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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/9/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 801
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 801 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Cigarette Tax Act is amended by changing |
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| Sections 1, 3, 3-10, 4, 11, 20, and 21 and by adding Sections |
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| 3-15, 3-20, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g, 6a, and 11a as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.1)
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| Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act:
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| "Brand Style" means a variety of cigarettes distinguished |
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| by the tobacco used, tar and nicotine content, flavoring used, |
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| size of the cigarette, filtration on the cigarette or |
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| packaging. "Cigarette", means any when used in this Act, shall |
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| be construed to mean: Any
roll for smoking made wholly or in |
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| part of tobacco irrespective of size
or shape and whether or |
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| not such tobacco is flavored, adulterated or
mixed with any |
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| other ingredient, and the wrapper or cover of which is
made of |
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| paper or any other substance or material except tobacco.
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| "Contraband cigarettes" means: |
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| (a) cigarettes that do not bear a required tax stamp |
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| under this Act; |
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| (b) cigarettes for which any required federal taxes |
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| have not been paid; |
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| (c) cigarettes that bear a counterfeit tax stamp; |
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| (d) cigarettes that are manufactured, fabricated, |
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| assembled, processed, packaged, or labeled by any person |
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| other than (i) the owner of the trademark rights in the |
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| cigarette brand or (ii) a person that is directly or |
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| indirectly authorized by such owner; or |
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| (e) cigarettes imported into the United States, or |
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| otherwise distributed, in violation of the federal |
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| Imported Cigarette Compliance Act of 2000 (Title IV of |
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| Public Law 106-476). |
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| "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership, |
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| association, joint
stock company, joint adventure, public or |
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| private corporation, however formed,
limited liability |
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| company, or a receiver, executor, administrator, trustee,
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| guardian or other representative appointed by order of any |
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| court.
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| "Prior Continuous Compliance Taxpayer" means any person |
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| who is licensed
under this Act and who, having been a licensee |
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| for a continuous period of 5
years, is determined by the |
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| Department not to have been either delinquent
or deficient in |
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| the payment of tax liability during that period or
otherwise in |
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| violation of this Act. Also, any taxpayer who has, as
verified |
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| by the Department, continuously complied with the condition of |
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| his
bond or other security under provisions of this Act for a |
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| period of 5
consecutive years shall be considered to be a |
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| "Prior continuous compliance
taxpayer". In calculating the |
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| consecutive period of time described herein
for qualification |
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| as a "prior continuous compliance taxpayer", a
consecutive |
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| period of time of qualifying compliance immediately prior to
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall be |
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| credited to any
licensee who became licensed on or before the |
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| effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1987.
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| "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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| "Sale" means any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner |
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| or by any
means whatsoever for a consideration, and includes |
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| and means all sales
made by any person.
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| "Original Package" means the individual packet, box or |
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| other container
whatsoever used to contain and to convey |
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| cigarettes to the consumer.
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| "Distributor" means any and each of the following:
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| (1) Any person engaged in the business of selling |
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| cigarettes in this
State who brings or causes to be brought |
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| into this State from without
this State any original packages |
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| of cigarettes, on which original
packages there is no |
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| authorized evidence underneath a sealed transparent
wrapper |
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| showing that the tax liability imposed by this Act has been |
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| paid
or assumed by the out-of-State seller of such cigarettes, |
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| for sale or
other disposition in the course of such business.
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| (2) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates |
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| cigarettes in this
State for sale in this State, except a |
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| person who makes, manufactures
or fabricates cigarettes as a |
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| part of a correctional industries program
for sale to residents |
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| incarcerated in penal institutions or resident patients
of a |
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| State-operated mental health facility.
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| (3) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates |
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| cigarettes
outside this State, which cigarettes are placed in |
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| original packages
contained in sealed transparent wrappers, |
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| for delivery or shipment into
this State, and who elects to |
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| qualify and is accepted by the Department
as a distributor |
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| under Section 4b of this Act.
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| "Place of business" shall mean and include any place where |
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| cigarettes
are sold or where cigarettes are manufactured, |
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| stored or kept for the
purpose of sale or consumption, |
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| including any vessel, vehicle, airplane,
train or vending |
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| machine.
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| "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity or |
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| enterprise
engaged in for the purpose of selling cigarettes in |
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| this State.
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| "Retailer" means any person who engages in the making of |
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| transfers of
the ownership of, or title to, cigarettes to a |
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| purchaser for use or
consumption and not for resale in any |
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| form, for a valuable consideration. "Retailer" does not include |
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| a person:
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| (1) who transfers to residents incarcerated in penal |
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| institutions
or resident patients of a State-operated |
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| mental health facility ownership
of cigarettes made, |
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| manufactured, or fabricated as part of a correctional
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| industries program; or |
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| (2) who transfers cigarettes to a not-for-profit |
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| research institution that conducts tests concerning the |
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| health effects of tobacco products and who does not offer |
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| the cigarettes for resale.
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| "Retailer" shall be construed to include any person who |
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| engages in
the making of transfers of the ownership of, or |
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| title to, cigarettes to
a purchaser, for use or consumption by |
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| any other person to whom such
purchaser may transfer the |
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| cigarettes without a valuable consideration,
except a person |
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| who transfers to residents incarcerated in penal institutions
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| or resident patients of a State-operated mental health facility |
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| ownership
of cigarettes made, manufactured or fabricated as |
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| part of a correctional
industries program.
