98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1447

 

Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the Cigarette Tax Act, the Cigarette Use Tax Act, and the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995. Requires retailers of cigarettes to obtain a license from the Department of Revenue. Provides that the annual license fee payable to the Department is $250. Contains provisions concerning returns and penalties. Makes changes to the definition of "cigarette". Provides that a person who makes a sale of cigarettes to a purchaser for use or consumption and not for resale is not considered a "distributor". Effective January 1, 2014.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law is amended by
5changing Section 2505-380 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2505/2505-380)  (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b47)
7    Sec. 2505-380. Revocation of or refusal to issue or reissue
8a certificate of registration, permit, or license. The
9Department has the power to refuse to issue, reissue, or, after
10notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to revoke a
11certificate of registration, permit, or license issued or
12authorized to be issued by the Department if the applicant for
13or holder of the certificate of registration, permit, or
14license fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, fee,
15penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any
16final assessment of tax, fee, penalty, or interest, as required
17by the tax or fee Act under which the certificate of
18registration, permit, or license is required or any other tax
19or fee Act administered by the Department.
20    The procedure for notice and hearing prior to revocation
21shall be as provided under the Act pursuant to which the
22certificate of registration, permit, or license was issued.
23(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Illinois Cigarette Tax Act is amended by
2changing Sections 1, 3-10, 4d, 4e, 4f, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 23, and
326 and by adding Sections 4g, 4h, 9g, and 11c as follows:
 
4    (35 ILCS 130/1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.1)
5    Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act:
6    "Brand Style" means a variety of cigarettes distinguished
7by the tobacco used, tar and nicotine content, flavoring used,
8size of the cigarette, filtration on the cigarette or
9packaging.
10    Until July 1, 2012, "cigarette", means any roll for smoking
11made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective of size or shape
12and whether or not such tobacco is flavored, adulterated or
13mixed with any other ingredient, and the wrapper or cover of
14which is made of paper or any other substance or material
15except tobacco.
16    "Cigarette", beginning on and after July 1, 2012, means any
17roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective
18of size or shape and whether or not such tobacco is flavored,
19adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, and the
20wrapper or cover of which is made of paper.
21    "Cigarette", beginning on and after July 1, 2012, also
22shall mean: Any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of
23tobacco labeled as anything other than a cigarette or not
24bearing a label, if it meets two or more of the following

 

 

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1criteria:
2        (a) the product is sold in packs similar to cigarettes;
3        (b) the product is available for sale in cartons of ten
4    packs;
5        (c) the product is sold in soft packs, hard packs,
6    flip-top boxes, clam shells, or other cigarette-type
7    boxes;
8        (d) the product is of a length and diameter similar to
9    commercially manufactured cigarettes;
10        (e) the product has a cellulose acetate or other
11    integrated filter;
12        (f) the product is marketed or advertised to consumers
13    as a cigarette or cigarette substitute; or
14        (g) other evidence that the product fits within the
15    definition of cigarette.
16    "Contraband cigarettes" means:
17        (a) cigarettes that do not bear a required tax stamp
18    under this Act;
19        (b) cigarettes for which any required federal taxes
20    have not been paid;
21        (c) cigarettes that bear a counterfeit tax stamp;
22        (d) cigarettes that are manufactured, fabricated,
23    assembled, processed, packaged, or labeled by any person
24    other than (i) the owner of the trademark rights in the
25    cigarette brand or (ii) a person that is directly or
26    indirectly authorized by such owner;

 

 

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1        (e) cigarettes imported into the United States, or
2    otherwise distributed, in violation of the federal
3    Imported Cigarette Compliance Act of 2000 (Title IV of
4    Public Law 106-476);
5        (f) cigarettes that have false manufacturing labels;
6        (g) cigarettes identified in Section 3-10(a)(1) of
7    this Act;
8        (h) cigarettes that are improperly tax stamped,
9    including cigarettes that bear a tax stamp of another state
10    or taxing jurisdiction; or
11        (i) cigarettes made or fabricated by a person holding a
12    cigarette machine operator license under Section 1-20 of
13    the Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation Tax Act in the
14    possession of manufacturers, distributors, secondary
15    distributors, manufacturer representatives or other
16    retailers for the purpose of resale, regardless of whether
17    the tax has been paid on such cigarettes.
18    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
19association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
20private corporation, however formed, limited liability
21company, or a receiver, executor, administrator, trustee,
22guardian or other representative appointed by order of any
23court.
24    "Prior Continuous Compliance Taxpayer" means any person
25who is licensed under this Act and who, having been a licensee
26for a continuous period of 5 years, is determined by the

 

 

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1Department not to have been either delinquent or deficient in
2the payment of tax liability during that period or otherwise in
3violation of this Act. Also, any taxpayer who has, as verified
4by the Department, continuously complied with the condition of
5his bond or other security under provisions of this Act for a
6period of 5 consecutive years shall be considered to be a
7"Prior continuous compliance taxpayer". In calculating the
8consecutive period of time described herein for qualification
9as a "prior continuous compliance taxpayer", a consecutive
10period of time of qualifying compliance immediately prior to
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall be
12credited to any licensee who became licensed on or before the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987.
14    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
15    "Sale" means any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner
16or by any means whatsoever for a consideration, and includes
17and means all sales made by any person.
18    "Original Package" means the individual packet, box or
19other container whatsoever used to contain and to convey
20cigarettes to the consumer.
21    "Distributor" means any and each of the following:
22        (1) Any person engaged in the business of selling
23    cigarettes in this State who brings or causes to be brought
24    into this State from without this State any original
25    packages of cigarettes, on which original packages there is
26    no authorized evidence underneath a sealed transparent

 

 

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1    wrapper showing that the tax liability imposed by this Act
2    has been paid or assumed by the out-of-State seller of such
3    cigarettes, for sale or other disposition in the course of
4    such business.
5        (2) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates
6    cigarettes in this State for sale in this State, except a
7    person who makes, manufactures or fabricates cigarettes as
8    a part of a correctional industries program for sale to
9    residents incarcerated in penal institutions or resident
10    patients of a State-operated mental health facility.
11        (3) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates
12    cigarettes outside this State, which cigarettes are placed
13    in original packages contained in sealed transparent
14    wrappers, for delivery or shipment into this State, and who
15    elects to qualify and is accepted by the Department as a
16    distributor under Section 4b of this Act.
17    "Distributor" does not include any person who makes a sale
18of cigarettes to a purchaser for use or consumption, and not
19for resale.
20    "Place of business" shall mean and include any place where
21cigarettes are sold or where cigarettes are manufactured,
22stored or kept for the purpose of sale or consumption,
23including any vessel, vehicle, airplane, train or vending
24machine.
25    "Manufacturer representative" means a director, officer,
26or employee of a manufacturer who has obtained authority from

 

 

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1the Department under Section 4f to maintain representatives in
2Illinois that provide or sell original packages of cigarettes
3made, manufactured, or fabricated by the manufacturer to
4retailers in compliance with Section 4f of this Act to promote
5cigarettes made, manufactured, or fabricated by the
6manufacturer.
7    "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity or
8enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling cigarettes in
9this State.
10    "Retailer" means any person who engages in the making of
11transfers of the ownership of, or title to, cigarettes to a
12purchaser for use or consumption and not for resale in any
13form, for a valuable consideration. "Retailer" does not include
14a person:
15        (1) who transfers to residents incarcerated in penal
16    institutions or resident patients of a State-operated
17    mental health facility ownership of cigarettes made,
18    manufactured, or fabricated as part of a correctional
19    industries program; or
20        (2) who transfers cigarettes to a not-for-profit
21    research institution that conducts tests concerning the
22    health effects of tobacco products and who does not offer
23    the cigarettes for resale.
24    "Retailer" shall be construed to include any person who
25engages in the making of transfers of the ownership of, or
26title to, cigarettes to a purchaser, for use or consumption by

 

 

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1any other person to whom such purchaser may transfer the
2cigarettes without a valuable consideration, except a person
3who transfers to residents incarcerated in penal institutions
4or resident patients of a State-operated mental health facility
5ownership of cigarettes made, manufactured or fabricated as
6part of a correctional industries program.
7    "Secondary distributor" means any person engaged in the
8business of selling cigarettes who purchases stamped original
9packages of cigarettes from a licensed distributor under this
10Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act, sells 75% or more of those
11cigarettes to retailers for resale, and maintains an
12established business where a substantial stock of cigarettes is
13available to retailers for resale.
14    "Stamp" or "stamps" mean the indicia required to be affixed
15on a pack of cigarettes that evidence payment of the tax on
16cigarettes under Section 2 of this Act.
17    "Related party" means any person that is associated with
18any other person because he or she:
19        (a) is an officer or director of a business; or
20        (b) is legally recognized as a partner in business.
21(Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10;
2297-587, eff. 8-26-11; 97-688, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
23    (35 ILCS 130/3-10)
24    Sec. 3-10. Cigarette enforcement.
25    (a) Prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person:

 

 

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1        (1) to sell or distribute in this State; to acquire,
2    hold, own, possess, or transport, for sale or distribution
3    in this State; or to import, or cause to be imported into
4    this State for sale or distribution in this State:
5            (A) any cigarettes the package of which:
6                (i) bears any statement, label, stamp,
7            sticker, or notice indicating that the
8            manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes to be
9            sold, distributed, or used in the United States,
10            including but not limited to labels stating "For
11            Export Only", "U.S. Tax Exempt", "For Use Outside
12            U.S.", or similar wording; or
13                (ii) does not comply with:
14                    (aa) all requirements imposed by or
15                pursuant to federal law regarding warnings and
16                other information on packages of cigarettes
17                manufactured, packaged, or imported for sale,
18                distribution, or use in the United States,
19                including but not limited to the precise
20                warning labels specified in the federal
21                Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15
22                U.S.C. 1333; and
23                    (bb) all federal trademark and copyright
24                laws;
25            (B) any cigarettes imported into the United States
26        in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5754 or any other federal

