(225 ILCS 454/20-50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 20-50. Illegal discrimination. When there has been an adjudication in a civil or criminal proceeding that a licensee has illegally discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a license is required under this Act, the Department, following notice to the licensee and a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 20-60, and upon the recommendation of the Board as to the nature and extent of the suspension or revocation, shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20-64, suspend or revoke the license of that licensee in a timely manner, unless the adjudication is in the appeal process. The finding or judgment of the civil or criminal proceeding is a matter of record; the merits of which shall not be challenged in a request for a hearing by the licensee. When there has been an order in an administrative proceeding finding that a licensee has illegally discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a license is required under this Act, the Department, following notice to the licensee and a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 20-60, and upon the recommendation of the Board as to the nature and extent of the discipline, shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20-64, take one or more of the disciplinary actions provided for in this Act in a timely manner, unless the administrative order is in the appeal process. The finding of the administrative order is a matter of record; the merits of which shall not be challenged in a request for a hearing by the licensee. (Source: P.A. 103-1039, eff. 1-1-25.) |