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| "Stamp" or "stamps" mean the indicia required to be placed |
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| on a pack of cigarettes that evidence payment of the tax on |
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| cigarettes under Section 2 of this Act (35 ILCS 130/2), or the |
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| indicia used to indicate that the cigarettes are intended for a |
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| sale or distribution within this State that is exempt from |
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| State tax under any applicable provision of law. |
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| "Within this State" means within the exterior limits of the |
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| State of Illinois and includes all territory within these |
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| limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America. |
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| "Related party" means any person that is associated with |
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| any other person because he or she: |
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| (a) is an officer or director of a business; |
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| (b) is legally recognized as a partner in business; or |
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| (c) is directly or indirectly controlled by another. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-462, eff. 8-27-07.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/3) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.3)
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| Sec. 3. Affixing tax stamp; remitting tax to the |
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| Department. Payment of
the taxes imposed by Section 2 of this |
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| Act shall
(except as hereinafter provided) be evidenced by |
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| revenue tax stamps affixed
to each original package of |
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| cigarettes. Each distributor of cigarettes,
before delivering |
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| or causing to be delivered any original package of
cigarettes |
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| in this State to a purchaser, shall firmly affix a proper stamp
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| or stamps to each such package, or (in case of manufacturers of |
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| cigarettes
in original packages which are contained inside a |
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| sealed transparent
wrapper) shall imprint the required |
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| language on the original package of
cigarettes beneath such |
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| outside wrapper, as hereinafter provided. Any stamp required by |
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| this Act shall note whether the State tax under Section 2 of |
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| this Act (35 ILCS 130/2) was paid or whether the pack of |
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| cigarettes was not subject to such tax.
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| No stamp or imprint may be affixed to, or made upon, any |
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| package of
cigarettes unless that package complies with all |
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| requirements of the federal
Cigarette Labeling and Advertising |
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| Act, 15 U.S.C. 1331 and following, for the
placement of labels, |
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| warnings, or any other information upon a package of
cigarettes |
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| that is sold within the United States. Under the authority of
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| Section 6, the Department shall revoke the license of any |
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| distributor that is
determined to have violated this paragraph.
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| A person may not affix a stamp on a package of cigarettes, |
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| cigarette papers,
wrappers, or tubes if that individual package |
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| has been marked for export
outside the United States with a |
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| label or notice in compliance with Section
290.185 of Title 27 |
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| of the Code of Federal Regulations. It is not a defense to
a |
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| proceeding for violation of this paragraph that the label or |
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| notice has been
removed, mutilated, obliterated, or altered in |
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| any manner.
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| Only distributors licensed under this Act or out-of-state |
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| manufacturers holding a permit under this Act may receive |
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| unstamped packs of cigarettes. Prior to shipment to another |
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| person, each licensed distributor or out-of-state manufacturer |
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| holding a permit shall apply a stamp to each pack of cigarettes |
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| imported, distributed, or sold whether or not such cigarettes |
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| are subject to State tax under Section 2 of this Act (35 ILCS |
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| 130/2) or any other provision of State law, provided that a |
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| distributor or out-of-state manufacturer may only apply a tax |
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| stamp to a pack of cigarettes purchased or obtained directly |
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| from a licensed distributor or an out-of-state manufacturing |
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| holding a permit. Only a licensed distributor or an |
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| out-of-state manufacturer holding a permit may ship or |
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| otherwise cause to be delivered unstamped packs of cigarettes |
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| in, into, or from this State, provided that a licensed |
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| distributor or an out-of-state manufacturer holding a permit |
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| may transport unstamped packs of cigarettes to a facility, |
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| wherever located, owned by such distributor or manufacturer. |
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| Any person that ships or otherwise causes to be delivered |
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| unstamped packs of cigarettes into, within, or from this State |
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| shall ensure that the invoice or equivalent documentation and |
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| the bill of lading or freight bill for the shipment identifies |
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| the true name and address of the cosignor or seller, the true |
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| name and address of the cosignee or purchaser, and the quantity |
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| by brand style of the cigarettes so transported, provided that |
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| this Section shall not be construed as to impose any |
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| requirement or liability upon any common or contract carrier. |
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| The Department, or any person authorized by the Department, |
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| shall
sell such stamps only to persons holding valid
licenses |
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| as distributors under this Act. On and after July 1, 2003, |
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| payment
for such stamps must be made by means of
electronic |
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| funds transfer. The Department may refuse to sell stamps to any
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| person who does not comply
with the provisions of this Act.
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 92nd General
Assembly and through June 30, 2002, persons |
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| holding valid licenses as
distributors
may purchase cigarette |
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| tax stamps up to an amount equal to 115% of the
distributor's |
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| average monthly cigarette tax stamp purchases over the 12
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| calendar
months prior to the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.
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| Prior to December 1, 1985, the Department shall allow a |
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| distributor
21 days in which to make final
payment of the |
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| amount to be paid for such stamps, by allowing the
distributor |
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| to make payment for the stamps at the time of purchasing them
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| with a draft which shall be in such form as the Department |
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| prescribes, and
which shall be payable within 21 days |
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| thereafter: Provided that such
distributor has filed with the |
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| Department, and has received the
Department's approval of, a |
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| bond, which is in addition to the bond required
under Section 4 |
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| of this Act, payable to the Department in an amount equal
to |
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| 80% of such distributor's average monthly tax liability to
the |
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| Department under this Act during the preceding calendar year or |
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| $500,000,
whichever is less. The Bond shall be joint and
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| several and shall be in the form of a surety company bond in |
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| such form as
the Department prescribes, or it may be in the |
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| form of a bank certificate
of deposit or bank letter of credit. |
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| The bond shall be conditioned upon the
distributor's payment of |
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| amount of any 21-day draft which the Department
accepts from |
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| that distributor for the delivery of stamps to that
distributor |
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| under this Act. The distributor's failure to pay any such
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| draft, when due, shall also make such distributor automatically |
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| liable to
the Department for a penalty equal to 25% of the |
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| amount of such draft.
