Sec. 2. (a) On any form, application, or other writing prepared by or issued under the authority of any state agency, the following information must be included if the individual is requested to provide the individual's Social Security number:
(1) a brief statement of the reason why the Social Security number is requested by the state agency; and
(2) a notification either:
(A) that the state agency is required by federal law to obtain the individual's Social Security number and that the form or application cannot be processed unless the individual provides the number, if that be the case; or
(B) that the individual has the right to refuse to provide the individual's Social Security number to the agency, if the individual so desires, and that the individual will not be penalized.
(b) In any location where a form, application, or other writing covered in subsection (a) is taken or filled out, there shall be posted in a conspicuous place a sign in bold print containing information identical to that required on the forms required in subsection (a).
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.6.
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