PRINTER'S NO. 1297
No. 1060 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY TANGRETTI, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI,
BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, COX, DeLUCA,
DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND,
KOTIK, KULA, LEACH, MACKERETH, MAHER, MAHONEY, MANDERINO,
MANN, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MUNDY, MURT, O'NEILL, PETRARCA,
PETRONE, PICKETT, PRESTON, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAYMOND, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK,
STURLA, THOMAS, VEREB, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD,
YUDICHAK, CONKLIN, K. SMITH AND KORTZ, APRIL 18, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 18, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for identity
21 theft; and imposing powers and duties on the Bureau of
22 Consumer Protection.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
3 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
4 section to read:
5 Section 926. Identity Theft.--(a) The bureau has the power
6 and duty to assist victims of identity theft as to corrective
7 and remedial measures to be taken, including any of the
8 following:
9 (1) Providing information as to the scope of the victim's
10 problem.
11 (2) Coordinating communication with Federal and State
12 agencies as to restoration or replacement of proper identifying
13 information.
14 (3) Providing verification of identity theft as needed by
15 the victim.
16 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
17 "Bureau" means the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
18 "Identifying data" includes information that:
19 (1) concerns an individual's:
20 (i) personal life;
21 (ii) financial situation; or
22 (iii) legal rights, obligations or duties; and
23 (2) is compiled or maintained by:
24 (i) Federal, State or local government;
25 (ii) an educational institution; or
26 (iii) a business entity.
27 "Identity theft" means the use of identifying data about an
28 individual to appropriate the identity of the individual.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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