-640 of the
17     Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code
18     of Illinois.
19         (3) "Taxes" means any amount of tax imposed under the
20     laws of the claimant state or any political subdivision of
21     the claimant state, including additions to tax for
22     penalties and interest, that is finally due and payable to

 

 

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1     the claimant state by a taxpayer, and with respect to which
2     all administrative or judicial remedies, other than a claim
3     for refund of amounts collected in payment of the tax, have
4     been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is legally
5     enforceable under the laws of the claimant state against
6     the taxpayer, whether or not there is an outstanding
7     judgment for that sum.
8         (4) "Tax officer" means a unit or official of a
9     claimant state, or the duly authorized agent of that unit
10     or official, charged with the imposition, assessment, or
11     collection of taxes of that state.
12         (5) "Director" means the Illinois Director of Revenue.
13     (b) Request of claimant state for collection.
14         (1) Upon the request and certification of the tax
15     officer of a claimant state to the Director that a taxpayer
16     owes taxes to that claimant state, the Director may collect
17     those taxes, using all legal authority available to the
18     Department of Revenue to collect debt, and shall deposit
19     the amounts collected into the Reciprocal Tax Collection
20     Fund and order payment to the claimant state under Section
21     5-10 of this Act.
22         (2) The certification shall include:
23             (A) the full name and address of the taxpayer;
24             (B) the taxpayer's Social Security number or
25         federal employer identification number;
26             (C) the amount of the tax for the taxable period

 

 

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1         sought to be collected, including a detailed statement
2         for each taxable period showing tax, interest, and
3         penalty;
4             (D) a statement whether the taxpayer filed a tax
5         return with the claimant state for the tax, and, if so,
6         whether that tax return was filed under protest; and
7             (E) a statement that all administrative or
8         judicial remedies, other than a claim for refund of
9         amounts collected in payment of the tax, have been
10         exhausted or have lapsed and that the amount of taxes
11         is legally enforceable under the laws of that state
12         against the taxpayer.
13         (3) Upon receipt by the Director of the required
14     certification, the Director shall notify the taxpayer by
15     first-class mail to the taxpayer's last-known address that
16     the Director has received a request from the claimant state
17     to collect taxes from the taxpayer, that the taxpayer has
18     the right to protest the collection of those taxes by the
19     Director for the claimant state, that failure to file a
20     protest in accordance with item (4) of subsection (b) of
21     this Section shall constitute a waiver of any demand
22     against this State on account of the collection of those
23     taxes and that the amount, upon collection, will be paid
24     over to the claimant state. The notice shall include a copy
25     of the certification by the tax officer of the claimant
26     state. Sixty days after the date on which it is mailed, a

 

 

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1     notice under this subsection shall be final except only for
2     such amounts as to which the taxpayer has filed, as
3     provided in item (4) of subsection (b) of this Section, a
4     written protest with the Director.
5         (4) Any taxpayer notified in accordance with item (3)
6     of subsection (b) of this Section may, on or before the
7     60th day after the mailing of the notice by the Director,
8     protest the collection of all or a portion of such taxes by
9     filing with the Director a written protest in which the
10     taxpayer shall set forth the grounds on which the protest
11     is based. If a timely protest is filed, the Director shall
12     refrain from collecting the taxes and shall send a copy of
13     the protest to the claimant state for determination of the
14     protest on its merits in accordance with the laws of that
15     state. In the case of a taxpayer that did not file a tax
16     return for the tax for the taxable period sought to be
17     collected and where the amount of taxes owed to the
18     claimant state is based on an assessment made against the
19     taxpayer by the tax officer of the claimant state, and
20     where the taxpayer has filed a timely protest under this
21     subsection, the Director shall require the claimant state
22     to certify that the assessment was contested before and
23     adjudicated by an administrative or judicial tribunal of
24     competent jurisdiction in the claimant state. If the
25     Director is satisfied that the taxpayer's written protest
26     is based on a bona fide contention that the claimant state

 

 

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1     did not have jurisdiction to tax the taxpayer, the Director
2     shall require the claimant state to certify that the
3     assessment was contested before and adjudicated by a
4     judicial tribunal of competent jurisdiction in the
5     claimant state. If the claimant state fails, on or before
6     the 45th day after the sending of the copy of the protest
7     by the Director to the claimant state, to certify to the
8     Director that the claimant state has reviewed the stated
9     grounds on which the protest is based, and to renew the
10     certification described in item (2) of subsection (b) of
11     this Section, the Director shall not collect the taxes. If
12     the certifications are made within that time period, and if
13     the Director is satisfied that the certifications are true,
14     accurate, and complete, the Director shall collect the tax.
 
15     Section 5-10. Expenditures from the Reciprocal Tax
16 Collection Fund.
17     (a) The Director shall order paid and the State Comptroller
18 shall pay from the Reciprocal Tax Collection Fund to the
19 claimant state the amount of taxes certified by the Director to
20 the Comptroller as collected under this Act on behalf of the
21 claimant state pursuant to a request under subsection (b) of
22 Section 5-5 of this Act.
23     (b) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
24 appropriation from the Reciprocal Tax Collection Fund for the
25 purpose of paying amounts collected to claimant states upon the

 

 

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1 order of the Director in accordance with the provisions of this
2 Section.
 
