HB2579 EngrossedLRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 AN ACT concerning revenue. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil 5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 6 2505-380 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2505/2505-380) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b47) 8 Sec. 2505-380. Revocation of or refusal to issue or 9 reissue a certificate of registration, permit, or license. 10 (a) The Department has the power, after notice and an 11 opportunity for a hearing, to revoke a certificate of 12 registration, permit, or license issued by the Department if 13 the holder of the certificate of registration, permit, or 14 license fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, fee, 15 penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any 16 final assessment of tax, fee, penalty, or interest, as 17 required by the tax or fee Act under which the certificate of 18 registration, permit, or license is required or any other tax 19 or fee Act administered by the Department. 20 (b) The Department may refuse to issue, reissue, or renew 21 a certificate of registration, permit, or license authorized 22 to be issued by the Department if a person who is named as the 23 owner, a partner, a corporate officer, or, in the case of a HB2579 Engrossed LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 2 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 limited liability company, a manager or member, of the 2 applicant on the application for the certificate of 3 registration, permit or license, is or has been named as the 4 owner, a partner, a corporate officer, or in the case of a 5 limited liability company, a manager or member, on the 6 application for the certificate of registration, permit, or 7 license of a person that (i) is in default for moneys due under 8 the tax or fee Act upon which the certificate of registration, 9 permit, or license is required or any other tax or fee Act 10 administered by the Department or (ii) fails to file any 11 return, on or before the due date prescribed for filing that 12 return (including any extensions of time granted by the 13 Department), that the person is required to file under the tax 14 or fee Act upon which the certificate of registration, permit, 15 or license is required or any other tax or fee Act administered 16 by the Department. For purposes of this Section only, in 17 determining whether a person is in default for moneys due, the 18 Department shall include only amounts established as a final 19 liability within the 23 years prior to the date of the 20 Department's notice of refusal to issue or reissue the 21 certificate of registration, permit, or license. For purposes 22 of this Section, "person" means any natural individual, firm, 23 partnership, association, joint stock company, joint 24 adventure, public or private corporation, limited liability 25 company, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other 26 representative appointed by order of any court. HB2579 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 3 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 (c) When revoking or refusing to issue or reissue a 2 certificate of registration, permit, or license issued by the 3 Department, the procedure for notice and hearing used shall be 4 the procedure provided under the Act pursuant to which the 5 certificate of registration, permit, or license was issued. 6 (Source: P.A. 102-40, eff. 6-25-21.) 7 Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 8 by changing Section 2a as follows: 9 (35 ILCS 120/2a) (from Ch. 120, par. 441a) 10 Sec. 2a. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the 11 business of selling tangible personal property at retail in 12 this State without a certificate of registration from the 13 Department. Application for a certificate of registration 14 shall be made to the Department upon forms furnished by it. 15 Each such application shall be signed and verified and shall 16 state: (1) the name and social security number of the 17 applicant; (2) the address of his principal place of business; 18 (3) the address of the principal place of business from which 19 he engages in the business of selling tangible personal 20 property at retail in this State and the addresses of all other 21 places of business, if any (enumerating such addresses, if 22 any, in a separate list attached to and made a part of the 23 application), from which he engages in the business of selling 24 tangible personal property at retail in this State; (4) the HB2579 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 4 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 name and address of the person or persons who will be 2 responsible for filing returns and payment of taxes due under 3 this Act; (5) in the case of a publicly traded corporation, the 4 name and title of the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating 5 Officer, and any other officer or employee with responsibility 6 for preparing tax returns under this Act, and, in the case of 7 all other corporations, the name, title, and social security 8 number of each corporate officer; (6) in the case of a limited 9 liability company, the name, social security number, and FEIN 10 number of each manager and member; and (7) such other 11 information as the Department may reasonably require. The 12 application shall contain an acceptance of responsibility 13 signed by the person or persons who will be responsible for 14 filing returns and payment of the taxes due under this Act. If 15 the applicant will sell tangible personal property at retail 16 through vending machines, his application to register shall 17 indicate the number of vending machines to be so operated. If 18 requested by the Department at any time, that person shall 19 verify the total number of vending machines he or she uses in 20 his or her business of selling tangible personal property at 21 retail. 