 

 

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1        law, or implementing federal regulations;
2            (C) any cigarettes that such person otherwise
3        knows or has reason to know the manufacturer did not
4        intend to be sold, distributed, or used in the United
5        States; or
6            (D) any cigarettes for which there has not been
7        submitted to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
8        Health and Human Services the list or lists of the
9        ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture of the
10        cigarettes required by the federal Cigarette Labeling
11        and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. 1335a;
12        (2) to alter the package of any cigarettes, prior to
13    sale or distribution to the ultimate consumer, so as to
14    remove, conceal, or obscure:
15            (A) any statement, label, stamp, sticker, or
16        notice described in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this
17        Section;
18            (B) any health warning that is not specified in, or
19        does not conform with the requirements of, the federal
20        Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C.
21        1333; or
22        (3) to affix any stamp required pursuant to this Act to
23    the package of any cigarettes described in subdivision
24    (a)(1) of this Section or altered in violation of
25    subdivision (a)(2).
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1each person licensed to affix the State tax stamp to cigarettes
2shall file with the Department, for all cigarettes imported
3into the United States to which the person has affixed the tax
4stamp in the preceding month:
5        (1) a copy of:
6            (A) the permit issued pursuant to the Internal
7        Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 5713, to the person importing
8        the cigarettes into the United States allowing the
9        person to import the cigarettes; and
10            (B) the customs form containing, with respect to
11        the cigarettes, the internal revenue tax information
12        required by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
13        Firearms;
14        (2) a statement, signed by the person under penalty of
15    perjury, which shall be treated as confidential by the
16    Department and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
17    Information Act, identifying the brand and brand styles of
18    all such cigarettes, the quantity of each brand style of
19    such cigarettes, the supplier of such cigarettes, and the
20    person or persons, if any, to whom such cigarettes have
21    been conveyed for resale; and a separate statement, signed
22    by the individual under penalty of perjury, which shall not
23    be treated as confidential or exempt from disclosure,
24    separately identifying the brands and brand styles of such
25    cigarettes; and
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1    manufacturer or importer under penalty of perjury,
2    certifying that the manufacturer or importer has complied
3    with:
4            (A) the package health warning and ingredient
5        reporting requirements of the federal Cigarette
6        Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. 1333 and 1335a,
7        with respect to such cigarettes; and
8            (B) the provisions of Exhibit T of the Master
9        Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of
10        the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al. (Circuit
11        Court of Cook County, No. 96-L13146), including a
12        statement indicating whether the manufacturer is, or
13        is not, a participating tobacco manufacturer within
14        the meaning of Exhibit T.
15    (c) Administrative sanctions.
16        (1) Upon finding that a distributor, secondary
17    distributor, retailer, or person has committed any of the
18    acts prohibited by subsection (a), knowing or having reason
19    to know that he or she has done so, or upon finding that a
20    distributor or person has failed to comply with any
21    requirement of subsection (b), the Department may revoke or
22    suspend the license or licenses of any distributor, or
23    secondary distributor, or retailer pursuant to the
24    procedures set forth in Section 6 and impose, on the
25    distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, or person, a
26    civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of

 

 

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1    500% of the retail value of the cigarettes involved or
2    $5,000.
3        (2) Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned,
4    possessed, transported in, imported into, or sold or
5    distributed in this State in violation of this Section
6    shall be deemed contraband under this Act and are subject
7    to seizure and forfeiture as provided in this Act, and all
8    such cigarettes seized and forfeited shall be destroyed or
9    maintained and used in an undercover capacity. Such
10    cigarettes shall be deemed contraband whether the
11    violation of this Section is knowing or otherwise.
12    (d) Unfair trade practices. In addition to any other
13penalties provided for in this Act, a violation of subsection
14(a) or subsection (b) of this Section shall constitute an
15unlawful practice as provided in the Consumer Fraud and
16Deceptive Business Practices Act.
17    (d-1) Retailers issued a license under Section 4g of this
18Act and secondary distributors shall not be liable under
19subsections (c)(1) and (d) of this Section for unknowingly
20possessing, selling, or distributing to consumers or users
21cigarettes identified in subsection (a)(1) of this Section if
22the cigarettes possessed, sold, or distributed by the licensed
23retailer or secondary distributor were obtained from a
24distributor licensed under this Act.
25    (d-2) Criminal Penalties. A distributor, secondary
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1or a distributor, secondary distributor, or person who violates
2subsection (b) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4
3felony.
4    (e) Unfair cigarette sales. For purposes of the Trademark
5Registration and Protection Act and the Counterfeit Trademark
6Act, cigarettes imported or reimported into the United States
7for sale or distribution under any trade name, trade dress, or
8trademark that is the same as, or is confusingly similar to,
9any trade name, trade dress, or trademark used for cigarettes
10manufactured in the United States for sale or distribution in
11the United States shall be presumed to have been purchased
12outside of the ordinary channels of trade.
13    (f) General provisions.
14        (1) This Section shall be enforced by the Department;
15    provided that, at the request of the Director of Revenue or
16    the Director's duly authorized agent, the State police and
17    all local police authorities shall enforce the provisions
18    of this Section. The Attorney General has concurrent power
19    with the State's Attorney of any county to enforce this
20    Section.
21        (2) For the purpose of enforcing this Section, the
22    Director of Revenue and any agency to which the Director
23    has delegated enforcement responsibility pursuant to
24    subdivision (f)(1) may request information from any State
25    or local agency and may share information with and request
26    information from any federal agency and any agency of any

 

 

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1    other state or any local agency of any other state.
2        (3) In addition to any other remedy provided by law,
3    including enforcement as provided in subdivision (f)
4    (a)(1), any person may bring an action for appropriate
5    injunctive or other equitable relief for a violation of
6    this Section; actual damages, if any, sustained by reason
7    of the violation; and, as determined by the court, interest
8    on the damages from the date of the complaint, taxable
9    costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. If the trier of fact
10    finds that the violation is flagrant, it may increase
11    recovery to an amount not in excess of 3 times the actual
12    damages sustained by reason of the violation.
13    (g) Definitions. As used in this Section:
14    "Importer" means that term as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5702(1).
15    "Package" means that term as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1332(4).
16    (h) Applicability.
17        (1) This Section does not apply to:
18            (A) cigarettes allowed to be imported or brought
19        into the United States for personal use; and
20            (B) cigarettes sold or intended to be sold as
21        duty-free merchandise by a duty-free sales enterprise
22        in accordance with the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1555(b)
23        and any implementing regulations; except that this
24        Section shall apply to any such cigarettes that are
25        brought back into the customs territory for resale
26        within the customs territory.

 

 