3     Section 5-15. Effect of payment to claimant state. Upon
4 payment to a claimant state of an amount certified in a request
5 for collection under subsection (b) of Section 5-5 of this Act,
6 the Director and this State shall be discharged of any
7 obligation or liability to a taxpayer with respect to the
8 amounts collected from the taxpayer and paid to the claimant
9 state pursuant to this Act. Any action for refund of those
10 amounts shall lie only against the claimant state.
 
11     Section 5-90. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
12 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
13 2505-640 as follows:
 
14     (20 ILCS 2505/2505-640 new)
15     Sec. 2505-640. Collection of taxes of other states.
16     (a) The Department may enter into agreements with any other
17 state for the reciprocal collection by the Department pursuant
18 to the Reciprocal Tax Collection Act of taxes owed to that
19 state and collection by the other state pursuant to a provision
20 of its law similar to the Reciprocal Tax Collection Act of
21 taxes owed to this State.
22     (b) An agreement under this Section shall contain
23 provisions relating to:

 

 

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1         (1) safeguards against the disclosure or inappropriate
2     use of any information that identifies, directly or
3     indirectly, a particular taxpayer obtained or maintained
4     pursuant to the agreement, or that is required to be kept
5     confidential under the applicable laws of either state or
6     of the United States; and
7         (2) a minimum threshold for the amount of taxes owed by
8     a taxpayer to a state that would trigger the operation of
9     the agreement.
 
10     Section 5-95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
11 Section 5.756 as follows:
 
12     (30 ILCS 105/5.756 new)
13     Sec. 5.756. The Reciprocal Tax Collection Fund.
 
14
ARTICLE 10

 
15     Section 10-5. The Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 is
16 amended by adding Section 9 and by changing Section 10 as
17 follows:
 
18     (30 ILCS 210/9 new)
19     Sec. 9. Collection agency fees. Except where prohibited by
20 federal law or regulation, in the case of any liability
21 referred to a collection agency on or after July 1, 2010, any

 

 

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1 fee charged to the State by the collection agency (i) may not
2 exceed 25% of the liability referred to the collection agency
3 unless the liability is for a tax debt, (ii) is considered an
4 additional liability owed to the State, (iii) is immediately
5 subject to all collection procedures applicable to the
6 liability referred to the collection agency, and (iv) must be
7 separately stated in any statement or notice of the liability
8 issued by the collection agency to the debtor.
 
9     (30 ILCS 210/10)
10     Sec. 10. Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau to
11 assume collection duties.
12     (a) The Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau
13 shall serve as the primary debt collecting entity for the State
14 and in that role shall collect debts on behalf of agencies of
15 the State. All debts owed the State of Illinois shall be
16 referred to the Bureau, subject to such limitations as the
17 Department of Revenue shall by rule establish. The Bureau shall
18 utilize the Comptroller's offset system and private collection
19 agencies, as well as its own collections personnel. The Bureau
20 shall collect debt using all legal authority available to the
21 Department of Revenue to collect debt and all legal authority
22 available to the referring agency.
23     (b) The Bureau shall have the sole authority to let
24 contracts with persons specializing in debt collection for the
25 collection of debt referred to and accepted by the Bureau. Any

 

 

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1 contract with the debt collector shall specify that the
2 collector's fee shall be on a contingency basis and that the
3 debt collector shall not be entitled to collect a contingency
4 fee for any debt collected through the efforts of any State
5 offset system.
6     (c) The Department of Revenue shall adopt rules for the
7 certification of debt from referring agencies and shall adopt
8 rules for the certification of collection specialists to be
9 employed by the Bureau.
10     (d) The Department of Revenue shall adopt rules for
11 determining when a debt referred by an agency shall be deemed
12 by the Bureau to be uncollectible.
13     (e) Once an agency's debt is deemed by the Bureau to be
14 uncollectible, the Bureau shall return the debt to the
15 referring agency which shall then write the debt off as
16 uncollectible in accordance with the requirements of the
17 Uncollected State Claims Act or return the debt to the Bureau
18 for additional collection efforts. The Bureau shall refuse to
19 accept debt that has been deemed uncollectible absent factual
20 assertions from the referring agency that due to circumstances
21 not known at the time the debt was deemed uncollectible that
22 the debt is worthy of additional collection efforts.
23     (f) For each debt referred, the State agency shall retain
24 all documents and records relating to or supporting the debt.
25 In the event a debtor shall raise a reasonable doubt as to the
26 validity of the debt, the Bureau may in its discretion refer

 

 

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1 the debt back to the referring agency for further review and
2 recommendation.
3     (g) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
4 be exempt from the requirements of this Section with regard to
5 child support debts, the collection of which is governed by the
6 requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security
7 Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may refer
8 child support debts to the Bureau, provided that the debt
9 satisfies the requirements for referral of delinquent debt as
10 established by rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau
11 shall use all legal means available to collect child support
12 debt, including those authorizing the Department of Revenue to
13 collect debt and those authorizing the Department of Healthcare
14 and Family Services to collect debt. All such referred debt
15 shall remain an obligation under the Department of Healthcare
16 and Family Services' Child Support Enforcement Program subject
17 to the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social
18 Security Act, including the continued use of federally mandated
19 enforcement remedies and techniques by the Department of
20 Healthcare and Family Services.
21     (g-1) The Department of Employment Security is exempt from
22 subsection (a) with regard to debts to any federal account,
23 including but not limited to the Unemployment Trust Fund, and
24 penalties and interest assessed under the Unemployment
25 Insurance Act. The Department of Employment Security may refer
26 those debts to the Bureau, provided the debt satisfies the

