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WORKFORCE SERVICES - REPORTING

             2     
MISUSE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING

             3     
INFORMATION

             4     
2007 GENERAL SESSION

             5     
STATE OF UTAH

             6     
Chief Sponsor: Carlene M. Walker

             7     
House Sponsor: David Clark

             8      Cosponsors:
             9      Dan R. EastmanJohn W. HickmanPeter C. Knudson              10     
             11      LONG TITLE
             12      General Description:
             13          This bill modifies the Employment Security Act by allowing the Department of
             14      Workforce Services to disclose to an individual and law enforcement agencies
             15      responsible for investigating identity fraud the suspected misuse of the individual's
             16      personal identifying information.
             17      Highlighted Provisions:
             18          This bill:
             19          .    provides that the Department of Workforce Services may disclose to an individual
             20      the suspected misuse of the individual's personal identifying information;
             21          .    provides that the suspected misuse may also be reported to appropriate law
             22      enforcement agencies responsible for investigating identity fraud violations;
             23          .    provides that the suspected use of personal identifying information includes a Social
             24      Security number under which wages are being reported by two or more individuals
             25      or that of an individual under the age of 16 with reported wages exceeding $1,000
             26      for a single reporting quarter; and
             27          .    reduces from a class A to a class C misdemeanor a violation of the disclosure
             28      provisions of Section 35A-4-312 .
             29      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:


             30          None
             31      Other Special Clauses:
             32          None
             33      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             34      AMENDS:
             35          76-8-1301, as enacted by Chapter 135, Laws of Utah 2003
             36      ENACTS:
             37          35A-4-312.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             38     
             39      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             40          Section 1. Section 35A-4-312.5 is enacted to read:
             41          35A-4-312.5. Suspected misuse of personal identifying information.
             42          (1) As used in this section:
             43          (a) "Personal identifying information" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             44      76-6-1102 .
             45          (b) "Suspected misuse of personal identifying information" includes:
             46          (i) a Social Security number under which wages are being reported by two or more
             47      individuals; or
             48          (ii) a Social Security number of an individual under the age of 16 with reported wages
             49      exceeding $1,000 for a single reporting quarter.
             50          (2) Notwithstanding Section 35A-4-312 , if the department records disclose a suspected
             51      misuse of personal identifying information by an individual other than the purported owner of
             52      the information, the department may:
             53          (a) inform the purported owner of the information or, if the purported owner is a minor,
             54      the minor's parent or guardian, of the suspected misuse; and
             55          (b) provide information of the suspected misuse to an appropriate law enforcement
             56      agency responsible for investigating an identity fraud violation.
             57          Section 2. Section 76-8-1301 is amended to read:


             58           76-8-1301. False statements regarding unemployment compensation -- Penalties.
             59          (1) (a) A person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false
             60      or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment
             61      under Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act, or under the Unemployment
             62      Compensation Law of any state or of the federal government for any person is guilty of
             63      unemployment insurance fraud.
             64          (b) A violation of Subsection (1)(a) is:
             65          (i) a class B misdemeanor when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             66      obtained is less than $300;
             67          (ii) a class A misdemeanor when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             68      obtained is or exceeds $300 but is less than $1,000;
             69          (iii) a third degree felony when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             70      obtained is or exceeds $1,000 but is less than $5,000; or
             71          (iv) a second degree felony when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             72      obtained is or exceeds $5,000.
             73          (c) The determination of the degree of an offense under Subsection (1)(b) shall be
             74      measured by the total value of all money obtained or sought to be obtained by the unlawful
             75      conduct.
             76          (2) (a) An officer or agent of an employing unit as defined in Section 35A-4-202 or any
             77      other person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who
             78      knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment of unemployment
             79      compensation benefits to an individual entitled to those benefits, or to avoid becoming or
             80      remaining a subject employer or to avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required
             81      from an employing unit under Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act, or under the
             82      Unemployment Compensation Law of any state or of the federal government, or who willfully
             83      fails or refuses to make a contribution or other payment or to furnish any report required in
             84      Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act, or to produce or permit the inspection or
             85      copying of records as required under that chapter is guilty of unemployment insurance fraud.


             86          (b) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is:
             87          (i) a class B misdemeanor when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             88      obtained is less than $300;
             89          (ii) a class A misdemeanor when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             90      obtained is or exceeds $300 but is less than $1,000;
             91          (iii) a third degree felony when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             92      obtained is or exceeds $1,000 but is less than $5,000; or
             93          (iv) a second degree felony when the value of the money obtained or sought to be
             94      obtained is or exceeds $5,000.
             95          (3) (a) A person who willfully violates any provision of Title 35A, Chapter 4,
             96      Employment Security Act, or any order or rule made under that chapter, the violation of which
             97      is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under the terms of that chapter, and
             98      for which a penalty is neither prescribed in that chapter nor provided by any other applicable
             99      statute is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
             100          (b) Each day a violation of Subsection (3)(a) continues shall be a separate offense.
             101          (4) A person is guilty of a class [A] C misdemeanor if:
             102          (a) as an employee of the Department of Workforce Services, in willful violation of
             103      Section 35A-4-312 , the employee makes a disclosure of information obtained from an
             104      employing unit or individual in the administration of Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment
             105      Security Act; or
             106          (b) the person has obtained a list of applicants for work or of claimants or recipients of
             107      benefits under Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act, and uses or permits the use of
             108      the list for any political purpose.


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