Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/25/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4381




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4381 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended  
5by adding Section 30.9 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 450/30.9 new)
7    Sec. 30.9. Tax return preparation task force. The 
8Department shall convene a task force consisting of 8 members, 
9one of whom shall be appointed by the Department and be a 
10representative of the Department; one of whom shall be 
11appointed by the Department and be a representative of a 
12statewide association representing CPAs; one of whom shall be 
13appointed by the Department and be an enrolled agent or 
14representative of the tax return preparation industry; one of 
15whom shall be the Director of Revenue or his or her designee; 
16one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
 
 
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1Representatives; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
2President of the Senate; one of whom shall be appointed by the 
3Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and one of 
4whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. 
5The task force shall prepare a report that does the following: 
6determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating 
7commercial tax return preparers; addresses the appropriate 
8qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum 
9educational qualifications and continuing educational 
10requirements for commercial tax return preparers; and 
11considers any other matters the task force determines to be 
12necessary or appropriate. The task force shall meet no less 
13than 3 times before the end of the year in which this 
14amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly becomes effective. 
15The report required under this Section shall be submitted by no 
16later than December 1, 2015 to the Secretary of Financial and 
17Professional Regulation, the Governor, and the General 
18Assembly. Members of the task force shall receive no 
19compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily 
20incurred in the performance of their duties.
21    This Section is repealed July 1, 2016.
  
 

22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.".