 

 

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1 requirements for referral of delinquent debt as established by
2 rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau shall use all
3 legal means available to collect the debts, including those
4 authorizing the Department of Revenue to collect debt and those
5 authorizing the Department of Employment Security to collect
6 debt. All referred debt shall remain an obligation to the
7 account to which it is owed.
8     (h) The Bureau may collect its costs of collecting debts on
9 behalf of other State agencies from those agencies in a manner
10 to be determined by the Director of Revenue, except that the
11 Bureau shall not recover any such cost on any accounts referred
12 by the General Assembly, the Supreme Court and other courts of
13 this State, and the State executive branch constitutional
14 officers. The Debt Collection Fund is created as a special fund
15 in the State treasury. Debt collection contractors under this
16 Act shall receive a contingency fee as provided by the terms of
17 their contracts with the Department of Revenue. Thereafter, 20%
18 of all amounts collected by the Bureau, excluding amounts
19 collected on behalf of the Departments of Healthcare and Family
20 Services (formerly Public Aid) and Revenue, shall be deposited
21 into the Debt Collection Fund, except that the Bureau shall not
22 impose the 20% collection fee on any accounts referred by the
23 General Assembly, the Supreme Court and several courts of this
24 State, and the State executive branch constitutional officers.
25 All remaining amounts collected shall be deposited into the
26 General Revenue Fund unless the funds are owed to any State

 

 

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1 fund or funds other than the General Revenue Fund. Moneys in
2 the Debt Collection Fund shall be appropriated only for the
3 administrative costs of the Bureau. On the last day of each
4 fiscal year, unappropriated moneys and moneys otherwise deemed
5 unneeded for the next fiscal year remaining in the Debt
6 Collection Fund may be transferred into the General Revenue
7 Fund at the Governor's reasonable discretion. The provisions of
8 this subsection do not apply to debt that is exempt from
9 subsection (a) pursuant to subsection (g-1) or child support
10 debt referred to the Bureau by the Department of Healthcare and
11 Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) pursuant to
12 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. Collections
13 arising from referrals from the Department of Healthcare and
14 Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) shall be
15 deposited into such fund or funds as the Department of
16 Healthcare and Family Services shall direct, in accordance with
17 the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social
18 Security Act, applicable provisions of State law, and the rules
19 of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
20 Collections arising from referrals from the Department of
21 Employment Security shall be deposited into the fund or funds
22 that the Department of Employment Security shall direct, in
23 accordance with the requirements of Section 3304(a)(3) of the
24 federal Unemployment Tax Act, Section 303(a)(4) of the federal
25 Social Security Act, and the Unemployment Insurance Act.
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1 assist in the debt collection efforts of the Bureau, as
2 requested by the Department of Revenue.
3     (j) The Director of Revenue shall report annually to the
4 General Assembly and State Comptroller upon the debt collection
5 efforts of the Bureau. Each report shall include an analysis of
6 the overdue debts owed to the State.
7     (k) The Department of Revenue shall adopt rules and
8 procedures for the administration of this amendatory Act of the
9 93rd General Assembly. The rules shall be adopted under the
10 Department of Revenue's emergency rulemaking authority within
11 90 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12 the 93rd General Assembly due to the budget crisis threatening
13 the public interest.
14     (l) The Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau's
15 obligations under this Section 10 shall be subject to
16 appropriation by the General Assembly.
17 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-493, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
18     Section 10-10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
19 by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
20     (35 ILCS 120/5)  (from Ch. 120, par. 444)
21     Sec. 5. In case any person engaged in the business of
22 selling tangible personal property at retail fails to file a
23 return when and as herein required, but thereafter, prior to
24 the Department's issuance of a notice of tax liability under

 

 

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1 this Section, files a return and pays the tax, he shall also
2 pay a penalty in an amount determined in accordance with
3 Section 3-3 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
4     In case any person engaged in the business of selling
5 tangible personal property at retail files the return at the
6 time required by this Act but fails to pay the tax, or any part
7 thereof, when due, a penalty in an amount determined in
8 accordance with Section 3-3 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest
9 Act shall be added thereto.
10     In case any person engaged in the business of selling
11 tangible personal property at retail fails to file a return
12 when and as herein required, but thereafter, prior to the
13 Department's issuance of a notice of tax liability under this
14 Section, files a return but fails to pay the entire tax, a
15 penalty in an amount determined in accordance with Section 3-3
16 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act shall be added thereto.
17     In case any person engaged in the business of selling
18 tangible personal property at retail fails to file a return,
19 the Department shall determine the amount of tax due from him
20 according to its best judgment and information, which amount so
21 fixed by the Department shall be prima facie correct and shall
22 be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the amount of tax
23 due, as shown in such determination. In making any such
24 determination of tax due, it shall be permissible for the
25 Department to show a figure that represents the tax due for any
26 given period of 6 months instead of showing the amount of tax

 

 

