Bill Text: IA SSB1159 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning jurors, relating to access to certain department of revenue taxpayer information for jury list compilation and juror information confidentiality.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1159 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1159-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1159
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
jurors,
relating
to
access
to
certain
1
department
of
revenue
taxpayer
information
for
jury
list
2
compilation
and
juror
information
confidentiality.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
422.20,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Unless
otherwise
expressly
permitted
by
section
8A.504
,
3
section
8G.4
,
section
11.41
,
section
96.11,
subsection
6
,
4
section
421.17,
subsections
22,
23,
and
26
,
section
421.17,
5
subsection
27
,
paragraph
“k”
,
section
421.17,
subsection
31
,
6
section
252B.9
,
section
321.40,
subsection
6
,
sections
321.120
,
7
421.19
,
421.28
,
422.72
,
and
452A.63
,
and
607A.22,
this
section
,
8
or
another
provision
of
law,
a
tax
return,
return
information,
9
or
investigative
or
audit
information
shall
not
be
divulged
to
10
any
person
or
entity,
other
than
the
taxpayer,
the
department,
11
or
internal
revenue
service
for
use
in
a
matter
unrelated
to
12
tax
administration.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
422.72,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
14
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
c.
(1)
The
Except
as
explicitly
provided
in
this
section,
16
the
department
shall
not
authorize
the
examination
of
tax
17
information
by
officers
and
employees
of
this
state,
another
18
state,
or
of
the
United
States
if
the
officers
or
employees
19
would
otherwise
be
required
to
obtain
a
judicial
order
to
20
examine
the
information
if
it
were
to
be
obtained
from
another
21
source,
and
if
the
purpose
of
the
examination
is
other
than
for
22
tax
administration.
However,
the
23
(2)
The
director
may
provide
sample
individual
income
24
tax
information
to
be
used
for
statistical
purposes
to
the
25
legislative
services
agency.
The
information
shall
not
26
include
the
name
or
mailing
address
of
the
taxpayer
or
the
27
taxpayer’s
social
security
number.
Any
information
contained
28
in
an
individual
income
tax
return
which
is
provided
by
the
29
director
shall
only
be
used
as
a
part
of
a
database
which
30
contains
similar
information
from
a
number
of
returns.
The
31
legislative
services
agency
shall
not
have
access
to
the
income
32
tax
returns
of
individuals.
Each
request
for
individual
income
33
tax
information
shall
contain
a
statement
by
the
director
of
34
the
legislative
services
agency
that
the
individual
income
tax
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information
received
by
the
legislative
services
agency
shall
1
be
used
solely
for
statistical
purposes.
2
(3)
The
director
may
provide
tax
information
to
the
3
state
court
administrator
to
be
used
to
prepare
grand
and
4
petit
master
jury
lists.
Tax
information
provided
shall
be
5
limited
to
the
name,
social
security
number,
and
address
of
6
the
taxpayer
and
spouse.
The
information
provided
shall
not
7
include
the
financial
information
of
the
taxpayer.
Each
8
request
for
tax
information
shall
contain
a
statement
by
the
9
state
court
administrator
that
the
tax
information
received
by
10
the
judicial
branch
shall
be
used
solely
to
prepare
grand
and
11
petit
master
jury
lists.
This
subsection
does
not
prevent
the
12
department
from
authorizing
the
examination
of
state
returns
13
and
state
information
under
the
provisions
of
section
607A.22.
14
(4)
This
subsection
does
not
prevent
the
department
15
from
authorizing
the
examination
of
state
returns
and
state
16
information
under
the
provisions
of
section
252B.9
.
17
(5)
This
subsection
prevails
over
any
general
law
of
this
18
state
relating
to
public
records.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
422.72,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
20
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
a.
Unless
otherwise
expressly
permitted
by
section
8A.504
,
22
section
8G.4
,
section
11.41
,
section
96.11,
subsection
6
,
23
section
421.17,
subsections
22,
23,
and
26
,
section
421.17,
24
subsection
27
,
paragraph
“k”
,
section
421.17,
subsection
31
,
25
section
252B.9
,
section
321.40,
subsection
6
,
sections
321.120
,
26
421.19
,
421.28
,
422.20
,
and
452A.63
,
and
607A.22,
this
section
,
27
or
another
provision
of
law,
a
tax
return,
return
information,
28
or
investigative
or
audit
information
shall
not
be
divulged
to
29
any
person
or
entity,
other
than
the
taxpayer,
the
department,
30
or
internal
revenue
service
for
use
in
a
matter
unrelated
to
31
tax
administration.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
607A.22,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
33
following
new
subsection:
34
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
state
court
administrator
may
use
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taxpayer
information
provided
by
the
department
of
revenue
as
1
permitted
by
section
422.72,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“c”
,
when
2
preparing
grand
and
petit
master
jury
lists.
3
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
607A.48
Public
access
to
juror
4
information.
5
Public
access
to
juror
and
prospective
juror
information
6
shall
be
limited.
Information
on
the
year
of
birth
and
address
7
information
identifying
the
city
and
zip
code
of
prospective
8
jurors
shall
be
available
to
the
public.
However,
more
9
specific
address
information,
phone
numbers,
and
the
date
and
10
month
of
birth
of
prospective
jurors
are
confidential
and
not
11
subject
to
disclosure
without
an
order
of
the
court.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
jurors.
Specifically,
the
bill
16
authorizes
the
department
of
revenue
to
share
certain
17
confidential
taxpayer
personal
identification
information
with
18
the
judicial
branch
for
the
purpose
of
compiling
jury
lists
19
and
restricts
public
release
of
addresses
and
dates
of
birth
20
of
prospective
jurors.
21
Code
section
422.72,
concerning
the
confidentiality
of
tax
22
information,
is
amended.
The
bill
authorizes
the
director
of
23
the
department
of
revenue
to
provide
certain
tax
information
24
to
the
state
court
administrator
to
be
used
to
prepare
grand
25
and
petit
master
jury
lists.
The
bill
provides
that
tax
26
information
provided
are
the
name,
social
security
number,
27
and
address
of
the
taxpayer
and
spouse.
The
bill
provides
28
that
the
information
provided
shall
not
include
the
financial
29
information
of
the
taxpayer.
30
Code
section
607A.22,
concerning
source
lists
for
preparing
31
grand
and
petit
master
jury
lists,
is
amended
to
authorize
the
32
state
court
administrator
to
use
taxpayer
information
provided
33
by
the
department
of
revenue
for
this
purpose.
Code
sections
34
422.20
and
422.72,
relating
to
the
release
of
certain
taxpayer
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information
by
the
department
of
revenue,
are
amended
to
1
authorize
the
release
of
information
for
purposes
of
allowing
2
the
state
court
administrator
to
use
the
department
of
revenue
3
income
taxpayer
list.
4
New
Code
section
607A.48
provides
that
prospective
juror
5
year
of
birth
and
city
and
zip
code
address
information
6
are
available
to
the
public
but
that
more
specific
address
7
information,
phone
numbers,
and
date
and
month
of
birth
are
8
confidential
and
are
not
subject
to
disclosure
without
an
order
9
of
the
court.
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