HLS 10RS-1769 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1045
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
WORKERS COMPENSATI ON: Provides relative to confidentiality of tax records
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:1508(B)(28), relative to the confidentiality of tax records; to provide for2
the furnishing of tax record information to the Louisiana Workforce Commission for3
the purpose of determining, investigating, and prosecuting fraud; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:1508(B)(28) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง1508. Confidential character of tax records8
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B. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent:10
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(28) The sharing or furnishing, in the discretion of the secretary, of12
information to the Louisiana Workforce Commission for the purposes of13
determining, investigating, or prosecuting fraud related to all areas administered by14
the Louisiana Workforce Commission.15
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ponti HB No. 1045
Abstract: Provides for furnishing of tax record information to the Louisiana Workforce
Commission for the purposes of determining, investigating, and prosecuting fraud.
Present law provides records and files of the secretary of the Department of Revenue and
records and files maintained pursuant to a tax ordinance, excluding property taxes and ad
valorem property tax assessment rolls of any political subdivision are confidential.
Proposed law provides at the secretary of the Department of Revenue's discretion, nothing
shall prevent the sharing or furnishing of tax record information to the Louisiana Workforce
Commission for the purposes of determining, investigating, or prosecuting fraud.
(Adds R.S. 47:1508(B)(28))