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1        (2) The penalties provided in this Section are in
2    addition to any other penalties imposed under other
3    provision of law.
4(Source: P.A. 95-1053, eff. 1-1-10; 96-782, eff. 1-1-10;
596-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 130/4d)
7    Sec. 4d. Sales of cigarettes to and by retailers. In-state
8makers, manufacturers, and fabricators licensed as
9distributors under Section 4 of this Act and out-of-state
10makers, manufacturers, and fabricators holding permits under
11Section 4b of this Act may not sell original packages of
12cigarettes to retailers. A retailer who is licensed under
13Section 4g of this Act may sell only original packages of
14cigarettes obtained from manufacturer representatives,
15licensed secondary distributors, or licensed distributors
16other than in-state makers, manufacturers, or fabricators
17licensed as distributors under Section 4 of this Act and
18out-of-state makers, manufacturers, or fabricators holding
19permits under Section 4b of this Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10;
2197-587, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
22    (35 ILCS 130/4e)
23    Sec. 4e. Sales of cigarettes to and by secondary
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1licensed as distributors under Section 4 of this Act and
2out-of-state makers, manufacturers, and fabricators holding
3permits under Section 4b of this Act may not sell original
4packages of cigarettes to secondary distributors. A secondary
5distributor may sell only original packages of cigarettes
6obtained from licensed distributors other than in-state
7makers, manufacturers, or fabricators licensed as distributors
8under Section 4 of this Act and out-of-state makers,
9manufacturers, or fabricators holding permits under Section 4b
10of this Act. Secondary distributors may sell cigarettes to
11Illinois retailers issued a license under Section 4g of this
12Act for resale, and are also authorized to make retail sales
13of cigarettes at the location on the secondary distributor's
14license as long as the secondary distributor obtains a license
15under Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act and sells 75% or more
16of the cigarettes sold at such location to retailers issued a
17license under Section 4g of this Act for resale. All sales by
18secondary distributors to retailers issued a license under
19Section 4g of this Act must be made at the location on the
20secondary distributor's license. Retailers issued a license
21under Section 4g of this Act must take possession of all
22cigarettes sold by the secondary distributor at the secondary
23distributor's licensed address. Secondary distributors may not
24make deliveries of cigarettes to retailers.
25    Secondary distributors may not file a claim for credit or
26refund with the State under Section 9d of this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
2    (35 ILCS 130/4f)
3    Sec. 4f. Manufacturer representatives.
4    (a) No manufacturer may market cigarettes produced by the
5manufacturer directly to retailers in this State issued a
6license under Section 4g of this Act without first having
7obtained authorization from the Department. Application for
8authority to maintain representatives in this State to market
9in this State cigarettes produced by the manufacturer shall be
10made to the Department on a form furnished and prescribed by
11the Department. Each applicant under this Section shall furnish
12the following information to the Department on a form signed
13and verified by the applicant under penalty of perjury:
14        (1) the name and address of the applicant;
15        (2) the address of every location from which the
16    applicant proposes to engage in business in this State;
17        (3) the number of manufacturer representatives the
18    applicant requests to maintain in this State; and
19        (4) any other additional information as the Department
20    may reasonably require.
21    The following manufacturers are ineligible to receive
22authorization to maintain manufacturer representatives in this
23State:
24        (1) a manufacturer who owes, at the time of
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1    determined by law to be due and unpaid, unless the
2    applicant has entered into an agreement approved by the
3    Department to pay the amount due;
4        (2) a manufacturer who has had a license revoked within
5    the past 2 years for misconduct relating to stolen or
6    contraband cigarettes or has been convicted of a state or
7    federal crime, punishable by imprisonment of one year or
8    more, relating to stolen or contraband cigarettes;
9        (3) a manufacturer who has been found, after notice and
10    a hearing, to have imported or caused to be imported into
11    the United States for sale or distribution any cigarette in
12    violation of 19 U.S.C. 1681a;
13        (4) a manufacturer who has been found, after notice and
14    a hearing, to have imported or caused to be imported into
15    the United States for sale or distribution or manufactured
16    for sale or distribution in the United States any cigarette
17    that does not fully comply with the Federal Cigarette
18    Labeling and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1331, et seq.);
19        (5) a manufacturer who has been found, after notice and
20    a hearing, to have made a material false statement in an
21    application or has failed to produce records required to be
22    maintained by this Act;
23        (6) a manufacturer who has been found, after notice and
24    hearing, to have violated any Section of this Act; or
25        (7) a manufacturer licensed as a distributor under
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1    of this Act.
2    The Department, upon receipt of an application from a
3manufacturer who is eligible to maintain manufacturer
4representatives in this State, shall notify the applicant in
5writing, not more than 60 days after an application has been
6received, that the applicant may or may not maintain the
7requested number of manufacturer representatives in this
8State. A copy of the notice authorizing a manufacturer to
9maintain manufacturer representatives in this State shall be
10available for inspection by the Department at each place of
11business identified in the application and in the motor vehicle
12operated by marketing representatives in the course of
13performing his or her duties in this State on behalf of the
14manufacturer.
15    A manufacturer representative shall notify the Department
16of any change in the information contained on the application
17form and shall do so within 30 days after any such change.
18    (b) Only directors, officers, and employees of the
19manufacturer may act as manufacturer representatives in this
20State. The manufacturer shall provide to the Department the
21names and addresses of the manufacturer representatives
22operating in this State and the make, model, and license plate
23number of each motor vehicle operated by a manufacturer
24representative in the course of performing his or her duties in
25this State on behalf of the manufacturer. The following
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1        (1) an individual who owes any delinquent cigarette
2    taxes that have been determined by law to be due and
3    unpaid, unless the individual has entered into an agreement
4    approved by the Department to pay the amount due;
5        (2) an individual who has had a license revoked within
6    the past 2 years for misconduct relating to stolen or
7    contraband cigarettes or has been convicted of a state or
8    federal crime, punishable by imprisonment of one year or
9    more, relating to stolen or contraband cigarettes;
10        (3) an individual who has been found, after notice and
11    a hearing, to have made a material false statement in an
12    application or has failed to produce records required to be
13    maintained by this Act; or
14        (4) an individual who has been found, after notice and
15    hearing, to have violated any Section of this Act.
16    (c) Manufacturer representatives may sell to retailers in
17this State who are licensed under Section 4g of this Act only
18original packages of cigarettes made, manufactured, or
19fabricated by the manufacturer and purchased or obtained from a
20distributor licensed under this Act, or the Cigarette Tax Use
21Act, and on which tax stamps have been affixed. Manufacturer
22representatives may sell up to 600 stamped original packages of
23cigarettes in a calendar year, for the purpose of promoting the
24manufacturer's brands of cigarettes. A manufacturer
25representative may not possess more than 500 stamped original
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1manufacturer and purchased or obtained from a distributor
2licensed under this Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act. Any
3original packages of cigarettes in the possession of a
4manufacturer representative that (i) are not made,
5manufactured, or fabricated by the manufacturer and purchased
6or obtained from a distributor licensed under this Act or the
7Cigarette Use Tax Act, other than cigarettes for personal use
8and consumption, (ii) exceed the maximum quantity of 500
9original packages of cigarettes, excluding packages of
10cigarettes for personal use and consumption; (iii) violate
11Section 3-10 of this Act; or (iv) do not have the proper tax
12stamps affixed, are contraband and subject to seizure and
13forfeiture.
14    Manufacturer representatives may sell, on behalf of
15licensed distributors, stamped original packages of cigarettes
16to retailers who are licensed under Section 4g of this Act on
17behalf of licensed distributors. The manufacturer
18representative shall provide the distributor with a signed
19receipt for the cigarettes obtained from the distributor. The
20distributor shall invoice the licensed retailer, and the
21licensed retailer shall pay the distributor for all cigarettes
22provided to licensed retailers by manufacturer representatives
23on behalf of a distributor.
24    Manufacturer representatives may sell stamped original
25packages of cigarettes to licensed retailers that are purchased
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1manufacturer representatives with invoices for stamped
2original packages of cigarettes sold to manufacturer
3representatives. Manufacturer representatives shall invoice
4licensed retailers, and the licensed retailers shall pay the
5manufacturer representatives for all original packages of
6cigarettes sold to licensed retailers.
7    (d) Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department
8under this Section may, within 20 days after notice of the
9decision, protest and request a hearing. Upon receiving a
10request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice to the
11person requesting the hearing of the time and place fixed for
12the hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the
13provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative
14decision in the matter to that person. In the absence of a
15protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the
16Department's decision shall become final without any further
17determination being made or notice given.
18(Source: P.A. 97-587, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 130/4g new)
20    Sec. 4g. Retailer's license. Beginning on January 1, 2014,
21no person may engage in business as a retailer of cigarettes in
22this State without first having obtained a license from the
23Department. Application for license shall be made to the
24Department on a form furnished and prescribed by the
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1shall furnish to the Department on the form signed and verified
2by the applicant the following information:
3        (1) the name and address of the applicant;
4        (2) the address of the location at which the applicant
5    proposes to engage in business as a retailer of cigarettes
6    in this State; and
7        (3) such other additional information as the
8    Department may lawfully require by its rules and
9    regulations.
10    The annual license fee payable to the Department for each
11retailer's license shall be $250. The fee shall be deposited
12into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund and used
13towards the cost of retail inspections. Each applicant for
14license shall pay the fee to the Department at the time of
15submitting his application for license to the Department. The
16Department may, by rule, require an applicant for a license
17under this Section to electronically file and pay the
18application and fee.
19    Every applicant who is required to procure a retailer's
20license shall file with his application a joint and several
21bond. Such bond shall be executed to the Department of Revenue,
22with good and sufficient surety or sureties residing or
23licensed to do business within the State of Illinois, in an
24amount of not less than $2,500, conditioned upon the true and
25faithful compliance by the licensee with all of the provisions
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1therefore, shall be kept in effect during the entire period
2covered by the license.
3    A separate application for license shall be made, a
4separate annual license fee paid, and a separate bond filed,
5for each place of business at which a person who is required to
6procure a retailer's license under this Section proposes to
7engage in business as a retailer in Illinois under this Act.
8    The following are ineligible to receive a retailer's
9license under this Act:
10        (1) a person who is not of good character and
11    reputation in the community in which he resides;
12        (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under
13    any federal or State law, if the Department, after
14    investigation and a hearing, if requested by the applicant,
15    determines that such person has not been sufficiently
16    rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
17        (3) a corporation, if any officer, manager, or director
18    thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the
19    aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such corporation,
20    would not be eligible to receive a license under this Act
21    for any reason;
22        (4) a person who possesses a distributor's license
23    under Sections 4 and 4b of this Act or Sections 4 and 7 of
24    the Cigarette Use Tax Act.
25    The Department, upon receipt of an application, license fee
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1receive a retailer's license under this Act, shall issue to
2such applicant a license in form as prescribed by the
3Department. That license shall permit the applicant to whom it
4is issued to engage in business as a retailer under this Act at
5the place shown in his or her application. All licenses issued
6by the Department under this Section shall be valid for a
7period not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner
8revoked, canceled, or suspended as provided in this Act. No
9license issued under this Section is transferable or
10assignable. The license shall be conspicuously displayed in the
11place of business conducted by the licensee in Illinois under
12such license. The Department shall not issue a retailer's
13license to a retailer unless the retailer is also registered
14under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. A person who obtains a
15license as a retailer who ceases to do business as specified in
16the license, or who never commenced business, or who obtains a
17distributor's license, or whose license is suspended or
18revoked, shall immediately surrender the license to the
19Department.
20    Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department
21under this subsection may, within 20 days after notice of the
22decision, protest and request a hearing. Upon receiving a
23request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice to the
24person requesting the hearing of the time and place fixed for
25the hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the
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1decision in the matter to that person. In the absence of a
2protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the
3Department's decision shall become final without any further
4determination being made or notice given.
 
5    (35 ILCS 130/4h new)
6    Sec. 4h. Purchases of cigarettes by licensed retailers. A
7person who possesses a retailer's license under Section 4g of
8this Act shall obtain cigarettes for sale only from a licensed
9distributor, secondary distributor, or manufacturer
10representative.
 