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| On and after December 1, 1985 and until July 1, 2003, the |
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| Department
shall allow a distributor
30 days in which to make
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| final payment of the amount to be paid for such stamps, by |
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| allowing the
distributor to make payment for the stamps at the |
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| time of purchasing them
with a draft which shall be in such |
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| form as the Department prescribes, and
which shall be payable |
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| within 30 days thereafter, and beginning on January 1,
2003 and |
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| thereafter, the draft shall be payable by means of electronic |
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| funds
transfer: Provided that such
distributor has filed with |
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| the Department, and has received the
Department's approval of, |
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| a bond, which is in addition to the bond required
under Section |
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| 4 of this Act, payable to the Department in an amount equal
to |
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| 150% of such distributor's average monthly tax liability to the
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| Department under this Act during the preceding calendar year or |
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| $750,000,
whichever is less, except that as to bonds filed on |
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| or after January 1,
1987, such additional bond shall be in an |
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| amount equal to 100% of such
distributor's average monthly tax |
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| liability under this Act during the
preceding calendar year or |
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| $750,000, whichever is less. The bond shall be
joint and |
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| several and shall be in the form of a surety company bond in |
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| such
form as the Department prescribes, or it may be in the |
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| form of a bank
certificate of deposit or bank letter of credit.
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| The bond shall be conditioned upon the distributor's payment of |
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| the amount
of any 30-day draft which the Department accepts |
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| from that distributor for
the delivery of stamps to that |
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| distributor under this Act. The
distributor's failure to pay |
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| any such draft, when due, shall also make such
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| automatically liable to the Department for a penalty equal to
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| 25% of the amount of such draft.
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| Every prior continuous compliance taxpayer shall be exempt |
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| from all
requirements under this Section concerning the |
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| furnishing of such bond, as
defined in this Section, as a |
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| condition precedent to his being authorized
to engage in the |
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| business licensed under this Act. This exemption shall
continue |
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| for each such taxpayer until such time as he may be determined |
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| by
the Department to be delinquent in the filing of any |
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| returns, or is
determined by the Department (either through the |
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| Department's issuance of a
final assessment which has become |
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| final under the Act, or by the taxpayer's
filing of a return |
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| which admits tax to be due that is not paid) to be
delinquent |
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| or deficient in the paying of any tax under this Act, at which
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| time that taxpayer shall become subject to the bond |
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| requirements of this
Section and, as a condition of being |
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| allowed to continue to engage in the
business licensed under |
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| this Act, shall be required to furnish bond to the
Department |
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| in such form as provided in this Section. Such taxpayer shall
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| furnish such bond for a period of 2 years, after which, if the |
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| taxpayer has
not been delinquent in the filing of any returns, |
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| or delinquent or
deficient in the paying of any tax under this |
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| Act, the Department may
reinstate such person as a prior |
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| continuance compliance taxpayer. Any
taxpayer who fails to pay |
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| an admitted or established liability under this
Act may also be |
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| required to post bond or other acceptable security with the
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| Department guaranteeing the payment of such admitted or |
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| established liability.
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| Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department |
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| under this
Section may, within the time allowed by law, protest |
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| and request a hearing,
whereupon the Department shall give |
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| notice and shall hold a hearing in
conformity with the |
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| provisions of this Act and then issue its final
administrative |
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| decision in the matter to such person. In the absence of
such a |
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| protest filed within the time allowed by law, the Department's
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| decision shall become final without any further determination |
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| being made or
notice given.
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| The Department shall discharge any surety and shall release |
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| and return
any bond or security deposited, assigned, pledged, |
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| or otherwise provided to
it by a taxpayer under this Section |
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| within 30 days after:
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| (1) Such taxpayer becomes a prior continuous compliance |
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| taxpayer; or
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| (2) Such taxpayer has ceased to collect receipts on which |
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| he is
required to remit tax to the Department, has filed a |
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| final tax return, and
has paid to the Department an amount |
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| sufficient to discharge his remaining
tax liability as |
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| determined by the Department under this Act. The
Department |
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| shall make a final determination of the taxpayer's outstanding
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| tax liability as expeditiously as possible after his final tax |
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| return has
been filed. If the Department cannot make such final |
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| determination within
45 days after receiving the final tax |
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| return, within such period it shall
so notify the taxpayer, |
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| stating its reasons therefor.
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| The Department may authorize distributors to affix revenue |
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| tax stamps by
imprinting tax meter stamps upon original |
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| packages of cigarettes. The
Department shall adopt rules and |
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| regulations relating to the imprinting of
such tax meter stamps |
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| as will result in payment of the proper taxes as
herein |
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| imposed. No distributor may affix revenue tax stamps to |
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| original
packages of cigarettes by imprinting tax meter stamps |
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| thereon unless such
distributor has first obtained permission |
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| from the Department to employ
this method of affixation. The |
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| Department shall regulate the use of tax
meters and may, to |
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| assure the proper collection of the taxes imposed by
this Act, |
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| revoke or suspend the privilege, theretofore granted by the
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| Department to any distributor, to imprint tax meter stamps upon |
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| original
packages of cigarettes.
