SB 20 — JURIES-EARNED INCOME CREDIT

*LRB09507307RCE27446b* SB0020 95THEngrossed GENERALLRB095 ASSEMBLY07307 StateRCE of27446 Illinoisb andAN 2008ACT SB0020concerning Introducedjuries. 1/31/2007, by Sen.

Emil Jones, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 5/917 from Ch.

120, par.

9-917 ILCS 305/1 from Ch.

78, par.

1 ILCS 305/1b from Ch.

78, par.

1b ILCS 310/2 from Ch.

78, par.

25 ILCS 310/2a from Ch.

78, par.

25a ILCS 805/8.31 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.

Provides that the Director of Revenue shall make available to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, county boards, jury administrators, and jury commissions information concerning persons claiming an earned income tax credit under the Act.

Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act.

Adds persons claiming an earned income tax credit to the list of persons that may be on a jury list.

Requires the jury administrator or jury commissioners in Cook County to compile a jury list every year (now, every 4 years).

Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.

LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b FISCAL NOTE ACT STATE MANDATES MAY APPLY ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT A BILL FOR SB0020 LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b AN ACT concerning juries.

However, the provisions of this paragraph are not applicable to information furnished to (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly SB0020 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b Department of Public Aid), State’s Attorneys, and the Attorney General for child support enforcement purposes and (ii) a licensed attorney representing the taxpayer where an appeal or a protest has been filed on behalf of the taxpayer.

The Director may exchange information with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services (acting as SB0020 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department of Human Services Act) for the purpose of verifying sources and amounts of income and for other purposes directly connected with the administration of this Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code.

The Director may make available to any State agency, SB0020 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b including the Illinois Supreme Court, information regarding whether a bidder, contractor, or an affiliate of a bidder or contractor has failed to file returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty, and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest due under this Act, for the limited purpose of enforcing bidder and contractor certifications.

The Director may make available to any State agency, including the Illinois Supreme Court, units of local government, and school districts, information regarding whether a bidder or contractor is an affiliate of a person who is not collecting and remitting Illinois Use taxes, for the SB0020 Engrossed - 5 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b limited purpose of enforcing bidder and contractor certifications.

(d) The Director shall make available for public inspection SB0020 Engrossed - 6 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b in the Department’s principal office and for publication, at cost, administrative decisions issued on or after January 1, 1995.

(e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the Director from divulging information to any person pursuant to a request or authorization made by the taxpayer, by an authorized representative of the taxpayer, or, in the case of information SB0020 Engrossed - 7 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b related to a joint return, by the spouse filing the joint return with the taxpayer.

In compiling the jury SB0020 Engrossed - 8 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b list, duplication of names shall be avoided to the extent practicable.

In a county with a population of at least 3,000,000 in which a jury administrator or jury commissioners have been appointed, the jury administrator or commissioners, upon entering upon the duties of their office, and every year 4 years thereafter, shall prepare a list of all legal voters, all SB0020 Engrossed - 9 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b persons claiming an earned income tax credit under the Illinois Income Tax Act, and all Illinois driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card holders of each town or precinct of the county possessing the necessary legal qualifications for jury duty, to be known as the jury list.

The jury administrator, jury commissioners, or the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall receive an up-to-date list of Illinois driver’s license, Illinois SB0020 Engrossed - 10 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card holders from the Secretary of State as provided in Section 1a of the Jury Act.

The combination of the lists of registered voters, driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card holders, and those persons claiming an earned income tax credit under the Illinois Income Tax Act and the preparation of jury lists under this Act shall, when requested by the Chief Judge or his designee, be accomplished through the services of the Administrative Office SB0020 Engrossed - 11 - LRB095 07307 RCE 27446 b of the Illinois Courts.