22 The Department shall provide by rule for an expedited 23 business registration process for remote retailers required to 24 register and file under subsection (b) of Section 2 who use a 25 certified service provider to file their returns under this 26 Act. Such expedited registration process shall allow the HB2579 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 5 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 Department to register a taxpayer based upon the same 2 registration information required by the Streamlined Sales Tax 3 Governing Board for states participating in the Streamlined 4 Sales Tax Project. 5 The Department may deny a certificate of registration to 6 any applicant if a person who is named as the owner, a partner, 7 a manager or member of a limited liability company, or a 8 corporate officer of the applicant on the application for the 9 certificate of registration is or has been named as the owner, 10 a partner, a manager or member of a limited liability company, 11 or a corporate officer on the application for the certificate 12 of registration of another retailer that (i) is in default for 13 moneys due under this Act or any other tax or fee Act 14 administered by the Department or (ii) fails to file any 15 return, on or before the due date prescribed for filing that 16 return (including any extensions of time granted by the 17 Department), that the retailer is required to file under this 18 Act or any other tax or fee Act administered by the Department. 19 For purposes of this paragraph only, in determining whether a 20 person is in default for moneys due, the Department shall 21 include only amounts established as a final liability within 22 the 23 years prior to the date of the Department's notice of 23 denial of a certificate of registration. 24 The Department may require an applicant for a certificate 25 of registration hereunder to, at the time of filing such 26 application, furnish a bond from a surety company authorized HB2579 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 6 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 to do business in the State of Illinois, or an irrevocable bank 2 letter of credit or a bond signed by 2 personal sureties who 3 have filed, with the Department, sworn statements disclosing 4 net assets equal to at least 3 times the amount of the bond to 5 be required of such applicant, or a bond secured by an 6 assignment of a bank account or certificate of deposit, stocks 7 or bonds, conditioned upon the applicant paying to the State 8 of Illinois all moneys becoming due under this Act and under 9 any other State tax law or municipal or county tax ordinance or 10 resolution under which the certificate of registration that is 11 issued to the applicant under this Act will permit the 12 applicant to engage in business without registering separately 13 under such other law, ordinance or resolution. In making a 14 determination as to whether to require a bond or other 15 security, the Department shall take into consideration whether 16 the owner, any partner, any manager or member of a limited 17 liability company, or a corporate officer of the applicant is 18 or has been the owner, a partner, a manager or member of a 19 limited liability company, or a corporate officer of another 20 retailer that is in default for moneys due under this Act or 21 any other tax or fee Act administered by the Department; and 22 whether the owner, any partner, any manager or member of a 23 limited liability company, or a corporate officer of the 24 applicant is or has been the owner, a partner, a manager or 25 member of a limited liability company, or a corporate officer 26 of another retailer whose certificate of registration has been HB2579 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 7 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 revoked within the previous 5 years under this Act or any other 2 tax or fee Act administered by the Department. If a bond or 3 other security is required, the Department shall fix the 4 amount of the bond or other security, taking into 5 consideration the amount of money expected to become due from 6 the applicant under this Act and under any other State tax law 7 or municipal or county tax ordinance or resolution under which 8 the certificate of registration that is issued to the 9 applicant under this Act will permit the applicant to engage 10 in business without registering separately under such other 11 law, ordinance, or resolution. The amount of security required 12 by the Department shall be such as, in its opinion, will 13 protect the State of Illinois against failure to pay the 14 amount which may become due from the applicant under this Act 15 and under any other State tax law or municipal or county tax 16 ordinance or resolution under which the certificate of 17 registration that is issued to the applicant under this Act 18 will permit the applicant to engage in business without 19 registering separately under such other law, ordinance or 20 resolution, but the amount of the security required by the 21 Department shall not exceed three times the amount of the 22 applicant's average monthly tax liability, or $50,000.00, 23 whichever amount is lower. 