11    (35 ILCS 130/6)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.6)
12    Sec. 6. Revocation, cancellation, or suspension of
13license. The Department may, after notice and hearing as
14provided for by this Act, revoke, cancel or suspend the license
15of any distributor, or secondary distributor or retailer for
16the violation of any provision of this Act, or for
17noncompliance with any provision herein contained, or for any
18noncompliance with any lawful rule or regulation promulgated by
19the Department under Section 8 of this Act, or because the
20licensee is determined to be ineligible for a distributor's
21license for any one or more of the reasons provided for in
22Section 4 of this Act, or because the licensee is determined to
23be ineligible for a secondary distributor's license for any one
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1or because the licensee is determined to be ineligible for a
2retailer's license for any one or more of the reasons provided
3for in Section 4g of this Act. However, no such license shall
4be revoked, cancelled or suspended, except after a hearing by
5the Department with notice to the distributor, or secondary
6distributor, or retailer, as aforesaid, and affording such
7distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer a
8reasonable opportunity to appear and defend, and any
9distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer aggrieved
10by any decision of the Department with respect thereto may have
11the determination of the Department judicially reviewed, as
12herein provided.
13    The Department may revoke, cancel, or suspend the license
14of any distributor for a violation of the Tobacco Product
15Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act as provided in Section 30
16of that Act. The Department may revoke, cancel, or suspend the
17license of any secondary distributor for a violation of
18subsection (e) of Section 15 of the Tobacco Product
19Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act.
20    Any distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer
21aggrieved by any decision of the Department under this Section
22may, within 20 days after notice of the decision, protest and
23request a hearing. Upon receiving a request for a hearing, the
24Department shall give notice in writing to the distributor, or
25secondary distributor, or retailer requesting the hearing that
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1distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer and that
2states the time and place fixed for the hearing. The Department
3shall hold the hearing in conformity with the provisions of
4this Act and then issue its final administrative decision in
5the matter to the distributor, or secondary distributor, or
6retailer. In the absence of a protest and request for a hearing
7within 20 days, the Department's decision shall become final
8without any further determination being made or notice given.
9    No license so revoked, as aforesaid, shall be reissued to
10any such distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer
11within a period of 6 months after the date of the final
12determination of such revocation. No such license shall be
13reissued at all so long as the person who would receive the
14license is ineligible to receive a distributor's license under
15this Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in
16Section 4 of this Act, or is ineligible to receive a secondary
17distributor's license under this Act for any one or more of the
18reasons provided for in Section 4c of this Act, or is
19determined to be ineligible for a retailer's license under the
20Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section
214g of this Act.
22    The Department upon complaint filed in the circuit court
23may by injunction restrain any person who fails, or refuses, to
24comply with any of the provisions of this Act from acting as a
25distributor, or secondary distributor, or retailer of
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1(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
2    (35 ILCS 130/7)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.7)
3    Sec. 7. The Department or any officer or employee of the
4Department designated, in writing, by the Director thereof,
5shall at its or his or her own instance, or on the written
6request of any distributor, secondary distributor, retailer,
7manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer
8representatives, or other interested party to the proceeding,
9issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of and the giving of
10testimony by witnesses, and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the
11production of books, papers, records or memoranda. All
12subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued under the terms of
13this Act may be served by any person of full age. The fees of
14witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the
15fees of witnesses before the circuit court of this State; such
16fees to be paid when the witness is excused from further
17attendance. When the witness is subpoenaed at the instance of
18the Department or any officer or employee thereof, such fees
19shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the
20Department, and when the witness is subpoenaed at the instance
21of any other party to any such proceeding, the cost of service
22of the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and the fee of the
23witness shall be borne by the party at whose instance the
24witness is summoned. In such case the Department, in its
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1service and witness fees. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum so
2issued shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena or
3subpoena duces tecum issued out of a court.
4    Any circuit court of this State, upon the application of
5the Department or any officer or employee thereof, or upon the
6application of any other party to the proceeding, may, in its
7discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production
8of books, papers, records or memoranda and the giving of
9testimony before the Department or any officer or employee
10thereof conducting an investigation or holding a hearing
11authorized by this Act, by an attachment for contempt, or
12otherwise, in the same manner as production of evidence may be
13compelled before the court.
14    The Department or any officer or employee thereof, or any
15other party in an investigation or hearing before the
16Department, may cause the depositions of witnesses within the
17State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like
18depositions, or depositions for discovery in civil actions in
19courts of this State, and to that end compel the attendance of
20witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or
21memoranda, in the same manner hereinbefore provided.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10; 97-587, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
23    (35 ILCS 130/8)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.8)
24    Sec. 8. The Department may make, promulgate and enforce
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1administration and enforcement of this Act as may be deemed
2expedient.
3    Whenever notice is required by this Act, such notice may be
4given by United States certified or registered mail, addressed
5to the person concerned at his last known address, and proof of
6such mailing shall be sufficient for the purposes of this Act.
7Notice of any hearing provided for by this Act and held before
8the Department shall be so given not less than 7 days prior to
9the day fixed for the hearing.
10    Hearings provided for in this Act, other than hearings
11before the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal, shall be held:
12        (1) In Cook County, if the taxpayer's or licensee's
13    principal place of business is in that county;
14        (2) At the Department's office nearest the taxpayer's
15    or licensee's principal place of business, if the
16    taxpayer's or licensee's principal place of business is in
17    Illinois but outside Cook County;
18        (3) In Sangamon County, if the taxpayer's or licensee's
19    principal place of business is outside Illinois.
20    The Circuit Court of the County wherein the hearing is held
21has power to review all final administrative decisions of the
22Department in administering this Act. The provisions of the
23Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
24modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
25shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial
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1under this Act. The term "administrative decision" is defined
2as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
3    Service upon the Director of Revenue or Assistant Director
4of Revenue of summons issued in any action to review a final
5administrative decision shall be service upon the Department.
6The Department shall certify the record of its proceedings if
7the distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, or
8manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer
9representatives pays to it the sum of 75¢ per page of testimony
10taken before the Department and 25¢ per page of all other
11matters contained in such record, except that these charges may
12be waived where the Department is satisfied that the aggrieved
13party is a poor person who cannot afford to pay such charges.
14Before the delivery of such record to the person applying for
15it, payment of these charges must be made, and if the record is
16not paid for within 30 days after notice that such record is
17available, the complaint may be dismissed by the court upon
18motion of the Department.
19    No stay order shall be entered by the Circuit Court unless
20the distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, or
21manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer
22representatives files with the court a bond in an amount fixed
23and approved by the court, to indemnify the State against all
24loss and injury which may be sustained by it on account of the
25review proceedings and to secure all costs which may be
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1    Whenever any proceeding provided by this Act is begun
2before the Department, either by the Department or by a person
3subject to this Act, and such person thereafter dies or becomes
4a person under legal disability before such proceeding is
5concluded, the legal representative of the deceased person or
6of the person under legal disability shall notify the
7Department of such death or legal disability. Such legal
8representative, as such, shall then be substituted by the
9Department for such person. If the legal representative fails
10to notify the Department of his or her appointment as such
11legal representative, the Department may, upon its own motion,
12substitute such legal representative in the proceeding pending
13before the Department for the person who died or became a
14person under legal disability.
15    Hearings to contest an administrative decision under this
16Act conducted as a result of a protest filed with the Illinois
17Independent Tax Tribunal on or after July 1, 2013 shall be
18conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois
19Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10; 97-587, eff. 8-26-11;
2197-1129, eff. 8-28-12.)
 
22    (35 ILCS 130/9g new)
23    Sec. 9g. Retailers; reports. Every retailer who is required
24to procure a license under this Act shall, on or before the
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1Department, showing the quantity of cigarettes purchased from
2licensed distributors, secondary distributors, and
3manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer
4representatives during the preceding calendar month, either
5within or outside this State, and the quantity of cigarettes
6sold to consumers or otherwise disposed of during the preceding
7calendar month. Such reports shall be filed in the form
8prescribed by the Department and shall contain such other
9information as the Department may reasonably require. The
10report shall be filed electronically and be accompanied by
11appropriate computer generated magnetic media supporting
12schedule data in the format required by the Department, unless,
13as provided by rule, the Department grants an exception upon
14petition of retailer.
15    A certification by the Director of the Department that a
16report has not been filed, or that information has not been
17supplied pursuant to the provisions of this Act, shall be prima
18facie evidence thereof.
 
19    (35 ILCS 130/10)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.10)
20    Sec. 10. The Department, or any officer or employee
21designated in writing by the Director thereof, for the purpose
22of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act, may
23hold investigations and, except as otherwise provided in the
24Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012, may hold
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1examine books, papers, records or memoranda bearing upon the
2sale or other disposition of cigarettes by a distributor,
3secondary distributor, retailer, manufacturer with authority
4to maintain manufacturer representatives under Section 4f of
5this Act, or manufacturer representative, and may issue
6subpoenas requiring the attendance of a distributor, secondary
7distributor, retailer, manufacturer with authority to maintain
8manufacturer representatives under Section 4f of this Act, or
9manufacturer representative, or any officer or employee of a
10distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, manufacturer
11with authority to maintain manufacturer representatives under
12Section 4f of this Act, or any person having knowledge of the
13facts, and may take testimony and require proof, and may issue
14subpoenas duces tecum to compel the production of relevant
15books, papers, records and memoranda, for the information of
16the Department.
17    All hearings to contest administrative decisions of the
18Department conducted as a result of a protest filed with the
19Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal on or after July 1, 2013
20shall be subject to the provisions of the Illinois Independent
21Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
22    In the conduct of any investigation or hearing provided for
23by this Act, neither the Department, nor any officer or
24employee thereof, shall be bound by the technical rules of
25evidence, and no informality in the proceedings nor in the
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1decision or regulation made, approved or confirmed by the
2Department.
3    The Director of Revenue, or any duly authorized officer or
4employee of the Department, shall have the power to administer
5oaths to such persons required by this Act to give testimony
6before the said Department.
7    The books, papers, records and memoranda of the Department,
8or parts thereof, may be proved in any hearing, investigation
9or legal proceeding by a reproduced copy thereof under the
10certificate of the Director of Revenue. Such reproduced copy
11shall, without further proof, be admitted into evidence before
12the Department or in any legal proceeding.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10; 97-587, eff. 8-26-11;
1497-1129, eff. 8-28-12.)
 
