(735 ILCS 5/9-316.1) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-316.1)
Sec. 9-316.1.
Tenant's duty to disclose to landlord identity of vendee
of crops.
(a) Where, pursuant to Section 9-316, a landlord has required
that, before the tenant sells crops grown on the demised premises, the tenant
disclose to the landlord the persons to whom the tenant intends to sell
such crops, it is unlawful for the tenant to sell the crops to a person
other than a person so disclosed to the landlord.
(b) An individual who knowingly violates this Section is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) A corporation convicted of a violation of this Section
is guilty
of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $2000 nor more than
$10,000.
(d) In the event the tenant is a corporation or a partnership, any officer,
director, manager or managerial agent of the tenant who violates this Section
or causes the tenant to violate this Section is guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the violation of
this Section that the tenant has paid to the landlord the proceeds
from the sale of the crops within 10 days after such sale.
(Source: P.A. 84-1043.)
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