24 No certificate of registration under this Act shall be 25 issued by the Department until the applicant provides the 26 Department with satisfactory security, if required, as herein HB2579 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 8 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 provided for. 2 Upon receipt of the application for certificate of 3 registration in proper form, and upon approval by the 4 Department of the security furnished by the applicant, if 5 required, the Department shall issue to such applicant a 6 certificate of registration which shall permit the person to 7 whom it is issued to engage in the business of selling tangible 8 personal property at retail in this State. The certificate of 9 registration shall be conspicuously displayed at the place of 10 business which the person so registered states in his 11 application to be the principal place of business from which 12 he engages in the business of selling tangible personal 13 property at retail in this State. 14 No certificate of registration issued prior to July 1, 15 2017 to a taxpayer who files returns required by this Act on a 16 monthly basis or renewed prior to July 1, 2017 by a taxpayer 17 who files returns required by this Act on a monthly basis shall 18 be valid after the expiration of 5 years from the date of its 19 issuance or last renewal. No certificate of registration 20 issued on or after July 1, 2017 to a taxpayer who files returns 21 required by this Act on a monthly basis or renewed on or after 22 July 1, 2017 by a taxpayer who files returns required by this 23 Act on a monthly basis shall be valid after the expiration of 24 one year from the date of its issuance or last renewal. The 25 expiration date of a sub-certificate of registration shall be 26 that of the certificate of registration to which the HB2579 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 9 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 sub-certificate relates. Prior to July 1, 2017, a certificate 2 of registration shall automatically be renewed, subject to 3 revocation as provided by this Act, for an additional 5 years 4 from the date of its expiration unless otherwise notified by 5 the Department as provided by this paragraph. On and after 6 July 1, 2017, a certificate of registration shall 7 automatically be renewed, subject to revocation as provided by 8 this Act, for an additional one year from the date of its 9 expiration unless otherwise notified by the Department as 10 provided by this paragraph. 11 Where a taxpayer to whom a certificate of registration is 12 issued under this Act is in default to the State of Illinois 13 for delinquent returns or for moneys due under this Act or any 14 other State tax law or municipal or county ordinance 15 administered or enforced by the Department, the Department 16 shall, not less than 60 days before the expiration date of such 17 certificate of registration, give notice to the taxpayer to 18 whom the certificate was issued of the account period of the 19 delinquent returns, the amount of tax, penalty and interest 20 due and owing from the taxpayer, and that the certificate of 21 registration shall not be automatically renewed upon its 22 expiration date unless the taxpayer, on or before the date of 23 expiration, has filed and paid the delinquent returns or paid 24 the defaulted amount in full. A taxpayer to whom such a notice 25 is issued shall be deemed an applicant for renewal. The 26 Department shall promulgate regulations establishing HB2579 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 10 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 procedures for taxpayers who file returns on a monthly basis 2 but desire and qualify to change to a quarterly or yearly 3 filing basis and will no longer be subject to renewal under 4 this Section, and for taxpayers who file returns on a yearly or 5 quarterly basis but who desire or are required to change to a 6 monthly filing basis and will be subject to renewal under this 7 Section. 8 The Department may in its discretion approve renewal by an 9 applicant who is in default if, at the time of application for 10 renewal, the applicant files all of the delinquent returns or 11 pays to the Department such percentage of the defaulted amount 12 as may be determined by the Department and agrees in writing to 13 waive all limitations upon the Department for collection of 14 the remaining defaulted amount to the Department over a period 15 not to exceed 5 years from the date of renewal of the 16 certificate; however, no renewal application submitted by an 17 applicant who is in default shall be approved if the 18 immediately preceding renewal by the applicant was conditioned 19 upon the installment payment agreement described in this 20 Section. The payment agreement herein provided for shall be in 21 addition to and not in lieu of the security that may be 22 required by this Section of a taxpayer who is no longer 23 considered a prior continuous compliance taxpayer. The 24 execution of the payment agreement as provided in this Act 25 shall not toll the accrual of interest at the statutory rate. 26 The Department may suspend a certificate of registration HB2579 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 11 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 if the Department finds that the person to whom the 2 certificate of registration has been issued knowingly sold 3 contraband cigarettes. 