15    (35 ILCS 130/11c new)
16    Sec. 11c. Retailers; records. Every retailer who is
17required to procure a license under this Act, shall keep within
18Illinois, at his business address identified under Section 4g
19of this Act, complete and accurate records of cigarettes
20purchased, sold, or otherwise disposed of, and shall preserve
21and keep within Illinois at his business address all invoices,
22sales records, copies of bills of sale, inventory at the close
23of each period for which a report is required of all cigarettes
24on hand, and other pertinent papers and documents relating to
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1records and other papers and documents that are required by
2this Act to be kept shall be kept in the English language, and
3shall, at all times during the usual business hours of the day,
4be subject to inspection by the Department or its duly
5authorized agents and employees. The Department may adopt rules
6that establish requirements, including record forms and
7formats, for records required to be kept and maintained by.
8    For purposes of this Section, "records" means all data
9maintained by the retailer, including data on paper, microfilm,
10microfiche or any type of machine sensible data compilation.
11Those books, records, papers, and documents shall be preserved
12for a period of at least 3 years after the date of the
13documents, or the date of the entries appearing in the records,
14unless the Department, in writing, authorizes their
15destruction or disposal at an earlier date. At all times during
16the usual business hours of the day, any duly authorized agent
17or employee of the Department may enter any place of business
18of the retailer without a search warrant and may inspect the
19premises to determine whether any of the provisions of this Act
20are being violated. If such agent or employee is denied free
21access or is hindered or interfered with in making such
22examination as herein provided, the license of the retailer
23shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the Department.
 
24    (35 ILCS 130/23)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.23)
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1retailer, manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer
2representatives under Section 4f of this Act and their
3manufacturer representatives, or other person who shall
4knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original
5package, as defined in this Act, having affixed thereto any
6fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit stamp, or stamp
7which has been previously affixed, or affixes a stamp which has
8previously been affixed to an original package, or who shall
9knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original
10package, as defined in this Act, having imprinted thereon
11underneath the sealed transparent wrapper thereof any
12fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit tax imprint,
13shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 felony.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10; 97-587, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
15    (35 ILCS 130/26)  (from Ch. 120, par. 453.26)
16    Sec. 26. Whoever acts as a distributor, or secondary
17distributor, retailer, or manufacturer representative of
18original packages without having a license, as required by this
19Act, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
21    Section 15. The Illinois Cigarette Use Tax Act is amended
22by changing Sections 1, 2-10, 3-10, 4d, and 4e as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 1. For the purpose of this Act, unless otherwise
2required by the context:
3    "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
4power over cigarettes incident to the ownership or possession
5thereof, other than the making of a sale thereof in the course
6of engaging in a business of selling cigarettes and shall
7include the keeping or retention of cigarettes for use, except
8that "use" does not include the use of cigarettes by a
9not-for-profit research institution conducting tests
10concerning the health effects of tobacco products, provided the
11cigarettes are not offered for resale.
12    "Brand Style" means a variety of cigarettes distinguished
13by the tobacco used, tar and nicotine content, flavoring used,
14size of the cigarette, filtration on the cigarette or
15packaging.
16    Until July 1, 2012, "cigarette" means any roll for smoking
17made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective of size or shape
18and whether or not such tobacco is flavored, adulterated or
19mixed with any other ingredient, and the wrapper or cover of
20which is made of paper or any other substance or material
21except tobacco.
22    "Cigarette", beginning on and after July 1, 2012, means any
23roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective
24of size or shape and whether or not such tobacco is flavored,
25adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, and the wrapper
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1    "Cigarette", beginning on and after July 1, 2012, also
2shall mean: Any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of
3tobacco labeled as anything other than a cigarette or not
4bearing a label, if it meets two or more of the following
5criteria:
6        (a) the product is sold in packs similar to cigarettes;
7        (b) the product is available for sale in cartons of ten
8    packs;
9        (c) the product is sold in soft packs, hard packs,
10    flip-top boxes, clam shells, or other cigarette-type
11    boxes;
12        (d) the product is of a length and diameter similar to
13    commercially manufactured cigarettes;
14        (e) the product has a cellulose acetate or other
15    integrated filter;
16        (f) the product is marketed or advertised to consumers
17    as a cigarette or cigarette substitute; or
18        (g) other evidence that the product fits within the
19    definition of cigarette.
20    "Contraband cigarettes" means:
21        (a) cigarettes that do not bear a required tax stamp
22    under this Act;
23        (b) cigarettes for which any required federal taxes
24    have not been paid;
25        (c) cigarettes that bear a counterfeit tax stamp;
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1    assembled, processed, packaged, or labeled by any person
2    other than (i) the owner of the trademark rights in the
3    cigarette brand or (ii) a person that is directly or
4    indirectly authorized by such owner;
5        (e) cigarettes imported into the United States, or
6    otherwise distributed, in violation of the federal
7    Imported Cigarette Compliance Act of 2000 (Title IV of
8    Public Law 106-476);
9        (f) cigarettes that have false manufacturing labels;
10        (g) cigarettes identified in Section 3-10(a)(1) of
11    this Act;
12        (h) cigarettes that are improperly tax stamped,
13    including cigarettes that bear a tax stamp of another state
14    or taxing jurisdiction; or
15        (i) cigarettes made or fabricated by a person holding a
16    cigarette machine operator license under Section 1-20 of
17    the Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation Tax Act in the
18    possession of manufacturers, distributors, secondary
19    distributors, manufacturer representatives or other
20    retailers for the purpose of resale, regardless of whether
21    the tax has been paid on such cigarettes.
22    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
23association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
24private corporation, however formed, limited liability
25company, or a receiver, executor, administrator, trustee,
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1court.
2    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
3    "Sale" means any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner
4or by any means whatsoever for a consideration, and includes
5and means all sales made by any person.
6    "Original Package" means the individual packet, box or
7other container whatsoever used to contain and to convey
8cigarettes to the consumer.
9    "Distributor" means any and each of the following:
10        a. Any person engaged in the business of selling
11    cigarettes in this State who brings or causes to be brought
12    into this State from without this State any original
13    packages of cigarettes, on which original packages there is
14    no authorized evidence underneath a sealed transparent
15    wrapper showing that the tax liability imposed by this Act
16    has been paid or assumed by the out-of-State seller of such
17    cigarettes, for sale in the course of such business.
18        b. Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates
19    cigarettes in this State for sale, except a person who
20    makes, manufactures or fabricates cigarettes for sale to
21    residents incarcerated in penal institutions or resident
22    patients or a State-operated mental health facility.
23        c. Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates
24    cigarettes outside this State, which cigarettes are placed
25    in original packages contained in sealed transparent
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1    elects to qualify and is accepted by the Department as a
2    distributor under Section 7 of this Act.
3    "Distributor" does not include any person who transfers
4cigarettes to a not-for-profit research institution that
5conducts tests concerning the health effects of tobacco
6products and who does not offer the cigarettes for resale.
7    "Distributor" does not include any person who makes a sale
8of cigarettes to a purchaser for use or consumption, and not
9for resale.
10    "Distributor maintaining a place of business in this
11State", or any like term, means any distributor having or
12maintaining within this State, directly or by a subsidiary, an
13office, distribution house, sales house, warehouse or other
14place of business, or any agent operating within this State
15under the authority of the distributor or its subsidiary,
16irrespective of whether such place of business or agent is
17located here permanently or temporarily, or whether such
18distributor or subsidiary is licensed to transact business
19within this State.
20    "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity or
21enterprise engaged in or conducted in this State for the
22purpose of selling cigarettes.
23    "Prior Continuous Compliance Taxpayer" means any person
24who is licensed under this Act and who, having been a licensee
25for a continuous period of 5 years, is determined by the
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1the payment of tax liability during that period or otherwise in
2violation of this Act. Also, any taxpayer who has, as verified
3by the Department, continuously complied with the condition of
4his bond or other security under provisions of this Act of a
5period of 5 consecutive years shall be considered to be a
6"prior continuous compliance taxpayer". In calculating the
7consecutive period of time described herein for qualification
8as a "prior continuous compliance taxpayer", a consecutive
9period of time of qualifying compliance immediately prior to
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall be
11credited to any licensee who became licensed on or before the
12effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987.
13    "Secondary distributor" means any person engaged in the
14business of selling cigarettes who purchases stamped original
15packages of cigarettes from a licensed distributor under this
16Act or the Cigarette Tax Act, sells 75% or more of those
17cigarettes to retailers for resale, and maintains an
18established business where a substantial stock of cigarettes is
19available to retailers for resale.
20    "Secondary distributor maintaining a place of business in
21this State", or any like term, means any secondary distributor
22having or maintaining within this State, directly or by a
23subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales house,
24warehouse, or other place of business, or any agent operating
25within this State under the authority of the secondary
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1place of business or agent is located here permanently or
2temporarily, or whether such secondary distributor or
3subsidiary is licensed to transact business within this State.
4    "Stamp" or "stamps" mean the indicia required to be affixed
5on a pack of cigarettes that evidence payment of the tax on
6cigarettes under Section 2 of this Act.
7    "Related party" means any person that is associated with
8any other person because he or she:
9        (a) is an officer or director of a business; or
10        (b) is legally recognized as a partner in business.
11(Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10;
1297-688, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
13    (35 ILCS 135/3-10)
14    Sec. 3-10. Cigarette enforcement.
15    (a) Prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person:
16        (1) to sell or distribute in this State; to acquire,
17    hold, own, possess, or transport, for sale or distribution
18    in this State; or to import, or cause to be imported into