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| Illinois cigarette manufacturers who place their |
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| cigarettes in original
packages which are contained inside a |
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| sealed transparent wrapper, and
similar out-of-State cigarette |
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| manufacturers who elect to qualify and are
accepted by the |
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| Department as distributors under Section 4b of this Act,
shall |
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| pay the taxes imposed by this Act by remitting the amount |
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| thereof to
the Department by the 5th day of each month covering |
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| cigarettes shipped or
otherwise delivered in Illinois to |
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| purchasers during the preceding calendar
month. Such |
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| manufacturers of cigarettes in original packages which are
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| contained inside a sealed transparent wrapper, before |
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| delivering such
cigarettes or causing such cigarettes to be |
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| delivered in this State to
purchasers, shall evidence their |
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| obligation to remit the taxes due with
respect to such |
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| cigarettes by imprinting language to be prescribed by the
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| Department on each original package of such cigarettes |
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| underneath the
sealed transparent outside wrapper of such |
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| original package, in such place
thereon and in such manner as |
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| the Department may designate. Such imprinted
language shall |
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| acknowledge the manufacturer's payment of or liability for
the |
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| tax imposed by this Act with respect to the distribution of |
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| such
cigarettes.
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| A distributor shall not affix, or cause to be affixed, any |
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| stamp or imprint
to a package of cigarettes, as provided for in |
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| this Section, if the tobacco
product
manufacturer, as defined |
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| in Section 10 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers'
Escrow
Act, |
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| that made or sold the cigarettes has failed to become a |
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| participating
manufacturer, as defined in subdivision (a)(1) |
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| of Section 15 of the Tobacco
Product
Manufacturers' Escrow Act, |
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| or has failed to create a qualified escrow fund for
any |
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| cigarettes manufactured by the tobacco product manufacturer |
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| and sold in
this State or otherwise failed to bring itself into |
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| compliance with subdivision
(a)(2) of Section 15 of the Tobacco |
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| Product
Manufacturers' Escrow Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-322, eff. 1-1-02; 92-536, eff. 6-6-02;
92-737, |
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| eff. 7-25-02; 93-22, eff. 6-20-03.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/3-10)
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| Sec. 3-10. Cigarette enforcement.
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| (a) Prohibitions. It is unlawful for any person:
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| (1) to sell or distribute in this State; to acquire, |
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| hold, own, possess,
or
transport, for sale or distribution |
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| in this State; or to import, or cause to be
imported into |
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| this State for sale or distribution in this State:
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| (A) any cigarettes the package of which:
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| (i) bears any statement, label, stamp, |
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| sticker, or notice
indicating that the |
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| manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes to be
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| sold, distributed, or used in the United States, |
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| including but not
limited to labels stating "For |
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| Export Only", "U.S. Tax Exempt",
"For Use Outside |
16 |
| U.S.", or similar wording; or
|
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| (ii) does not comply with:
|
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| (aa) all requirements imposed by or |
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| pursuant to
federal law regarding warnings and |
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| other information on
packages of cigarettes |
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| manufactured, packaged, or imported
for sale, |
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| distribution, or use in the United States, |
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| including
but not limited to the precise |
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| warning labels specified in the
federal |
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| Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 |
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| laws;
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| (B) any cigarettes imported into the United States |
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| in violation of
26 U.S.C. 5754 or any other federal |
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| law, or implementing federal
regulations;
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| (C) any cigarettes that such person otherwise |
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| knows or has reason
to know the manufacturer did not |
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| intend to be sold, distributed, or used in
the United |
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| States; or
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| (D) any cigarettes for which there has not been |
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| submitted to the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of |
13 |
| Health and Human Services the list or
lists of the |
14 |
| ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture of the
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| cigarettes required by the federal Cigarette Labeling |
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| and Advertising Act,
15 U.S.C. 1335a;
|
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| (2) to alter the package of any cigarettes, prior to |
18 |
| sale or distribution
to
the
ultimate consumer, so as to |
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| remove, conceal, or obscure:
|
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| (A) any statement, label, stamp, sticker, or |
21 |
| notice described in
subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this |
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| Section;
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| (B) any health warning that is not specified in, or |
24 |
| does not conform
with the requirements of, the federal |
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| Cigarette Labeling and Advertising
Act, 15 U.S.C. |
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| 1333; or
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| (3) to affix any stamp required pursuant to this Act to |
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| the package of any
cigarettes described in subdivision |
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| (a)(1) of this Section or altered in
violation of
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| subdivision (a)(2) ; or . |
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| (4) to knowingly possess, or possess for sale, |
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| contraband cigarettes.
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| (b) Documentation. On the first business day of each month, |
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| each person
licensed
to affix the State tax stamp to cigarettes |
9 |
| shall file with the Department, for
all cigarettes
imported |
10 |
| into the United States to which the person has affixed the tax |
11 |
| stamp
in the
preceding month:
|
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| (1) a copy of:
|
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| (A) the permit issued pursuant to the Internal |
14 |
| Revenue Code, 26
U.S.C. 5713, to the person importing |
15 |
| the cigarettes into the United States
allowing the |
16 |
| person to import the cigarettes; and
|
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| (B) the customs form containing, with respect to |
18 |
| the cigarettes, the
internal revenue tax information |
19 |
| required by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and |
20 |
| Firearms;
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| (2) a statement, signed by the person under penalty of |
22 |
| perjury, which shall
be treated as confidential by the |
23 |
| Department and exempt from disclosure under
the Freedom of |
24 |
| Information Act, identifying the brand and brand styles of |
25 |
| all such
cigarettes, the quantity of each brand style of |
26 |
| such cigarettes, the supplier of such
cigarettes, and the |
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| been
conveyed for resale; and a separate statement, signed |
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| by the individual under
penalty of perjury, which shall not |
4 |
| be treated as confidential or exempt from
disclosure, |
5 |
| separately identifying the brands and brand styles of such
|
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| cigarettes;
and
|
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| (3) a statement, signed by an officer of the |
8 |
| manufacturer or importer
under penalty of perjury, |
9 |
| certifying that the manufacturer or importer has
complied |
10 |
| with:
|
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| (A) the package health warning and ingredient |
12 |
| reporting
requirements of the federal Cigarette |
13 |
| Labeling and Advertising Act, 15
U.S.C. 1333 and 1335a, |
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| with respect to such cigarettes; and
|
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| (B) the provisions of Exhibit T of the Master |
16 |
| Settlement Agreement
entered in
the case of People of |
17 |
| the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al. (Circuit
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| Court of Cook County, No. 96-L13146), including a |
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| statement
indicating whether the manufacturer is, or |
20 |
| is not, a participating tobacco
manufacturer within |
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| the meaning of Exhibit T.