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1 due for each month separately. Proof of such determination by
2 the Department may be made at any hearing before the Department
3 or in any legal proceeding by a reproduced copy or computer
4 print-out of the Department's record relating thereto in the
5 name of the Department under the certificate of the Director of
6 Revenue. If reproduced copies of the Department's records are
7 offered as proof of such determination, the Director must
8 certify that those copies are true and exact copies of records
9 on file with the Department. If computer print-outs of the
10 Department's records are offered as proof of such
11 determination, the Director must certify that those computer
12 print-outs are true and exact representations of records
13 properly entered into standard electronic computing equipment,
14 in the regular course of the Department's business, at or
15 reasonably near the time of the occurrence of the facts
16 recorded, from trustworthy and reliable information. Such
17 certified reproduced copy or certified computer print-out
18 shall, without further proof, be admitted into evidence before
19 the Department or in any legal proceeding and shall be prima
20 facie proof of the correctness of the amount of tax due, as
21 shown therein. The Department shall issue the taxpayer a notice
22 of tax liability for the amount of tax claimed by the
23 Department to be due, together with a penalty of 30% thereof.
24     However, where the failure to file any tax return required
25 under this Act on the date prescribed therefor (including any
26 extensions thereof), is shown to be unintentional and

 

 

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1 nonfraudulent and has not occurred in the 2 years immediately
2 preceding the failure to file on the prescribed date or is due
3 to other reasonable cause the penalties imposed by this Act
4 shall not apply.
5     If such person or the legal representative of such person
6 files, within 60 days after such notice, a protest to such
7 notice of tax liability and requests a hearing thereon, the
8 Department shall give notice to such person or the legal
9 representative of such person of the time and place fixed for
10 such hearing, and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the
11 provisions of this Act, and pursuant thereto shall issue a
12 final assessment to such person or to the legal representative
13 of such person for the amount found to be due as a result of
14 such hearing.
15     If a protest to the notice of tax liability and a request
16 for a hearing thereon is not filed within 60 days after such
17 notice, such notice of tax liability shall become final without
18 the necessity of a final assessment being issued and shall be
19 deemed to be a final assessment.
20     After the issuance of a final assessment, or a notice of
21 tax liability which becomes final without the necessity of
22 actually issuing a final assessment as hereinbefore provided,
23 the Department, at any time before such assessment is reduced
24 to judgment, may (subject to rules of the Department) grant a
25 rehearing (or grant departmental review and hold an original
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1 upon the application of the person aggrieved. Pursuant to such
2 hearing or rehearing, the Department shall issue a revised
3 final assessment to such person or his legal representative for
4 the amount found to be due as a result of such hearing or
5 rehearing.
6     Except in case of failure to file a return, or with the
7 consent of the person to whom the notice of tax liability is to
8 be issued, no notice of tax liability shall be issued on and
9 after each July 1 and January 1 covering gross receipts
10 received during any month or period of time more than 3 years
11 prior to such July 1 and January 1, respectively, except that
12 if a return is not filed at the required time, a notice of tax
13 liability may be issued not later than 3 years after the time
14 the return is filed. The foregoing limitations upon the
15 issuance of a notice of tax liability shall not apply to the
16 issuance of any such notice with respect to any period of time
17 prior thereto in cases where the Department has, within the
18 period of limitation then provided, notified a person of the
19 amount of tax computed even though the Department had not
20 determined the amount of tax due from such person in the manner
21 required herein prior to the issuance of such notice, but in no
22 case shall the amount of any such notice of tax liability for
23 any period otherwise barred by this Act exceed for such period
24 the amount shown in the notice theretofore issued.
25     If, when a tax or penalty under this Act becomes due and
26 payable, the person alleged to be liable therefor is out of the

 

 

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1 State, the notice of tax liability may be issued within the
2 times herein limited after his or her coming into or return to
3 the State; and if, after the tax or penalty under this Act
4 becomes due and payable, the person alleged to be liable
5 therefor departs from and remains out of the State, the time of
6 his or her absence is no part of the time limited for the
7 issuance of the notice of tax liability; but the foregoing
8 provisions concerning absence from the State shall not apply to
9 any case in which, at the time when a tax or penalty becomes
10 due under this Act, the person allegedly liable therefor is not
11 a resident of this State.
12     The time limitation period on the Department's right to
13 issue a notice of tax liability shall not run during any period
14 of time in which the order of any court has the effect of
15 enjoining or restraining the Department from issuing the notice
16 of tax liability.
17     In case of failure to pay the tax, or any portion thereof,
18 or any penalty provided for in this Act, or interest, when due,
19 the Department may bring suit to recover the amount of such
20 tax, or portion thereof, or penalty or interest; or, if the
21 taxpayer has died or become a person under legal disability,
22 may file a claim therefor against his estate; provided that no
23 such suit with respect to any tax, or portion thereof, or
24 penalty, or interest shall be instituted more than 6 2 years
25 after the date any proceedings in court for review thereof have
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1 without such proceedings being instituted, except with the
2 consent of the person from whom such tax or penalty or interest
3 is due; nor, except with such consent, shall such suit be
4 instituted more than 6 2 years after the date any return is
5 filed with the Department in cases where the return constitutes
6 the basis for the suit for unpaid tax, or portion thereof, or
7 penalty provided for in this Act, or interest: Provided that
8 the time limitation period on the Department's right to bring
9 any such suit shall not run during any period of time in which
10 the order of any court has the effect of enjoining or
11 restraining the Department from bringing such suit.
12     After the expiration of the period within which the person
13 assessed may file an action for judicial review under the
14 Administrative Review Law without such an action being filed, a
15 certified copy of the final assessment or revised final
16 assessment of the Department may be filed with the Circuit
17 Court of the county in which the taxpayer has his principal
18 place of business, or of Sangamon County in those cases in
19 which the taxpayer does not have his principal place of
20 business in this State. The certified copy of the final
21 assessment or revised final assessment shall be accompanied by
22 a certification which recites facts that are sufficient to show
23 that the Department complied with the jurisdictional
24 requirements of the Act in arriving at its final assessment or
25 its revised final assessment and that the taxpayer had his
26 opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial

 

 

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1 review, whether he availed himself or herself of either or both
2 of these opportunities or not. If the court is satisfied that
3 the Department complied with the jurisdictional requirements
4 of the Act in arriving at its final assessment or its revised
5 final assessment and that the taxpayer had his opportunity for
6 an administrative hearing and for judicial review, whether he
7 availed himself of either or both of these opportunities or
8 not, the court shall render judgment in favor of the Department
9 and against the taxpayer for the amount shown to be due by the
10 final assessment or the revised final assessment, plus any
11 interest which may be due, and such judgment shall be entered
12 in the judgment docket of the court. Such judgment shall bear
13 the rate of interest as set by the Uniform Penalty and Interest
14 Act, but otherwise shall have the same effect as other
15 judgments. The judgment may be enforced, and all laws
16 applicable to sales for the enforcement of a judgment shall be
17 applicable to sales made under such judgments. The Department
18 shall file the certified copy of its assessment, as herein
19 provided, with the Circuit Court within 6 2 years after such
20 assessment becomes final except when the taxpayer consents in
21 writing to an extension of such filing period, and except that
22 the time limitation period on the Department's right to file
23 the certified copy of its assessment with the Circuit Court
24 shall not run during any period of time in which the order of
25 any court has the effect of enjoining or restraining the
26 Department from filing such certified copy of its assessment

 

 

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1 with the Circuit Court.
2     If, when the cause of action for a proceeding in court
3 accrues against a person, he or she is out of the State, the
4 action may be commenced within the times herein limited, after
5 his or her coming into or return to the State; and if, after
6 the cause of action accrues, he or she departs from and remains
7 out of the State, the time of his or her absence is no part of
8 the time limited for the commencement of the action; but the
9 foregoing provisions concerning absence from the State shall
10 not apply to any case in which, at the time the cause of action
11 accrues, the party against whom the cause of action accrues is
12 not a resident of this State. The time within which a court
13 action is to be commenced by the Department hereunder shall not
14 run from the date the taxpayer files a petition in bankruptcy
15 under the Federal Bankruptcy Act until 30 days after notice of
16 termination or expiration of the automatic stay imposed by the
17 Federal Bankruptcy Act.
18     No claim shall be filed against the estate of any deceased
19 person or any person under legal disability for any tax or
20 penalty or part of either, or interest, except in the manner
21 prescribed and within the time limited by the Probate Act of
22 1975, as amended.
23     The collection of tax or penalty or interest by any means
24 provided for herein shall not be a bar to any prosecution under
25 this Act.
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1 amount of tax which is not paid when due shall bear interest at
2 the rate and in the manner specified in Sections 3-2 and 3-9 of
3 the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act from the date when such
4 tax becomes past due until such tax is paid or a judgment
5 therefor is obtained by the Department. If the time for making
6 or completing an audit of a taxpayer's books and records is
7 extended with the taxpayer's consent, at the request of and for
8 the convenience of the Department, beyond the date on which the
9 statute of limitations upon the issuance of a notice of tax
10 liability by the Department otherwise would run, no interest
11 shall accrue during the period of such extension or until a
12 Notice of Tax Liability is issued, whichever occurs first.
13     In addition to any other remedy provided by this Act, and
14 regardless of whether the Department is making or intends to
15 make use of such other remedy, where a corporation or limited
16 liability company registered under this Act violates the
17 provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation promulgated
18 thereunder, the Department may give notice to the Attorney
19 General of the identity of such a corporation or limited
20 liability company and of the violations committed by such a
21 corporation or limited liability company, for such action as is
22 not already provided for by this Act and as the Attorney
23 General may deem appropriate.
24     If the Department determines that an amount of tax or
25 penalty or interest was incorrectly assessed, whether as the
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1 shall waive the amount of tax or penalty or interest that
2 accrued due to the incorrect assessment.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-193; 87-205; 87-895; 88-480.)
 
