(525 ILCS 20/6)
Sec. 6. Additional license revocation and denial provisions.
(a) If a license has been issued to any person under this Act and
that person is found guilty of any misrepresentation in obtaining that
license or a violation of any of the provisions of this Act
or its rules or a violation of the United States Code that involves the possession, use, sale, transportation, or harvesting of ginseng when any part of the United States Code violation occurred in Illinois, the license may be revoked by the Department.
The
Department may also refuse to issue any license to that person and may suspend
that
person from engaging in any activity requiring the license for a period of time
not to exceed 5 years following the revocation.
(b) If a person who has not been issued a license under
this Act is found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this
Act or its rules or a violation of the United States Code that involves the possession, use, sale, transportation, or harvesting of ginseng when any part of the United States Code violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may refuse to issue any
license to that person and may suspend that person from engaging in any
activity
requiring the license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years.
(c) The Department's license revocation procedures must be established by
administrative
rule.
(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act
or its rules during any period when his or her license is revoked or
denied by virtue of this Section, or during the time he or she is suspended
under
subsection (b), is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) A person whose license to engage in any activity regulated
under
this Act has been suspended or revoked may not, during the period of the
suspension or
revocation or until obtaining the proper license, (i) be in the
company of any
person engaging in the activity covered by the license or (ii)
serve as a
guide or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to engage in the
activity
covered by the license.
(Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.)
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