|
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| (c) Administrative sanctions.
|
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| (1) Upon finding that a distributor has committed any |
24 |
| of the acts
prohibited by
subsection
(a), knowing or having |
25 |
| reason to know that he or she has done so, or has failed
to |
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| comply
with any requirement of subsection (b), the |
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may revoke or suspend the license or licenses of |
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| any
distributor pursuant to the procedures set forth in |
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| Section 6 and impose on the
distributor a civil penalty in |
4 |
| an amount not to exceed the greater of 500% of
the
retail |
5 |
| value of the cigarettes involved or $5,000.
|
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| (2) Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, |
7 |
| possessed, transported in,
imported into, or sold or |
8 |
| distributed in this State in violation of this
Section |
9 |
| shall be deemed contraband under this Act and are subject |
10 |
| to seizure
and forfeiture as provided in this Act, and all |
11 |
| such cigarettes seized and
forfeited shall be destroyed. |
12 |
| Such cigarettes shall be deemed contraband
whether the |
13 |
| violation of this Section is knowing or otherwise.
|
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| (d) Unfair trade practices. A violation of subsection (a) |
15 |
| or subsection
(b) of this Section shall constitute an unlawful |
16 |
| practice as provided in the
Consumer Fraud and Deceptive |
17 |
| Business Practices Act.
|
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| (e) Unfair cigarette sales. For purposes of the Trademark |
19 |
| Registration and
Protection Act and the Counterfeit Trademark |
20 |
| Act, cigarettes imported or
reimported into the United States |
21 |
| for sale or distribution under any trade
name, trade dress, or |
22 |
| trademark that is the same as, or is confusingly similar
to, |
23 |
| any trade name, trade dress, or trademark used for cigarettes |
24 |
| manufactured
in the United States for sale or distribution in |
25 |
| the United States shall be
presumed to have been purchased |
26 |
| outside of the ordinary channels of trade.
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| provided that, at
the request of the Director of Revenue or |
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| the Director's duly authorized agent,
the State police and |
5 |
| all local police authorities shall enforce the provisions
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| of this Section. The Attorney General has concurrent power |
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| with the State's
Attorney of any county to enforce this |
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| Section.
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| (2) For the purpose of enforcing this Section, the |
10 |
| Director of Revenue and
any agency to which the Director |
11 |
| has delegated enforcement
responsibility pursuant to |
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| subdivision (f)(1) may request information from any
State |
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| or local agency and may share information with and request |
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| information
from any federal agency and any agency of any |
15 |
| other state or any local agency
of any other state.
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| (3) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, |
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| including
enforcement as provided in subdivision (a)(1), |
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| any person may bring an action
for appropriate injunctive |
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| or other equitable relief for a violation of this
Section; |
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| actual damages, if any, sustained by reason of the |
21 |
| violation; and, as
determined by the court, interest on the |
22 |
| damages from the date of the
complaint, taxable costs, and |
23 |
| reasonable attorney's fees. If the trier of fact
finds that |
24 |
| the violation is flagrant, it may increase recovery to an |
25 |
| amount not
in excess of 3 times the actual damages |
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| sustained by reason of the violation.
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| "Package" means that term as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1332(4).
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| (h) Applicability.
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| (1) This Section does not apply to:
|
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| (A) cigarettes allowed to be imported or brought |
7 |
| into the United
States for personal use; and
|
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| (B) cigarettes sold or intended to be sold as |
9 |
| duty-free merchandise
by a duty-free sales enterprise |
10 |
| in accordance with the provisions of 19
U.S.C. 1555(b) |
11 |
| and any implementing regulations; except that this |
12 |
| Section
shall apply to any such cigarettes that are |
13 |
| brought back into the customs
territory for resale |
14 |
| within the customs territory.