4     Section 10-15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 2-123 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/2-123)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
7     Sec. 2-123. Sale and Distribution of Information.
8     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
9 Secretary may make the driver's license, vehicle and title
10 registration lists, in part or in whole, and any statistical
11 information derived from these lists available to local
12 governments, elected state officials, state educational
13 institutions, and all other governmental units of the State and
14 Federal Government requesting them for governmental purposes.
15 The Secretary shall require any such applicant for services to
16 pay for the costs of furnishing such services and the use of
17 the equipment involved, and in addition is empowered to
18 establish prices and charges for the services so furnished and
19 for the use of the electronic equipment utilized.
20     (b) The Secretary is further empowered to and he may, in
21 his discretion, furnish to any applicant, other than listed in
22 subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver data on a
23 computer tape, disk, other electronic format or computer
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1 orders received before October 1, 2003 and $500 for orders
2 received on or after October 1, 2003, in advance, and require
3 in addition a further sufficient deposit based upon the
4 Secretary of State's estimate of the total cost of the
5 information requested and a charge of $25 for orders received
6 before October 1, 2003 and $50 for orders received on or after
7 October 1, 2003, per 1,000 units or part thereof identified or
8 the actual cost, whichever is greater. The Secretary is
9 authorized to refund any difference between the additional
10 deposit and the actual cost of the request. This service shall
11 not be in lieu of an abstract of a driver's record nor of a
12 title or registration search. This service may be limited to
13 entities purchasing a minimum number of records as required by
14 administrative rule. The information sold pursuant to this
15 subsection shall be the entire vehicle or driver data list, or
16 part thereof. The information sold pursuant to this subsection
17 shall not contain personally identifying information unless
18 the information is to be used for one of the purposes
19 identified in subsection (f-5) of this Section. Commercial
20 purchasers of driver and vehicle record databases shall enter
21 into a written agreement with the Secretary of State that
22 includes disclosure of the commercial use of the information to
23 be purchased.
24     (b-1) The Secretary is further empowered to and may, in his
25 or her discretion, furnish vehicle or driver data on a computer
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1 medium, at no fee, to any State or local governmental agency
2 that uses the information provided by the Secretary to transmit
3 data back to the Secretary that enables the Secretary to
4 maintain accurate driving records, including dispositions of
5 traffic cases. This information may be provided without fee not
6 more often than once every 6 months.
7     (c) Secretary of State may issue registration lists. The
8 Secretary of State may compile a list of all registered
9 vehicles. Each list of registered vehicles shall be arranged
10 serially according to the registration numbers assigned to
11 registered vehicles and may contain in addition the names and
12 addresses of registered owners and a brief description of each
13 vehicle including the serial or other identifying number
14 thereof. Such compilation may be in such form as in the
15 discretion of the Secretary of State may seem best for the
16 purposes intended.
17     (d) The Secretary of State shall furnish no more than 2
18 current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
19 of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
20 villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
21 at no cost. Additional copies may be purchased by the sheriffs
22 or chiefs of police at the fee of $500 each or at the cost of
23 producing the list as determined by the Secretary of State.
24 Such lists are to be used for governmental purposes only.
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1     (f) The Secretary of State shall make a title or
2 registration search of the records of his office and a written
3 report on the same for any person, upon written application of
4 such person, accompanied by a fee of $5 for each registration
5 or title search. The written application shall set forth the
6 intended use of the requested information. No fee shall be
7 charged for a title or registration search, or for the
8 certification thereof requested by a government agency. The
9 report of the title or registration search shall not contain
10 personally identifying information unless the request for a
11 search was made for one of the purposes identified in
12 subsection (f-5) of this Section. The report of the title or
13 registration search shall not contain highly restricted
14 personal information unless specifically authorized by this
15 Code.
16     The Secretary of State shall certify a title or
17 registration record upon written request. The fee for
18 certification shall be $5 in addition to the fee required for a
19 title or registration search. Certification shall be made under
20 the signature of the Secretary of State and shall be
21 authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
22     The Secretary of State may notify the vehicle owner or
23 registrant of the request for purchase of his title or
24 registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
25     No information shall be released to the requestor until
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1 apply to requests for information made by law enforcement
2 officials, government agencies, financial institutions,
3 attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile associated
4 businesses, persons licensed as a private detective or firms
5 licensed as a private detective agency under the Private
6 Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
7 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, who are employed by or are
8 acting on behalf of law enforcement officials, government
9 agencies, financial institutions, attorneys, insurers,
10 employers, automobile associated businesses, and other
11 business entities for purposes consistent with the Illinois
12 Vehicle Code, the vehicle owner or registrant or other entities
13 as the Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
14     Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of title or
15 vehicle information shall be punishable as a petty offense,
16 except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
17 or firms licensed as a private detective agency which shall be
18 subject to disciplinary sanctions under Section 40-10 of the
19 Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
20 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
21     (f-5) The Secretary of State shall not disclose or
22 otherwise make available to any person or entity any personally
23 identifying information obtained by the Secretary of State in
24 connection with a driver's license, vehicle, or title
25 registration record unless the information is disclosed for one
26 of the following purposes:

 

 

