.113   Financial Integrity Enforcement Division -- Duties -- Prevention of identity theft.


15.113 Financial Integrity Enforcement Division -- Duties -- Prevention of identity
theft.
(1)
The Financial Integrity Enforcement Division is created in the Department of Law.
The division shall:
(a)  Investigate illegal redemption of food stamp benefits in cooperation with the
United States Department of Agriculture and the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services;
(b)  Verify eligibility of food stamp program applicants as to past criminal history;
(c)  Investigate the illegal distribution of counterfeit merchandise; and
(d)  Investigate the use of personal identification and financial information by
persons for the purpose of theft, or fraud, or both theft and fraud, and other
illegal or fraudulent activity which may involve electronic commerce.
(2)
The Office of the Attorney General shall coordinate with the Office of Financial
Institutions, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the
Kentucky Bankers' Association, and any other agency or organization to prepare and
disseminate information to prevent identity theft.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 77, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97,
98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to
agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming
the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this
section.
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