As Introduced                            1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                H. B. No. 262    5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES ROMAN-D.MILLER-NETZLEY-SULZER-TIBERI-CATES-     8            

       JACOBSON-TAYLOR-PRINGLE-CLANCY-PERZ-SCHULER-YOUNG-          9            

      MOTTLEY-GRENDELL-SCHUCK-O'BRIEN-VESPER-KREBS-PADGETT-        10           

      DePIERO-WILLAMOWSKI-BUEHRER-BOYD-JOLIVETTE-SCHURING-         11           

      ROBERTS-HOOD-SULLIVAN-METELSKY-SMITH-ALLEN-VAN VYVEN-        12           

          HOUSEHOLDER-KRUPINSKI-HOLLISTER-FORD-SALERNO-            14           

                     WOMER BENJAMIN-FLANNERY                                    


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To enact section 5703.55 of the Revised Code to       17           

                prohibit the Department of Taxation from putting   18           

                social security numbers on the outside of                       

                materials mailed to taxpayers.                     19           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        21           

      Section 1.  That section 5703.55 of the Revised Code be      23           

enacted to read as follows:                                        24           

      Sec. 5703.55.  THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION SHALL NOT PUT A    26           

TAXPAYER'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON THE OUTSIDE OF ANY MATERIAL   27           

MAILED TO THE TAXPAYER.