(720 ILCS 5/47-25)
Sec. 47-25.
Penalties.
Whoever causes, erects, or continues a nuisance
described in this Article, for the
first offense, is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined
not exceeding $100, and for a subsequent offense is guilty of
a Class B misdemeanor. Every nuisance described in this Article,
when a conviction for that nuisance is had, may, by order
of the court before which the conviction is had, be abated by the sheriff or
other
proper officer, at the expense of the defendant. It is not a defense to a
proceeding under this Section
that the nuisance is erected or continued by virtue or permission of a law of
this State.
(Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)
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