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1         (1) For use by any government agency, including any
2     court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its
3     functions, or any private person or entity acting on behalf
4     of a federal, State, or local agency in carrying out its
5     functions.
6         (2) For use in connection with matters of motor vehicle
7     or driver safety and theft; motor vehicle emissions; motor
8     vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories;
9     performance monitoring of motor vehicles, motor vehicle
10     parts, and dealers; and removal of non-owner records from
11     the original owner records of motor vehicle manufacturers.
12         (3) For use in the normal course of business by a
13     legitimate business or its agents, employees, or
14     contractors, but only:
15             (A) to verify the accuracy of personal information
16         submitted by an individual to the business or its
17         agents, employees, or contractors; and
18             (B) if such information as so submitted is not
19         correct or is no longer correct, to obtain the correct
20         information, but only for the purposes of preventing
21         fraud by, pursuing legal remedies against, or
22         recovering on a debt or security interest against, the
23         individual.
24         (4) For use in research activities and for use in
25     producing statistical reports, if the personally
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1     used to contact individuals.
2         (5) For use in connection with any civil, criminal,
3     administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any federal,
4     State, or local court or agency or before any
5     self-regulatory body, including the service of process,
6     investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the
7     execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or
8     pursuant to an order of a federal, State, or local court.
9         (6) For use by any insurer or insurance support
10     organization or by a self-insured entity or its agents,
11     employees, or contractors in connection with claims
12     investigation activities, antifraud activities, rating, or
13     underwriting.
14         (7) For use in providing notice to the owners of towed
15     or impounded vehicles.
16         (8) For use by any person licensed as a private
17     detective or firm licensed as a private detective agency
18     under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
19     Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004,
20     private investigative agency or security service licensed
21     in Illinois for any purpose permitted under this
22     subsection.
23         (9) For use by an employer or its agent or insurer to
24     obtain or verify information relating to a holder of a
25     commercial driver's license that is required under chapter
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1         (10) For use in connection with the operation of
2     private toll transportation facilities.
3         (11) For use by any requester, if the requester
4     demonstrates it has obtained the written consent of the
5     individual to whom the information pertains.
6         (12) For use by members of the news media, as defined
7     in Section 1-148.5, for the purpose of newsgathering when
8     the request relates to the operation of a motor vehicle or
9     public safety.
10         (13) For any other use specifically authorized by law,
11     if that use is related to the operation of a motor vehicle
12     or public safety.
13     (f-6) The Secretary of State shall not disclose or
14 otherwise make available to any person or entity any highly
15 restricted personal information obtained by the Secretary of
16 State in connection with a driver's license, vehicle, or title
17 registration record unless specifically authorized by this
18 Code.
19     (g) 1. The Secretary of State may, upon receipt of a
20     written request and a fee of $6 before October 1, 2003 and
21     a fee of $12 on and after October 1, 2003, furnish to the
22     person or agency so requesting a driver's record. Such
23     document may include a record of: current driver's license
24     issuance information, except that the information on
25     judicial driving permits shall be available only as
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1     entered revoking, suspending or cancelling a driver's
2     license or privilege; and notations of accident
3     involvement. All other information, unless otherwise
4     permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
5     Information released pursuant to a request for a driver's
6     record shall not contain personally identifying
7     information, unless the request for the driver's record was
8     made for one of the purposes set forth in subsection (f-5)
9     of this Section. The Secretary of State may, without fee,
10     allow a parent or guardian of a person under the age of 18
11     years, who holds an instruction permit or graduated
12     driver's license, to view that person's driving record
13     online, through a computer connection. The parent or
14     guardian's online access to the driving record will
15     terminate when the instruction permit or graduated
16     driver's license holder reaches the age of 18.
17         2. The Secretary of State shall not disclose or
18     otherwise make available to any person or entity any highly
19     restricted personal information obtained by the Secretary
20     of State in connection with a driver's license, vehicle, or
21     title registration record unless specifically authorized
22     by this Code. The Secretary of State may certify an
23     abstract of a driver's record upon written request
24     therefor. Such certification shall be made under the
25     signature of the Secretary of State and shall be
26     authenticated by the Seal of his office.

 

 

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1         3. All requests for driving record information shall be
2     made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary and shall set
3     forth the intended use of the requested information.
4         The Secretary of State may notify the affected driver
5     of the request for purchase of his driver's record as the
6     Secretary deems appropriate.
7         No information shall be released to the requester until
8     expiration of a 10 day period. This 10 day period shall not
9     apply to requests for information made by law enforcement
10     officials, government agencies, financial institutions,
11     attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile associated
12     businesses, persons licensed as a private detective or
13     firms licensed as a private detective agency under the
14     Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
15     Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, who are
16     employed by or are acting on behalf of law enforcement
17     officials, government agencies, financial institutions,
18     attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile associated
19     businesses, and other business entities for purposes
20     consistent with the Illinois Vehicle Code, the affected
21     driver or other entities as the Secretary may exempt by
22     rule and regulation.
23         Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of driver
24     information shall be punishable as a petty offense, except
25     in the case of persons licensed as a private detective or
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1     subject to disciplinary sanctions under Section 40-10 of
2     the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
3     Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
4         4. The Secretary of State may furnish without fee, upon
5     the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
6     information from a driver's record on file with the
7     Secretary of State when such information is required in the
8     enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to the
9     operation of motor vehicles, including records of
10     dispositions; documented information involving the use of
11     a motor vehicle; whether such individual has, or previously
12     had, a driver's license; and the address and personal
13     description as reflected on said driver's record.
14         5. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
15     Secretary of State may furnish, without fee, information
16     from an individual driver's record on file, if a written
17     request therefor is submitted by any public transit system
18     or authority, public defender, law enforcement agency, a
19     state or federal agency, or an Illinois local
20     intergovernmental association, if the request is for the
21     purpose of a background check of applicants for employment
22     with the requesting agency, or for the purpose of an
23     official investigation conducted by the agency, or to
24     determine a current address for the driver so public funds
25     can be recovered or paid to the driver, or for any other
26     purpose set forth in subsection (f-5) of this Section.