19    this State for sale or distribution in this State:
20            (A) any cigarettes the package of which:
21                (i) bears any statement, label, stamp,
22            sticker, or notice indicating that the
23            manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes to be
24            sold, distributed, or used in the United States,
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1            Export Only", "U.S. Tax Exempt", "For Use Outside
2            U.S.", or similar wording; or
3                (ii) does not comply with:
4                    (aa) all requirements imposed by or
5                pursuant to federal law regarding warnings and
6                other information on packages of cigarettes
7                manufactured, packaged, or imported for sale,
8                distribution, or use in the United States,
9                including but not limited to the precise
10                warning labels specified in the federal
11                Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15
12                U.S.C. 1333; and
13                    (bb) all federal trademark and copyright
14                laws;
15            (B) any cigarettes imported into the United States
16        in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5754 or any other federal
17        law, or implementing federal regulations;
18            (C) any cigarettes that such person otherwise
19        knows or has reason to know the manufacturer did not
20        intend to be sold, distributed, or used in the United
21        States; or
22            (D) any cigarettes for which there has not been
23        submitted to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
24        Health and Human Services the list or lists of the
25        ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture of the
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1        and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. 1335a;
2        (2) to alter the package of any cigarettes, prior to
3    sale or distribution to the ultimate consumer, so as to
4    remove, conceal, or obscure:
5            (A) any statement, label, stamp, sticker, or
6        notice described in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this
7        Section;
8            (B) any health warning that is not specified in, or
9        does not conform with the requirements of, the federal
10        Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C.
11        1333; or
12        (3) to affix any stamp required pursuant to this Act to
13    the package of any cigarettes described in subdivision
14    (a)(1) of this Section or altered in violation of
15    subdivision (a)(2).
16    (b) Documentation. On the first business day of each month,
17each person licensed to affix the State tax stamp to cigarettes
18shall file with the Department, for all cigarettes imported
19into the United States to which the person has affixed the tax
20stamp in the preceding month:
21        (1) a copy of:
22            (A) the permit issued pursuant to the Internal
23        Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 5713, to the person importing
24        the cigarettes into the United States allowing the
25        person to import the cigarettes; and
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1        the cigarettes, the internal revenue tax information
2        required by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
3        Firearms;
4        (2) a statement, signed by the person under penalty of
5    perjury, which shall be treated as confidential by the
6    Department and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
7    Information Act, identifying the brand and brand styles of
8    all such cigarettes, the quantity of each brand style of
9    such cigarettes, the supplier of such cigarettes, and the
10    person or persons, if any, to whom such cigarettes have
11    been conveyed for resale; and a separate statement, signed
12    by the individual under penalty of perjury, which shall not
13    be treated as confidential or exempt from disclosure,
14    separately identifying the brands and brand styles of such
15    cigarettes; and
16        (3) a statement, signed by an officer of the
17    manufacturer or importer under penalty of perjury,
18    certifying that the manufacturer or importer has complied
19    with:
20            (A) the package health warning and ingredient
21        reporting requirements of the federal Cigarette
22        Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. 1333 and 1335a,
23        with respect to such cigarettes; and
24            (B) the provisions of Exhibit T of the Master
25        Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of
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1        Court of Cook County, No. 96-L13146), including a
2        statement indicating whether the manufacturer is, or
3        is not, a participating tobacco manufacturer within
4        the meaning of Exhibit T.
5    (c) Administrative sanctions.
6        (1) Upon finding that a distributor, secondary
7    distributor, retailer, or a person has committed any of the
8    acts prohibited by subsection (a), knowing or having reason
9    to know that he or she has done so, or upon finding that a
10    distributor or person has failed to comply with any
11    requirement of subsection (b), the Department may revoke or
12    suspend the license or licenses of any distributor,
13    retailer, or secondary distributor pursuant to the
14    procedures set forth in Section 6 and impose on the
15    distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, or person, a
16    civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of
17    500% of the retail value of the cigarettes involved or
18    $5,000.
19        (2) Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned,
20    possessed, transported in, imported into, or sold or
21    distributed in this State in violation of this Section
22    shall be deemed contraband under this Act and are subject
23    to seizure and forfeiture as provided in this Act, and all
24    such cigarettes seized and forfeited shall be destroyed or
25    maintained and used in an undercover capacity. Such
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1    violation of this Section is knowing or otherwise.
2    (d) Unfair trade practices. In addition to any other
3penalties provided for in this Act, a violation of subsection
4(a) or subsection (b) of this Section shall constitute an
5unlawful practice as provided in the Consumer Fraud and
6Deceptive Business Practices Act.
7    (d-1) Retailers who are licensed under Section 4g of the
8Cigarette Tax Act and secondary distributors shall not be
9liable under subsections (c)(1) and (d) of this Section for
10unknowingly possessing, selling, or distributing to consumers
11or users cigarettes identified in subsection (a)(1) of this
12Section if the cigarettes possessed, sold, or distributed by
13the licensed retailer were obtained from a distributor or
14secondary distributor licensed under this Act or the Cigarette
15Tax Act.
16    (d-2) Criminal Penalties. A distributor, secondary
17distributor, retailer. or person who violates subsection (a),
18or a distributor, secondary distributor, or person who violates
19subsection (b) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4
20felony.
21    (e) Unfair cigarette sales. For purposes of the Trademark
22Registration and Protection Act and the Counterfeit Trademark
23Act, cigarettes imported or reimported into the United States
24for sale or distribution under any trade name, trade dress, or
25trademark that is the same as, or is confusingly similar to,
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1manufactured in the United States for sale or distribution in
2the United States shall be presumed to have been purchased
3outside of the ordinary channels of trade.
4    (f) General provisions.
5        (1) This Section shall be enforced by the Department;
6    provided that, at the request of the Director of Revenue or
7    the Director's duly authorized agent, the State police and
8    all local police authorities shall enforce the provisions
9    of this Section. The Attorney General has concurrent power
10    with the State's Attorney of any county to enforce this
11    Section.
12        (2) For the purpose of enforcing this Section, the
13    Director of Revenue and any agency to which the Director
14    has delegated enforcement responsibility pursuant to
15    subdivision (f)(1) may request information from any State
16    or local agency and may share information with and request
17    information from any federal agency and any agency of any
18    other state or any local agency of any other state.
19        (3) In addition to any other remedy provided by law,
20    including enforcement as provided in subdivision (f)
21    (a)(1), any person may bring an action for appropriate
22    injunctive or other equitable relief for a violation of
23    this Section; actual damages, if any, sustained by reason
24    of the violation; and, as determined by the court, interest
25    on the damages from the date of the complaint, taxable
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1    finds that the violation is flagrant, it may increase
2    recovery to an amount not in excess of 3 times the actual
3    damages sustained by reason of the violation.
4    (g) Definitions. As used in this Section:
5    "Importer" means that term as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5702(1).
6    "Package" means that term as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1332(4).
7    (h) Applicability.
8        (1) This Section does not apply to:
9            (A) cigarettes allowed to be imported or brought
10        into the United States for personal use; and
11            (B) cigarettes sold or intended to be sold as
12        duty-free merchandise by a duty-free sales enterprise
13        in accordance with the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1555(b)
14        and any implementing regulations; except that this
15        Section shall apply to any such cigarettes that are
16        brought back into the customs territory for resale
17        within the customs territory.
18        (2) The penalties provided in this Section are in
19    addition to any other penalties imposed under other
20    provision of law.
21(Source: P.A. 95-1053, eff. 1-1-10; 96-782, eff. 1-1-10;
2296-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
23    (35 ILCS 135/4d)
24    Sec. 4d. Sales of cigarettes to and by retailers. In-state
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1under Section 4 of this Act and out-of-state makers,
2manufacturers, or fabricators holding permits under Section 7
3of this Act may not sell original packages of cigarettes to
4retailers. A retailer who is licensed under Section 4g of the
5Cigarette Tax Act may sell only original packages of cigarettes
6obtained from licensed secondary distributors or licensed
7distributors other than in-state makers, manufacturers, or
8fabricators licensed as distributors under Section 4 of this
9Act and out-of-state makers, manufacturers, or fabricators
10holding permits under Section 7 of this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
12    (35 ILCS 135/4e)
13    Sec. 4e. Sales of cigarettes to and by secondary
14distributors. In-state makers, manufacturers, and fabricators
15licensed as distributors under Section 4 of this Act and
16out-of-state makers, manufacturers, and fabricators holding
17permits under Section 7 of this Act may not sell original
18packages of cigarettes to secondary distributors. A secondary
19distributor may sell only original packages of cigarettes
20obtained from licensed distributors other than in-state
21makers, manufacturers, or fabricators licensed as distributors
22under Section 4 of this Act and out-of-state makers,
23manufacturers, or fabricators holding permits under Section 7
24of this Act. Secondary distributors may sell cigarettes to
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1Cigarette Tax Act for resale, and are also authorized to make
2retail sales of cigarettes at the location on the secondary
3distributor's license as long as the secondary distributor
4obtains a license under Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act and
5sells 75% or more of the cigarettes sold at such location to
6retailers who are licensed under Section 4g of the Cigarette
7Tax Act for resale.
8    All sales by secondary distributors to Illinois retailers
9who are licensed under Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act must
10be made at the location on the secondary distributor's license.
11Retailers who are issued a license under Section 4g of the
12Cigarette Tax Act must take possession of all cigarettes sold
13by the secondary distributor at the secondary distributor's
14licensed address. Secondary distributors may not make
15deliveries of cigarettes to Illinois retailers who are licensed
16under Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act.
17    Secondary distributors may not file a claim for credit or
18refund with the State under Section 14a of this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
 