4 A certificate of registration issued under this Act more 5 than 5 years before January 1, 1990 (the effective date of 6 Public Act 86-383) shall expire and be subject to the renewal 7 provisions of this Section on the next anniversary of the date 8 of issuance of such certificate which occurs more than 6 9 months after January 1, 1990 (the effective date of Public Act 10 86-383). A certificate of registration issued less than 5 11 years before January 1, 1990 (the effective date of Public Act 12 86-383) shall expire and be subject to the renewal provisions 13 of this Section on the 5th anniversary of the issuance of the 14 certificate. 15 If the person so registered states that he operates other 16 places of business from which he engages in the business of 17 selling tangible personal property at retail in this State, 18 the Department shall furnish him with a sub-certificate of 19 registration for each such place of business, and the 20 applicant shall display the appropriate sub-certificate of 21 registration at each such place of business. All 22 sub-certificates of registration shall bear the same 23 registration number as that appearing upon the certificate of 24 registration to which such sub-certificates relate. 25 If the applicant will sell tangible personal property at 26 retail through vending machines, the Department shall furnish HB2579 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 12 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 him with a sub-certificate of registration for each such 2 vending machine, and the applicant shall display the 3 appropriate sub-certificate of registration on each such 4 vending machine by attaching the sub-certificate of 5 registration to a conspicuous part of such vending machine. If 6 a person who is registered to sell tangible personal property 7 at retail through vending machines adds an additional vending 8 machine or additional vending machines to the number of 9 vending machines he or she uses in his or her business of 10 selling tangible personal property at retail, he or she shall 11 notify the Department, on a form prescribed by the Department, 12 to request an additional sub-certificate or additional 13 sub-certificates of registration, as applicable. With each 14 such request, the applicant shall report the number of 15 sub-certificates of registration he or she is requesting as 16 well as the total number of vending machines from which he or 17 she makes retail sales. 18 Where the same person engages in 2 or more businesses of 19 selling tangible personal property at retail in this State, 20 which businesses are substantially different in character or 21 engaged in under different trade names or engaged in under 22 other substantially dissimilar circumstances (so that it is 23 more practicable, from an accounting, auditing or bookkeeping 24 standpoint, for such businesses to be separately registered), 25 the Department may require or permit such person (subject to 26 the same requirements concerning the furnishing of security as HB2579 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 13 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 those that are provided for hereinbefore in this Section as to 2 each application for a certificate of registration) to apply 3 for and obtain a separate certificate of registration for each 4 such business or for any of such businesses, under a single 5 certificate of registration supplemented by related 6 sub-certificates of registration. 7 Any person who is registered under the Retailers' 8 Occupation Tax Act as of March 8, 1963, and who, during the 9 3-year period immediately prior to March 8, 1963, or during a 10 continuous 3-year period part of which passed immediately 11 before and the remainder of which passes immediately after 12 March 8, 1963, has been so registered continuously and who is 13 determined by the Department not to have been either 14 delinquent or deficient in the payment of tax liability during 15 that period under this Act or under any other State tax law or 16 municipal or county tax ordinance or resolution under which 17 the certificate of registration that is issued to the 18 registrant under this Act will permit the registrant to engage 19 in business without registering separately under such other 20 law, ordinance or resolution, shall be considered to be a 21 Prior Continuous Compliance taxpayer. Also any taxpayer who 22 has, as verified by the Department, faithfully and 23 continuously complied with the condition of his bond or other 24 security under the provisions of this Act for a period of 3 25 consecutive years shall be considered to be a Prior Continuous 26 Compliance taxpayer. HB2579 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 14 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 Every Prior Continuous Compliance taxpayer shall be exempt 2 from all requirements under this Act concerning the furnishing 3 of a bond or other security as a condition precedent to his 4 being authorized to engage in the business of selling tangible 5 personal property at retail in this State. This exemption 6 shall continue for each such taxpayer until such time as he may 7 be determined by the Department to be delinquent in the filing 8 of any returns, or is determined by the Department (either 9 through the Department's issuance of a final assessment which 10 has become final under the Act, or by the taxpayer's filing of 11 a return which admits tax that is not paid to be due) to be 12 delinquent or deficient in the paying of any tax under this Act 13 or under any other State tax law or municipal or county tax 14 ordinance or resolution under which the certificate of 