 

 

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1         The Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy of an
2     abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent to
3     an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a similar
4     provision of a local ordinance. Such abstract may include
5     records of dispositions; documented information involving
6     the use of a motor vehicle as contained in the current
7     file; whether such individual has, or previously had, a
8     driver's license; and the address and personal description
9     as reflected on said driver's record.
10         6. Any certified abstract issued by the Secretary of
11     State or transmitted electronically by the Secretary of
12     State pursuant to this Section, to a court or on request of
13     a law enforcement agency, for the record of a named person
14     as to the status of the person's driver's license shall be
15     prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and if the
16     name appearing in such abstract is the same as that of a
17     person named in an information or warrant, such abstract
18     shall be prima facie evidence that the person named in such
19     information or warrant is the same person as the person
20     named in such abstract and shall be admissible for any
21     prosecution under this Code and be admitted as proof of any
22     prior conviction or proof of records, notices, or orders
23     recorded on individual driving records maintained by the
24     Secretary of State.
25         7. Subject to any restrictions contained in the
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1     request and a fee of $6 before October 1, 2003 and a fee of
2     $12 on or after October 1, 2003, the Secretary of State
3     shall provide a driver's record to the affected driver, or
4     the affected driver's attorney, upon verification. Such
5     record shall contain all the information referred to in
6     paragraph 1 of this subsection (g) plus: any recorded
7     accident involvement as a driver; information recorded
8     pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
9     (4) of subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this Code. All
10     other information, unless otherwise permitted by this
11     Code, shall remain confidential.
12     (h) The Secretary shall not disclose social security
13 numbers or any associated information obtained from the Social
14 Security Administration except pursuant to a written request
15 by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual
16 except: (1) to officers and employees of the Secretary who have
17 a need to know the social security numbers in performance of
18 their official duties, (2) to law enforcement officials for a
19 lawful, civil or criminal law enforcement investigation, and if
20 the head of the law enforcement agency has made a written
21 request to the Secretary specifying the law enforcement
22 investigation for which the social security numbers are being
23 sought, (3) to the United States Department of Transportation,
24 or any other State, pursuant to the administration and
25 enforcement of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986,
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1 or (5) to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
2 (formerly Department of Public Aid) for utilization in the
3 child support enforcement duties assigned to that Department
4 under provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code after the
5 individual has received advanced meaningful notification of
6 what redisclosure is sought by the Secretary in accordance with
7 the federal Privacy Act, or (6) to the Illinois Department of
8 Revenue solely for use by the Department in the collection of
9 any tax or debt that the Department of Revenue is authorized or
10 required by law to collect, provided that the Department shall
11 not disclose the social security number to any person or entity
12 outside of the Department.
13     (i) (Blank).
14     (j) Medical statements or medical reports received in the
15 Secretary of State's Office shall be confidential. No
16 confidential information may be open to public inspection or
17 the contents disclosed to anyone, except officers and employees
18 of the Secretary who have a need to know the information
19 contained in the medical reports and the Driver License Medical
20 Advisory Board, unless so directed by an order of a court of
21 competent jurisdiction.
22     (k) All fees collected under this Section shall be paid
23 into the Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that (i) for
24 fees collected before October 1, 2003, $3 of the $6 fee for a
25 driver's record shall be paid into the Secretary of State
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1 October 1, 2003, of the $12 fee for a driver's record, $3 shall
2 be paid into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund and
3 $6 shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund, and (iii) for
4 fees collected on and after October 1, 2003, 50% of the amounts
5 collected pursuant to subsection (b) shall be paid into the
6 General Revenue Fund.
7     (l) (Blank).
8     (m) Notations of accident involvement that may be disclosed
9 under this Section shall not include notations relating to
10 damage to a vehicle or other property being transported by a
11 tow truck. This information shall remain confidential,
12 provided that nothing in this subsection (m) shall limit
13 disclosure of any notification of accident involvement to any
14 law enforcement agency or official.
15     (n) Requests made by the news media for driver's license,
16 vehicle, or title registration information may be furnished
17 without charge or at a reduced charge, as determined by the
18 Secretary, when the specific purpose for requesting the
19 documents is deemed to be in the public interest. Waiver or
20 reduction of the fee is in the public interest if the principal
21 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate information
22 regarding the health, safety, and welfare or the legal rights
23 of the general public and is not for the principal purpose of
24 gaining a personal or commercial benefit. The information
25 provided pursuant to this subsection shall not contain
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1 to be used for one of the purposes identified in subsection
2 (f-5) of this Section.
3     (o) The redisclosure of personally identifying information
4 obtained pursuant to this Section is prohibited, except to the
5 extent necessary to effectuate the purpose for which the
6 original disclosure of the information was permitted.
7     (p) The Secretary of State is empowered to adopt rules to
8 effectuate this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-56, eff. 6-17-05; 95-201, eff. 1-1-08; 95-287,
10 eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07;
11 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
12
ARTICLE 99

 
13     Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
14 January 1, 2011.