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2018 SESSION
HB 495 Secrecy of tax information; local officials to disclose information to non-governmental entities.
Introduced by: M. Keith Hodges | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Secrecy of tax information; authorizes localities to disclose information to third-party contractors. Authorizes local commissioners of the revenue, treasurers, directors of finance, or other similar local officials to disclose tax information to nongovernmental entities with which their locality has contracted to provide services that assist it in the administration of refund processing or other non-audit services related to the administration of taxes. The bill prohibits such third-party contractors from disclosing the tax information to other parties.
Under current law, only the Department of Taxation is authorized to disclose tax information to nongovernmental entities with which it has contracted to provide services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102628D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105688D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB495ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102628D
- 01/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/16/18 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/17/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105688D-H1
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 02/01/18 House: Read second time
- 02/01/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105688D-H1
- 02/01/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB495H1
- 02/02/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/14/18 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/18 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB495ER)
- 02/19/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/18)
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)