15 registration that is issued to the registrant under this Act 16 will permit the registrant to engage in business without 17 registering separately under such other law, ordinance or 18 resolution, at which time that taxpayer shall become subject 19 to all the financial responsibility requirements of this Act 20 and, as a condition of being allowed to continue to engage in 21 the business of selling tangible personal property at retail, 22 may be required to post bond or other acceptable security with 23 the Department covering liability which such taxpayer may 24 thereafter incur. Any taxpayer who fails to pay an admitted or 25 established liability under this Act may also be required to 26 post bond or other acceptable security with this Department HB2579 Engrossed - 14 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 15 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 guaranteeing the payment of such admitted or established 2 liability. 3 No certificate of registration shall be issued to any 4 person who is in default to the State of Illinois for moneys 5 due under this Act or under any other State tax law or 6 municipal or county tax ordinance or resolution under which 7 the certificate of registration that is issued to the 8 applicant under this Act will permit the applicant to engage 9 in business without registering separately under such other 10 law, ordinance or resolution. 11 Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department 12 under this Section may, within 20 days after notice of such 13 decision, protest and request a hearing, whereupon the 14 Department shall give notice to such person of the time and 15 place fixed for such hearing and shall hold a hearing in 16 conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its 17 final administrative decision in the matter to such person. In 18 the absence of such a protest within 20 days, the Department's 19 decision shall become final without any further determination 20 being made or notice given. 21 With respect to security other than bonds (upon which the 22 Department may sue in the event of a forfeiture), if the 23 taxpayer fails to pay, when due, any amount whose payment such 24 security guarantees, the Department shall, after such 25 liability is admitted by the taxpayer or established by the 26 Department through the issuance of a final assessment that has HB2579 Engrossed - 15 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 16 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 become final under the law, convert the security which that 2 taxpayer has furnished into money for the State, after first 3 giving the taxpayer at least 10 days' written notice, by 4 registered or certified mail, to pay the liability or forfeit 5 such security to the Department. If the security consists of 6 stocks or bonds or other securities which are listed on a 7 public exchange, the Department shall sell such securities 8 through such public exchange. If the security consists of an 9 irrevocable bank letter of credit, the Department shall 10 convert the security in the manner provided for in the Uniform 11 Commercial Code. If the security consists of a bank 12 certificate of deposit, the Department shall convert the 13 security into money by demanding and collecting the amount of 14 such bank certificate of deposit from the bank which issued 15 such certificate. If the security consists of a type of stocks 16 or other securities which are not listed on a public exchange, 17 the Department shall sell such security to the highest and 18 best bidder after giving at least 10 days' notice of the date, 19 time and place of the intended sale by publication in the 20 "State Official Newspaper". If the Department realizes more 21 than the amount of such liability from the security, plus the 22 expenses incurred by the Department in converting the security 23 into money, the Department shall pay such excess to the 24 taxpayer who furnished such security, and the balance shall be 25 paid into the State Treasury. 26 The Department shall discharge any surety and shall HB2579 Engrossed - 16 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed- 17 -LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b HB2579 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b 1 release and return any security deposited, assigned, pledged 2 or otherwise provided to it by a taxpayer under this Section 3 within 30 days after: 4 (1) such taxpayer becomes a Prior Continuous 5 Compliance taxpayer; or 6 (2) such taxpayer has ceased to collect receipts on 7 which he is required to remit tax to the Department, has 8 filed a final tax return, and has paid to the Department an 9 amount sufficient to discharge his remaining tax 10 liability, as determined by the Department, under this Act 11 and under every other State tax law or municipal or county 12 tax ordinance or resolution under which the certificate of 13 registration issued under this Act permits the registrant 14 to engage in business without registering separately under 15 such other law, ordinance or resolution. The Department 16 shall make a final determination of the taxpayer's 17 outstanding tax liability as expeditiously as possible 18 after his final tax return has been filed; if the 19 Department cannot make such final determination within 45 20 days after receiving the final tax return, within such 21 period it shall so notify the taxpayer, stating its 22 reasons therefor. 23 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-40, eff. 6-25-21.) HB2579 Engrossed - 17 - LRB103 00132 HLH 45136 b