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| (2) The penalties provided in this Section are in |
16 |
| addition to any other
penalties imposed under other |
17 |
| provision of law.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-810, eff. 6-13-00.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/3-15 new) |
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| Sec. 3-15. Criminal and civil penalties. |
21 |
| (a) Civil penalties. |
22 |
| (1) Distributors and manufacturers. Except as |
23 |
| otherwise provided in this Section, a first violation of |
24 |
| any provision of this Act by a manufacturer or distributor |
25 |
| shall, in addition to any other penalty provided in this |
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| Act, be punishable by a fine of $5,000 for each separate |
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| violation, which shall be recovered, with costs of suit, in |
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| a civil action. Any subsequent violation of any provision |
4 |
| of this Act by a manufacturer or distributor shall be |
5 |
| punishable by a fine of $10,000 for each separate |
6 |
| violation. In no case shall the fine imposed under this |
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| paragraph exceed 10 times the retail value of the |
8 |
| cigarettes. |
9 |
| (2) Retailers. Except as otherwise provided in this |
10 |
| Section, a first violation of any provision of this Act by |
11 |
| a retailer shall, in addition to any other penalty provided |
12 |
| in this Act, be punishable by a fine of $1,000 for each |
13 |
| separate violation, which shall be recovered, with costs of |
14 |
| suit, in a civil action. Any subsequent violation of any |
15 |
| provision of this Act by a retailer shall be punishable by |
16 |
| a fine of $2,000 for each separate violation. In no case |
17 |
| shall the fine imposed under this paragraph exceed 10 times |
18 |
| the retail value of the cigarettes. |
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| (3) Failure to pay tax. Any person that fails to pay |
20 |
| any tax imposed by this State at the time prescribed by law |
21 |
| or regulations shall, in addition to any other penalty |
22 |
| provided in this Act, be liable to a penalty of 3 times the |
23 |
| tax due but unpaid, to help defray the costs of detection |
24 |
| and investigation and any consequential damages. In no case |
25 |
| shall the fine imposed under this paragraph exceed 10 times |
26 |
| the retail value of the cigarettes. |
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| (A) All cigarettes which are held for sale or |
3 |
| distribution within this State in
violation of the |
4 |
| requirements of this Act shall be forfeited to this |
5 |
| State. All cigarettes forfeited to this State under |
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| this Act shall be destroyed. The Department may, prior |
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| to any destruction of cigarettes, permit the true |
8 |
| holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand |
9 |
| to inspect such contraband cigarettes, in order to |
10 |
| assist the Department in any investigation regarding |
11 |
| such cigarettes. |
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| (B) Any person that, with intent to defraud the |
13 |
| State: |
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| (i) fails to keep or make any record, return, |
15 |
| report, or inventory required
by this Act; |
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| (ii) keeps or makes any false or fraudulent |
17 |
| record, return, report, or
inventory required by |
18 |
| this Act; |
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| (iii) refuses to pay any tax imposed by this |
20 |
| Act; or |
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| (iv) attempts in any manner to evade or defeat |
22 |
| the requirements of this Act
shall forfeit to the |
23 |
| State all fixtures, equipment, and other materials |
24 |
| with a substantial connection to such conduct. |
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| (C) A distributor or retailer shall not be required |
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| to forfeit fixtures, equipment,
and all other |
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| distributor or retailer: |
3 |
| (i) acted in good faith; |
4 |
| (ii) was not involved in or aware of the |
5 |
| unlawful activity prohibited by this
Act; and |
6 |
| (iii) did all that reasonably could be |
7 |
| expected under the circumstances to
prevent |
8 |
| violations of this Act. |
9 |
| (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
10 |
| Department may use proceeds from civil penalties imposed |
11 |
| under this Section to offset necessary and reasonable |
12 |
| expenses incurred in the detection and investigation of the |
13 |
| failure of any person to pay any cigarette tax imposed by |
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| this State. |
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| (b) Criminal penalties. |
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| (1) Fraudulent offenses. Whoever intentionally fails |
17 |
| to comply with any of the requirements of this Act or |
18 |
| regulations prescribed hereunder shall, in addition to any |
19 |
| other penalty provided in this Act, for each such offense, |
20 |
| be guilty of a Class 3 felony. |
21 |
| (2) Knowing offenses. Whoever, knowingly violates any |
22 |
| of the requirements of this Act or regulations prescribed |
23 |
| hereunder shall, in addition to any other penalty provided |
24 |
| in this Act, for each such offense, be guilty of a Class 4 |
25 |
| felony. |
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| (3) Penalties for contraband. Notwithstanding any |
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| contraband cigarettes by a manufacturer, distributor, or |
3 |
| retailer shall be punishable as follows: |
4 |
| (A) A person who commits a first knowing violation |
5 |
| shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
6 |
| (B) A person who commits a subsequent knowing |
7 |
| violation shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony and shall |
8 |
| have his or her license, permit, or sub-certificate |
9 |
| revoked by the Department. In no case shall the fine |
10 |
| imposed under this paragraph exceed ten times the |
11 |
| retail value of the cigarettes. |
12 |
| (4) For purposes of this Section, the term contraband |
13 |
| cigarettes includes cigarettes that have false |
14 |
| manufacturing labels or packs of cigarettes bearing |
15 |
| counterfeit tax stamps. Any contraband cigarette seized by |
16 |
| this State shall be destroyed. The Department may, prior to |
17 |
| any destruction of cigarettes, permit the true holder of |
18 |
| the trademark rights in the cigarette brand to inspect such |
19 |
| contraband cigarettes, in order to assist the Department in |
20 |
| any investigation regarding such cigarettes. |
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| (5) The penalties provided in paragraph (3) shall not |
22 |
| apply where a licensed distributor is in possession of |
23 |
| contraband cigarettes as a result of such cigarettes being |
24 |
| returned to the distributor by a retailer if such |
25 |
| distributor promptly notified appropriate law enforcement |
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| authorities. |
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3 |
| the possession for sale of contraband cigarettes by a |
4 |
| manufacturer, distributor, or retailer shall, after |
5 |
| notice and hearing, result in the forfeiture to this |
6 |
| State of the product and related machinery and |
7 |
| equipment used in the production of contraband |
8 |
| cigarettes, or to falsely mark cigarettes to reflect |
9 |
| the payment of excise taxes. |
10 |
| (B)The knowing sale or possession for sale of |
11 |
| contraband cigarettes shall, after
notice and hearing, |
12 |
| result in the seizure of all related machinery and |
13 |
| equipment. |
14 |
| (C) All cigarettes forfeited to this State under |
15 |
| this Section shall be destroyed. The
Department may, |
16 |
| prior to any destruction of cigarettes, permit the true |
17 |
| holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand |
18 |
| to inspect such contraband cigarettes, in order to |
19 |
| assist the Department in any investigation regarding |
20 |
| such cigarettes. |
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| (35 ILCS 130/3-20 new)
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| Sec. 3-20. Limitation on retail sales. A retailer shall not |
23 |
| knowingly sell or distribute more than 10 cartons of cigarettes |
24 |
| to any person in a single transaction or in any series of |
25 |
| transactions within a twenty-four hour period; provided, |
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| Act when acting in that capacity.
