3. If the director does not already possess the information set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.158 (C. 54:50-26) as to a licensee, the director shall send a preliminary notice to each person identified as a business entity by a State agency as a result of an initial request by the director, requesting verification, in a manner to be prescribed by the director, of the business name, business address and federal social security number or federal taxpayer identification number. If no federal social security number or federal taxpayer identification number was provided to the director by the State agency, the preliminary notice shall require a person identified as a business entity by a State agency to provide such information to the director, pursuant to the authority under 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2)(C)(i). The preliminary notice shall advise that person that the information required under section 3 of P.L.1995, c.158 (C. 54:50-26) has been provided to the director for purposes of reviewing the person’s compliance with appropriate State tax laws, as a condition to the continued licensing of the person by the State agency, and to update or correct, as necessary, the tax records and files of the director. The director shall forward a preliminary notice only after the initial request has been made to a State agency for the information required by section 3 of P.L.1995, c.158.

L.2004,c.58,s.3.