20    Section 20. The Illinois Tobacco Products Tax Act is
21amended by changing Sections 10-5, 10-20, 10-25, 10-35, and
2210-50 and by adding Sections 10-21, 10-22, 10-36, and 10-53 as
23follows:
 
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1    Sec. 10-5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
2    "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity, or
3enterprise engaged in, at any location whatsoever, for the
4purpose of selling tobacco products.
5    "Cigarette" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section
61 of the Cigarette Tax Act.
7    "Correctional Industries program" means a program run by a
8State penal institution in which residents of the penal
9institution produce tobacco products for sale to persons
10incarcerated in penal institutions or resident patients of a
11State operated mental health facility.
12    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Revenue.
13    "Distributor" means any of the following:
14        (1) Any manufacturer or wholesaler in this State
15    engaged in the business of selling tobacco products who
16    sells, exchanges, or distributes tobacco products to
17    retailers or consumers in this State.
18        (2) Any manufacturer or wholesaler engaged in the
19    business of selling tobacco products from without this
20    State who sells, exchanges, distributes, ships, or
21    transports tobacco products to retailers or consumers
22    located in this State, so long as that manufacturer or
23    wholesaler has or maintains within this State, directly or
24    by subsidiary, an office, sales house, or other place of
25    business, or any agent or other representative operating
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1    subsidiary, irrespective of whether the place of business
2    or agent or other representative is located here
3    permanently or temporarily.
4        (3) Any retailer who receives tobacco products on which
5    the tax has not been or will not be paid by another
6    distributor.
7    "Distributor" does not include any person, wherever
8resident or located, who makes, manufactures, or fabricates
9tobacco products as part of a Correctional Industries program
10for sale to residents incarcerated in penal institutions or
11resident patients of a State operated mental health facility.
12    "Manufacturer" means any person, wherever resident or
13located, who manufactures and sells tobacco products, except a
14person who makes, manufactures, or fabricates tobacco products
15as a part of a Correctional Industries program for sale to
16persons incarcerated in penal institutions or resident
17patients of a State operated mental health facility.
18    Beginning on January 1, 2013, "moist snuff" means any
19finely cut, ground, or powdered tobacco that is not intended to
20be smoked, but shall not include any finely cut, ground, or
21powdered tobacco that is intended to be placed in the nasal
22cavity.
23    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
24association, joint stock company, joint venture, limited
25liability company, or public or private corporation, however
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1conservator, or other representative appointed by order of any
2court.
3    "Place of business" means and includes any place where
4tobacco products are sold or where tobacco products are
5manufactured, stored, or kept for the purpose of sale or
6consumption, including any vessel, vehicle, airplane, train,
7or vending machine.
8    "Retailer" means any person in this State engaged in the
9business of selling tobacco products to consumers in this
10State, regardless of quantity or number of sales.
11    "Sale" means any transfer, exchange, or barter in any
12manner or by any means whatsoever for a consideration and
13includes all sales made by persons.
14    "Tobacco products" means any cigars; cheroots; stogies;
15periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and
16other smoking tobacco; snuff (including moist snuff) or snuff
17flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine-cut and other
18chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings,
19and sweeping of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco,
20prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or
21smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and
22smoking; but does not include cigarettes as defined in Section
231 of the Cigarette Tax Act or tobacco purchased for the
24manufacture of cigarettes by cigarette distributors and
25manufacturers defined in the Cigarette Tax Act and persons who
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1Correctional Industries program for sale to residents
2incarcerated in penal institutions or resident patients of a
3State operated mental health facility.
4    "Wholesale price" means the established list price for
5which a manufacturer sells tobacco products to a distributor,
6before the allowance of any discount, trade allowance, rebate,
7or other reduction. In the absence of such an established list
8price, the manufacturer's invoice price at which the
9manufacturer sells the tobacco product to unaffiliated
10distributors, before any discounts, trade allowances, rebates,
11or other reductions, shall be presumed to be the wholesale
12price.
13    "Wholesaler" means any person, wherever resident or
14located, engaged in the business of selling tobacco products to
15others for the purpose of resale.
16(Source: P.A. 97-688, eff. 6-14-12.)
 
17    (35 ILCS 143/10-20)
18    Sec. 10-20. Distributor's Licenses. It shall be unlawful
19for any person to engage in business as a distributor of
20tobacco products within the meaning of this Act without first
21having obtained a license to do so from the Department.
22Application for that license shall be made to the Department in
23a form prescribed and furnished by the Department. Each
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1information:
2        (1) The name of the applicant.
3        (2) The address of the location at which the applicant
4    proposes to engage in business as a distributor of tobacco
5    products.
6        (3) Other information the Department may reasonably
7    require.
8    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every
9applicant who is required to procure a distributor's license
10shall file with his or her application a joint and several
11bond. The bond shall be executed to the Department of Revenue,
12with good and sufficient surety or sureties residing or
13licensed to do business within the State of Illinois,
14conditioned upon the true and faithful compliance by the
15licensee with all of the provisions of this Act. The Department
16shall fix the amount of the bond for each applicant, taking
17into consideration the amount of money expected to become due
18from the applicant under this Act. The amount of bond required
19by the Department shall be an amount that, in its opinion, will
20protect the State of Illinois against failure to pay the amount
21that may become due from the applicant under this Act, but the
22amount of the security required by the Department shall not
23exceed 3 times the amount of the applicant's average monthly
24tax liability, or $50,000, whichever amount is lower. The bond,
25a reissue, or a substitute shall be kept in full force and
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1separate application for license shall be made, and bond filed,
2for each place of business at which a person who is required to
3procure a distributor's license proposes to engage in business
4as a distributor under this Act.
5    The Department, upon receipt of an application and bond in
6proper form, shall issue to the applicant a license, in a form
7prescribed by the Department, which shall permit the applicant
8to whom it is issued to engage in business as a distributor at
9the place shown on his or her application. The license shall be
10issued by the Department without charge or cost to the
11applicant. No license issued under this Act is transferable or
12assignable. The license shall be conspicuously displayed in the
13place of business conducted by the licensee under the license.
14    The bonding requirement in this Section does not apply to
15an applicant for a distributor's license who is already bonded
16under the Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act.
17Licenses issued by the Department under this Act shall be valid
18for a period not to exceed one year after issuance unless
19sooner revoked, canceled, or suspended as provided in this Act.
20    No license shall be issued to any person who is in default
21to the State of Illinois for moneys due under this Act or any
22other tax Act administered by the Department.
23    The Department may, in its discretion, upon application,
24authorize the payment of the tax imposed under Section 10-10 by
25any distributor or manufacturer not otherwise subject to the
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1Department, furnishes adequate security to ensure payment of
2the tax. The distributor or manufacturer shall be issued,
3without charge, a license to remit the tax. When so authorized,
4it shall be the duty of the distributor or manufacturer to
5remit the tax imposed upon the wholesale price of tobacco
6products sold or otherwise disposed of to retailers or
7consumers located in this State, in the same manner and subject
8to the same requirements as any other distributor or
9manufacturer licensed under this Act.
10    The Department may revoke, suspend, or cancel the license
11of a distributor of roll-your-own tobacco (as that term is used
12in Section 10 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act)
13under this Act if the tobacco product manufacturer, as defined
14in Section 10 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act,
15that made or sold the roll-your-own tobacco has failed to
16become a participating manufacturer, as defined in subdivision
17(a)(1) of Section 15 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers'
18Escrow Act, or has failed to create a qualified escrow fund for
19any roll-your-own tobacco manufactured by the tobacco product
20manufacturer and sold in this State or otherwise failed to
21bring itself into compliance with subdivision (a)(2) of Section
2215 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act.
23    Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department
24under this Section may, within 20 days after notice of that
25decision, protest and request a hearing, whereupon the
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1place fixed for the hearing and must hold a hearing in
2conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its
3final administrative decision in the matter to that person. In
4the absence of such a protest within 20 days, the Department's
5decision becomes final without any further determination being
6made or notice given.
7(Source: P.A. 92-231, eff. 8-2-01; 92-737, eff. 7-25-02.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 143/10-21 new)
9    Sec. 10-21. Retailer's license. Beginning on January 1,
102014, no person may engage in business as a retailer of tobacco
11products in this State without first having obtained a license
12from the Department. Application for license shall be made to
13the Department on a form furnished and prescribed by the
14Department. Each applicant for a license under this Section
15shall furnish to the Department on the form signed and verified
16by the applicant the following information:
17        (1) the name and address of the applicant;
18        (2) the address of the location at which the applicant
19    proposes to engage in business as a retailer of tobacco
20    products in this State;
21        (3) such other additional information as the
22    Department may lawfully require by its rules and
23    regulations.
24    The annual license fee payable to the Department for each
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1into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund and used
2towards the cost of retail inspections. Each applicant for
3license shall pay such fee to the Department at the time of
4submitting his application for license to the Department. The
5Department may, by rule, require an applicant for a license
6under this Section to electronically file and pay the
7application and fee.
8    Every applicant who is required to procure a retailer's
9license shall file with his application a joint and several
10bond. Such bond shall be executed to the Department of Revenue,
11with good and sufficient surety or sureties residing or
12licensed to do business within the State of Illinois, in an
13amount of not less than $2,500, conditioned upon the true and
14faithful compliance by the licensee with all of the provisions
15of this Act. Such bond, or a reissue thereof, or a substitute
16therefore, shall be kept in effect during the entire period
17covered by the license.
18    A separate application for license shall be made, a
19separate annual license fee paid and a separate bond filed, for
20each place of business at which a person who is required to
21procure a retailer's license under this Section proposes to
22engage in business as a retailer in Illinois under this Act.
23    The following are ineligible to receive a retailer's
24license under this Act:
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1        (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under
2    any Federal or State law, if the Department, after
3    investigation and a hearing, if requested by the applicant,
4    determines that such person has not been sufficiently
5    rehabilitated to warrant the public trust; and
6        (3) a corporation, if any officer, manager or director
7    thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the
8    aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such corporation,
9    would not be eligible to receive a license under this Act
10    for any reason.
11    The Department, upon receipt of an application, license fee
12and bond in proper form, from a person who is eligible to
13receive a retailer's license under this Act, shall issue to
14such applicant a license in form as prescribed by the
15Department, which license shall permit the applicant to which
16it is issued to engage in business as a retailer under this Act
17at the place shown in his application. All licenses issued by
18the Department under this Section shall be valid for a period
19not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner revoked,
20canceled or suspended as provided in this Act. No license
21issued under this Section is transferable or assignable. Such
22license shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of
23business conducted by the licensee in Illinois under such
24license. A person who obtains a license as a retailer who
25ceases to do business as specified in the license, or who never
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1whose license is suspended or revoked, shall immediately
2surrender the license to the Department. The Department shall
3not issue a license to a retailer unless the retailer is also
4validly registered under the Retailers Occupation Tax Act.
5    A retailer as defined under this Act need not obtain an
6additional license under this Act, but shall be deemed to be
7sufficiently licensed by virtue of his being properly licensed
8as a retailer under Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act.
9    Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department
10under this subsection may, within 20 days after notice of the
11decision, protest and request a hearing. Upon receiving a
12request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice to the
13person requesting the hearing of the time and place fixed for
14the hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the
15provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative
16decision in the matter to that person. In the absence of a
17protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the
18Department's decision shall become final without any further
19determination being made or notice given.
 