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| (35 ILCS 130/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.4)
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| Sec. 4. Distributor's license. No person may engage in |
6 |
| business as a distributor of cigarettes in this
State within |
7 |
| the meaning of the first 2 definitions of distributor in
|
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| Section 1 of this Act without first having obtained a license |
9 |
| therefor from
the Department. Application for license shall be |
10 |
| made to the Department in
form as furnished and prescribed by |
11 |
| the Department. Each applicant for a
license under this Section |
12 |
| shall furnish to the Department on the form
signed and verified |
13 |
| by the applicant under penalty of perjury the following |
14 |
| information:
|
15 |
| (a) If the applicant is an individual, the name and |
16 |
| business address of the applicant; |
17 |
| (b) If the applicant is a firm, partnership, or |
18 |
| association, the name and business address of
each of its |
19 |
| members and any related party; |
20 |
| (c) If the applicant is an individual, the identity of |
21 |
| any license holder in which the individual, directly or |
22 |
| indirectly, owns more than 15 percent of the ownership |
23 |
| interests; |
24 |
| (d) If the applicant is a corporation or limited |
25 |
| liability company, the name and business address of each of |
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2 |
| person that owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, |
3 |
| more than 15 percent of the ownership interests in the |
4 |
| corporation or limited liability company and the name and |
5 |
| business address of any license holder in which the |
6 |
| applicant owns more than 15 percent of the ownership |
7 |
| interests; |
8 |
| (e) The name under which such applicant regularly does |
9 |
| business; |
10 |
| (f) The physical address of the applicant's principal |
11 |
| place of business and any other place of
business within |
12 |
| this State; |
13 |
| (g) In the case of a distributor who manufacturers or |
14 |
| imports cigarettes, the brand styles of cigarettes the |
15 |
| applicant manufactures or imports; |
16 |
| (h) The kind or nature of the business to be conducted; |
17 |
| (i) Sufficient information to demonstrate that the |
18 |
| applicant has complied or will comply with
all of the |
19 |
| requirements of this Act, including the identity of any |
20 |
| related party; |
21 |
| (j) Whether the applicant has committed any act in the |
22 |
| previous 5 years that would render the
applicant ineligible |
23 |
| for a license or whether the applicant has been convicted |
24 |
| of a crime related to contraband cigarettes, punishable by |
25 |
| imprisonment of one year or more; or
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26 |
| (a) The name and address of the applicant;
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| (b) The address of the location at which the applicant |
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| proposes to
engage in business as a distributor of |
3 |
| cigarettes in this State;
|
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| (k) (c) Such other additional information as the |
5 |
| Department may lawfully
require by its rules and |
6 |
| regulations.
|
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| The annual license fee payable to the Department for each |
8 |
| distributor's
license shall be $250. The purpose of such annual |
9 |
| license fee is to defray
the cost, to the Department, of
|
10 |
| serializing cigarette tax stamps. Each applicant for license |
11 |
| shall pay such
fee to the Department at the time of submitting |
12 |
| his application for license
to the Department.
|
13 |
| Every applicant who is required to procure a distributor's |
14 |
| license shall
file with his application a joint and several |
15 |
| bond. Such bond shall be
executed to the Department of Revenue, |
16 |
| with good and sufficient surety or
sureties residing or |
17 |
| licensed to do business within the State of Illinois,
in the |
18 |
| amount of $2,500, conditioned upon the true and faithful |
19 |
| compliance
by the licensee with all of the provisions of this |
20 |
| Act. Such bond, or a
reissue thereof, or a substitute therefor, |
21 |
| shall be kept in effect during
the entire period covered by the |
22 |
| license. A separate application for
license shall be made, a |
23 |
| separate annual license fee paid, and a separate
bond filed, |
24 |
| for each place of business at which a person who is required to
|
25 |
| procure a distributor's license under this Section proposes to |
26 |
| engage in
business as a distributor in Illinois under this Act.
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this Act:
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| (1) a person who is not of good character and |
4 |
| reputation in the
community in which he resides;
|
5 |
| (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony |
6 |
| under any Federal or
State law, if the Department, |
7 |
| after investigation and a hearing, if
requested by the |
8 |
| applicant, determines that such person has not been
|
9 |
| sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public |
10 |
| trust;
|
11 |
| (3) a corporation, if any officer, manager or |
12 |
| director thereof, or any
stockholder or stockholders |
13 |
| owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the
stock of |
14 |
| such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a |
15 |
| license under
this Act for any reason. |
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| (4) a person, or any person who owns more than 15 |
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| percent of the ownership interests in a person or a |
18 |
| related party who: |
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| (a) owes, at the time of application, $500 or |
20 |
| more in delinquent cigarette taxes that have been |
21 |
| determined by law to be due and unpaid, unless the |
22 |
| license applicant has entered into an agreement |
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| approved by the Department to pay the amount due; |
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| (b) had a license under this Act revoked within |
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| the past two years by the Department for willful |
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| misconduct relating to stolen or contraband |
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| cigarettes; |
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| (c) is a distributor who manufactures |
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| cigarettes who is neither (i) a participating |
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| manufacturer as defined in subsection II(jj) of |
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| the "Master Settlement Agreement" as defined in |
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| Sections 10 of the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' |
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| Escrow Act and the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' |
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| Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003 (30 ILCS 168/10 and |
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| 30 ILCS 167/10); nor (ii) in full compliance with |
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| Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow Act and the |
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| Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement |
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| Act of 2003 (30 ILCS 168/ and 30 ILCS 167/); |
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| (d) has been found to have willfully imported |
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| or caused to be imported into the United States for |
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| sale or distribution any cigarette in violation of |
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| 19 U.S.C. 1681a; |
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| (e) has been found to have willfully imported |
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| or caused to be imported into the United States for |
22 |
| sale or distribution or manufactured for sale or |
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| distribution in the United States any cigarette |
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| that does not fully comply with the Federal |
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| Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. |
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| 1331, et. seq.); or |
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| statement in the application or has willfully |
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| failed to produce records required to be |
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| maintained by this Act.
