(225 ILCS 735/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 707)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-218)

Sec. 7. License; issuance, validity, and renewal; certificate. If the Department is satisfied that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements and if the bond and sureties or bank certificate of deposit filed by the applicant is approved, the Department may issue a license to the applicant. The licenses issued shall be valid for a calendar year and may be renewed annually. A copy of the license certificate issued by the Department shall be posted in the principal office of the licensee in this State. The timber buyer identification card issued by the Department shall be carried upon the person of the timber buyer when conducting activities covered under this Act for immediate presentation for inspection to the officers and authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making demand for it. No person charged with violating this Section, however, shall be convicted if he or she produces in court satisfactory evidence that a timber buyer identification card that was valid at the time of the offense had been issued to the timber buyer.

Upon request for a license and payment of the fee, the Department shall issue to the licensee a certificate that a license has been granted and a bond filed as required by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-805, eff. 8-21-02.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-218)

Sec. 7. License; issuance, validity, and renewal; certificate. All persons buying timber under this Act must possess a valid timber buyer's license. Licenses authorized under this Act shall be prepared by the Department and be in such form as prescribed by the Department. The information required on each license shall be completed thereon by the Department at the time of issuance, and each license shall be signed by the licensee. All such licenses shall be supplied by the Department, subject to such rules as the Department may prescribe. Any license that is not properly prepared, obtained, and signed as required by this Act shall be void. If the Department is satisfied that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements of this Act, the applicant and all listed agents in the application are in good standing, and if the liability insurance filed by the applicant is approved, the Department shall issue a license to the applicant. The licenses issued shall be valid for a calendar year and may be renewed annually. A copy of the license certificate issued by the Department shall be posted in the principal office of the licensee in this State. A license from the Department shall include a list of all agents that are required to be reported to the Department in a timber buyer application for license. A timber buyer shall update the Department, in writing, within 14 days, of a change in employment for any agent of the timber buyer that is required to be disclosed to the Department. The Department shall then reissue a certificate of license with the updated list of agents as well as any new timber buyer identification cards. The timber buyer identification card issued by the Department shall be carried upon the person of the timber buyer and any agent of the timber buyer when conducting activities covered under this Act for immediate presentation for inspection to the officers and authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making demand for it. No person charged with violating this Section, however, shall be convicted if the person produces in court satisfactory evidence that a timber buyer identification card that was valid at the time of the offense had been issued to the timber buyer or agent. All timber buyer identification cards shall be issued by the Department. Any timber identification card that is issued to a timber buyer or timber buyer employee shall be returned to the Department or, if a digital license or digital identification card, shall be canceled by the Department within 5 days of the Department obtaining information of the termination of employment, suspension, or revocation of license, the agent or timber buyer is no longer in good standing, or expiration of a license if the license is not renewed.

Upon request for a license and payment of the fee, the Department shall issue to the licensee a certificate that a license has been granted and as required by this Act as well as timber buyer identification cards for all listed agents on the timber buyer application that are in good standing.

(Source: P.A. 103-218, eff. 1-1-24.)