20    (35 ILCS 143/10-22 new)
21    Sec. 10-22. Purchases of tobacco products by licensed
22retailers. A person who possesses a retailer's license under
23Section 10-21 of this Act shall obtain tobacco products for
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1    (35 ILCS 143/10-25)
2    Sec. 10-25. License actions.
3    (a) The Department may, after notice and a hearing, revoke,
4cancel, or suspend the license of any distributor or retailer
5who violates any of the provisions of this Act. The notice
6shall specify the alleged violation or violations upon which
7the revocation, cancellation, or suspension proceeding is
8based.
9    (b) The Department may revoke, cancel, or suspend the
10license of any distributor for a violation of the Tobacco
11Product Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act as provided in
12Section 20 of that Act.
13    (c) The Department shall suspend for 7 days the license of
14a retailer for a first violation of the Sale of Tobacco to
15Minors Act, as provided in Section 3 of that Act.
16    The Department shall suspend for 30 days the license of a
17retailer for a second violation of the Sale of Tobacco to
18Minors Act, as provided in Section 3 of that Act.
19    The Department shall revoke the license of a retailer for a
20third or subsequent violation of the Sale of Tobacco to Minors
21Act, as provided in Section 3 of that Act.
22    The Department may, by application to any circuit court,
23obtain an injunction restraining any person who engages in
24business as a distributor of tobacco products without a license
25(either because his or her license has been revoked, canceled,
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1first instance) from engaging in that business until that
2person, as if that person were a new applicant for a license,
3complies with all of the conditions, restrictions, and
4requirements of Section 10-20 of this Act and qualifies for and
5obtains a license. Refusal or neglect to obey the order of the
6court may result in punishment for contempt.
7(Source: P.A. 92-737, eff. 7-25-02.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 143/10-35)
9    Sec. 10-35. Record keeping.
10    (a) Every distributor, as defined in Section 10-5, shall
11keep complete and accurate records of tobacco products held,
12purchased, manufactured, brought in or caused to be brought in
13from without the State, and tobacco products sold, or otherwise
14disposed of, and shall preserve and keep all invoices, bills of
15lading, sales records, and copies of bills of sale, the
16wholesale price for tobacco products sold or otherwise disposed
17of, an inventory of tobacco products prepared as of December 31
18of each year or as of the last day of the distributor's fiscal
19year if he or she files federal income tax returns on the basis
20of a fiscal year, and other pertinent papers and documents
21relating to the manufacture, purchase, sale, or disposition of
22tobacco products. Every sales invoice issued by a licensed
23distributor to a retailer in this State shall contain the
24distributor's Tobacco Products License number.
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1within Illinois, at his or her licensed address, complete and
2accurate records of tobacco products held, purchased, sold, or
3otherwise disposed of, and shall preserve and keep all
4invoices, bills of lading, sales records, and copies of bills
5of sale, returns and other pertinent papers and documents
6relating to the purchase, sale, or disposition of tobacco
7products.
8    (c) Books, records, papers, and documents that are required
9by this Act to be kept shall, at all times during the usual
10business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the
11Department or its duly authorized agents and employees. The
12books, records, papers, and documents for any period with
13respect to which the Department is authorized to issue a notice
14of tax liability shall be preserved until the expiration of
15that period.
16(Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 6-6-95.)
 
17    (35 ILCS 143/10-36 new)
18    Sec. 10-36. Proof of payment of tax imposed by this Act.
19Every licensed distributor of tobacco products in this State is
20required to show proof of the tax having been paid as required
21by this Act by displaying its Tobacco Products License number
22on every sales invoice issued to a retailer in this State. No
23retailer shall possess tobacco products without either a proper
24invoice indicating that the tobacco products tax was paid by a
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1possession or other proof that the tax was paid by the retailer
2if it has purchased tobacco products on which tax has not been
3paid as required by this Act. Failure to comply with the
4provisions of this paragraph may be grounds for revocation of a
5distributor's or retailer's license in accordance with Section
610-25 of this Act or Section 6 of the Cigarette Tax Act. In
7addition, the Department may impose a civil penalty not to
8exceed $1000 for each violation, which shall be deposited into
9the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund.
 
10    (35 ILCS 143/10-50)
11    Sec. 10-50. Violations and penalties. When the amount due
12is under $300, any distributor who fails to file a return,
13willfully wilfully fails or refuses to make any payment to the
14Department of the tax imposed by this Act, or files a
15fraudulent return, or any officer or agent of a corporation
16engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products to
17retailers and consumers located in this State who signs a
18fraudulent return filed on behalf of the corporation, or any
19accountant or other agent who knowingly enters false
20information on the return of any taxpayer under this Act is
21guilty of a Class 4 felony.
22    Any person who violates any provision of Sections Section
2310-20, 10-21, and 10-22 of this Act, fails to keep books and
24records as required under this Act, or willfully wilfully
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1administration and enforcement of this Act is guilty of a Class
24 felony. A person commits a separate offense on each day that
3he or she engages in business in violation of Sections Section
410-20, 10-21, and 10-22 of this Act.
5    Any person who violates any provision of Sections 10 20,
610-21 and 10-22 of this Act, fails to keep books and records as
7required under this Act, or willfully violates a rule or
8regulation of the Department for the administration and
9enforcement of this Act is guilty of a business offense and may
10be fined up to $5000. A person commits a separate offense on
11each day that he or she engages in business in violation of
12Sections 10 20, 10-21 and 10-22 of this Act.
13    When the amount due is under $300, any person who accepts
14money that is due to the Department under this Act from a
15taxpayer for the purpose of acting as the taxpayer's agent to
16make the payment to the Department, but who fails to remit the
17payment to the Department when due, is guilty of a Class 4
18felony.
19    When the amount due is $300 or more, any distributor who
20files, or causes to be filed, a fraudulent return, or any
21officer or agent of a corporation engaged in the business of
22distributing tobacco products to retailers and consumers
23located in this State who files or causes to be filed or signs
24or causes to be signed a fraudulent return filed on behalf of
25the corporation, or any accountant or other agent who knowingly
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1this Act is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
2    When the amount due is $300 or more, any person engaged in
3the business of distributing tobacco products to retailers and
4consumers located in this State who fails to file a return,
5willfully wilfully fails or refuses to make any payment to the
6Department of the tax imposed by this Act, or accepts money
7that is due to the Department under this Act from a taxpayer
8for the purpose of acting as the taxpayer's agent to make
9payment to the Department but fails to remit such payment to
10the Department when due is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
11    When the amount due is under $300, any retailer who fails
12to file a return, willfully fails or refuses to make any
13payment to the Department of the tax imposed by this Act, or
14files a fraudulent return, or any officer or agent of a
15corporation engaged in the retail business of selling tobacco
16products to purchasers of tobacco products for use and
17consumption located in this State who signs a fraudulent return
18filed on behalf of the corporation, or any accountant or other
19agent who knowingly enters false information on the return of
20any taxpayer under this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
21for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent
22offense.
23    When the amount due is $300 or more, any retailer who fails
24to file a return, willfully fails or refuses to make any
25payment to the Department of the tax imposed by this Act, or
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1corporation engaged in the retail business of selling tobacco
2products to purchasers of tobacco products for use and
3consumption located in this State who signs a fraudulent return
4filed on behalf of the corporation, or any accountant or other
5agent who knowingly enters false information on the return of
6any taxpayer under this Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
7    Any person whose principal place of business is in this
8State and who is charged with a violation under this Section
9shall be tried in the county where his or her principal place
10of business is located unless he or she asserts a right to be
11tried in another venue. If the taxpayer does not have his or
12her principal place of business in this State, however, the
13hearing must be held in Sangamon County unless the taxpayer
14asserts a right to be tried in another venue.
15    Any taxpayer or agent of a taxpayer who with the intent to
16defraud purports to make a payment due to the Department by
17issuing or delivering a check or other order upon a real or
18fictitious depository for the payment of money, knowing that it
19will not be paid by the depository, is guilty of a deceptive
20practice in violation of Section 17-1 of the Criminal Code of
211961.
22    A prosecution for a violation described in this Section may
23be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the act
24constituting the violation.
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1    (35 ILCS 143/10-53 new)
2    Sec. 10-53. Acting as a retailer of tobacco products
3without a license. Any person who knowingly acts as a retailer
4of tobacco products in this State without first having obtained
5a license to do so in compliance with Section 10-21 of this Act
6or a license in compliance with Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax
7Act shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Each day such person
8operates as a retailer without a license constitutes a separate
9offense.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 2505/2505-380was 20 ILCS 2505/39b47
4    35 ILCS 130/1from Ch. 120, par. 453.1
5    35 ILCS 130/3-10
6    35 ILCS 130/4d
7    35 ILCS 130/4e
8    35 ILCS 130/4f
9    35 ILCS 130/4g new
10    35 ILCS 130/4h new
11    35 ILCS 130/6from Ch. 120, par. 453.6
12    35 ILCS 130/7from Ch. 120, par. 453.7
13    35 ILCS 130/8from Ch. 120, par. 453.8
14    35 ILCS 130/9g new
15    35 ILCS 130/10from Ch. 120, par. 453.10
16    35 ILCS 130/11c new
17    35 ILCS 130/23from Ch. 120, par. 453.23
18    35 ILCS 130/26from Ch. 120, par. 453.26
19    35 ILCS 135/1from Ch. 120, par. 453.31
20    35 ILCS 135/3-10
21    35 ILCS 135/4d
22    35 ILCS 135/4e
23    35 ILCS 143/10-5
24    35 ILCS 143/10-20
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1    35 ILCS 143/10-22 new
2    35 ILCS 143/10-25
3    35 ILCS 143/10-35
4    35 ILCS 143/10-36 new
5    35 ILCS 143/10-50
6    35 ILCS 143/10-53 new