07 AM 18
1404
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senators Rogers of the 21st, Johnson of the 1st, Williams of the 19th, Seabaugh of the 28th, Chance of the 16th and others offered the following amendment:
Senators Rogers of the 21st, Johnson of the 1st, Williams of the 19th, Seabaugh of the 28th, Chance of the 16th and others offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Rules Committee substitute to HB 340 (LC 33 2114S) by inserting
"to authorize the disclosure of certain
tax information; to provide for civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized
disclosure of confidential tax information;"
between
"program;"
and "to"
on line 8 of page
1.
By
striking "a new Code
section" and inserting
in its place "new Code
sections" on line 8 of
page 6.
By
striking the quotation marks at the end of line 8 of page 8 and by inserting
between lines 8 and 9 of page 8 the following:
49-5-275.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'return information' means any
information secured by the state revenue commissioner incident to the
administration of state income tax.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state revenue commissioner shall
be permitted to disclose any return information to employees of the Department
of Community Health to the extent such information is reasonably needed to
verify the income of persons applying for PeachCare benefits under this title.
Such information shall retain its privileged and confidential nature in the
hands of such employees to the same extent and under the same conditions as that
information is privileged and confidential in the hands of the state revenue
commissioner. Any such employee shall be subject to the same civil and criminal
penalties as those provided for divulgence of information by employees of the
Department of Revenue."
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