Bill Text: IL HB0294 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall publish a list containing the name of each member of the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act more than 180 prior to the date the list is published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that notice by the date the list is published. Provides that, if a member of the General Assembly whose name appears on the list subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or if that member demonstrates that his or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director shall promptly remove that member's name from the list. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0294 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0294-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0294 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2505/2505-426 new
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall publish a list containing the name of each member of the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act more than 180 prior to the date the list is published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that notice by the date the list is published. Provides that, if a member of the General Assembly whose name appears on the list subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or if that member demonstrates that his or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director shall promptly remove that member's name from the list. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
2505-426 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2505/2505-426 new)
Sec. 2505-426. Disclosure of failure to file by General
Assembly members.
(a) No later than July 1, 2019, and by July 1 of each year
thereafter, the Director shall publish, in accordance with
subsection (b), a list containing the name of each member of
the General Assembly who (i) has been issued a notice of
failure to file a return under the Illinois Income Tax Act by
the Department more than 180 prior to the date the list is
published and (ii) has not filed a return as provided in that
notice by the date the list is published. If a member of the
General Assembly whose name appears on the list under this
Section subsequently brings himself or herself into compliance
with the reporting requirements of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
or if that member of the General Assembly demonstrates that his
or her name appeared on the list in error, then the Director
shall promptly remove that member's name from the list.

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(b) The list shall be available for public inspection at
the Department or by other means of publication, including the
Internet.
(c) The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules for the
administration and implementation of this Section.
(d) Any disclosure made by the Director in a good faith
effort to comply with this Section, or any disclosure by a
third party of information contained on the list, shall not be
considered a violation of any statute prohibiting disclosure of
taxpayer information.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.