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| The Department, upon receipt of an application, license fee |
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| and bond in
proper form, from a person who is eligible to |
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| receive a distributor's
license under this Act, shall issue to |
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| such applicant a revocable license in form as
prescribed by the |
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| Department, which license shall permit the applicant to
which |
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| it is issued to engage in business as a distributor at the |
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| place
shown in his application. A distributor that operates at |
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| multiple locations within this State must possess a separate, |
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| individual license for each such location. To assist in the |
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| valid administrative needs of the Department, the Department |
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| shall assign each licensee a unique numerical identifier. All |
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| licenses issued by the Department under this
Act shall be valid |
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| for not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner
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| revoked, canceled or suspended as provided in this Act. No |
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| license issued
under this Act is transferable or assignable. |
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| Such license shall be
conspicuously displayed in the place of |
21 |
| business conducted by the licensee
in Illinois under such |
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| license. No distributor licensee acquires any vested interest |
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| or compensable property right in a license issued under this |
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| Act. |
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| A licensed distributor shall notify the Department of any |
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| change in the information contained on the application form, |
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| days after any such change.
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| Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department |
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| under this Section
may, within 20 days after notice of the |
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| decision, protest and request a
hearing. Upon receiving a |
6 |
| request for a hearing, the Department shall give
notice to the |
7 |
| person requesting the hearing of the time and place fixed for |
8 |
| the
hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the |
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| provisions of this Act
and then issue its final administrative |
10 |
| decision in the matter to that person.
In the absence of a |
11 |
| protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the
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| Department's decision shall become final without any further |
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| determination
being made or notice given.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-901, eff. 1-1-01; 92-322, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/4c new) |
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| Sec. 4c. Retailer's sub-certificate of registration. No |
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| person may engage in business as a retailer in this State |
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| without having obtained both a certificate of registration |
19 |
| described in Section 2a of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act |
20 |
| (35 ILCS 120/2a) and a sub-certificate of registration |
21 |
| described in this Section. To engage in the business of selling |
22 |
| cigarettes at retail, retailers must obtain and maintain a |
23 |
| sub-certificate of registration from the Department prior to |
24 |
| the date of issuance or renewal of a retailer certificate of |
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| registration. Such retailer sub-certificates shall be issued |
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| without charge in such form as the Department may prescribe and |
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| shall not be transferable or assignable. |
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| The expiration date of a retailer's sub-certificate of |
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| registration shall be that of the certificate of registration |
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| to which the sub-certificate relates, but shall not be valid |
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| after the expiration of 5 years from the date of its issuance |
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| or last renewal. The retailer's sub-certificate of |
8 |
| registration shall not renew automatically. Sub-certificates |
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| of registration shall be renewed only upon timely application. |
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| The Department shall issue sub-certificates of |
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| registration to retailers pursuant to this Act and under such |
12 |
| terms and conditions as it may determine to further the |
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| requirements of this Act for each separate place of business |
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| for each retailer within this State. Retailers shall |
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| prominently display the appropriate sub-certificate of |
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| registration at each place of business in such a manner as to |
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| ensure that it is visible to all persons entering the place of |
18 |
| business. All sub-certificates of registration shall bear the |
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| same registration number as that appearing upon the certificate |
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| of registration to which the sub-certificate relates. |
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| Application for a retailer's sub-certificate of |
22 |
| registration or a renewal thereof shall be made to the |
23 |
| Department upon forms furnished and prescribed by the |
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| Department. Each such application shall be signed and verified |
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| under penalty of perjury and shall state: |
26 |
| (1) if the applicant is an individual, the name and |
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| business address of the applicant; |
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| (2) if the applicant is a firm, partnership, or |
3 |
| association, the name and business address of each of its |
4 |
| members and any related party; |
5 |
| (3) if the applicant is an individual, the identity of |
6 |
| any distributor, manufacturer, or retailer in which the |
7 |
| individual, directly or indirectly, owns more than 15 |
8 |
| percent of the ownership interests; |
9 |
| (4) if the applicant is a corporation or limited |
10 |
| liability company, the name and business address of each of |
11 |
| its officers and the name and business address of any |
12 |
| person who owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, |
13 |
| more than 15 percent of the ownership interests in the |
14 |
| corporation or limited liability company and the name and |
15 |
| business address of any distributor, manufacturer, or |
16 |
| retailer in which the applicant owns more than 15 percent |
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| of the ownership interests; |
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| (5) the name under which such applicant regularly does |
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| business; |
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| (6) the physical address of the applicant's principal |
21 |
| place of business and any other place of business within |
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| this state; |
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| (7) the kind or nature of the business to be conducted; |
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| (8) sufficient information to demonstrate that the |
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| applicant has complied or will comply with all of the |
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| requirements of this Act, including the identity of any |
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| related party; and |
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| (9) whether the applicant has committed any act in the |
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| previous 5 years that would render the applicant ineligible |
4 |
| for a sub-certificate of registration or whether the |
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| applicant has been convicted of a crime related to |
6 |
| contraband cigarettes, punishable by imprisonment of one |
7 |
| year or more. |
8 |
| The Department shall not grant or renew a sub-certificate |
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| of registration or allow such a sub-certificate to be |
10 |
| maintained if it determines the applicant or any person who |
11 |
| owns more than 15 percent of the ownership interests in the |
12 |
| applicant or a related party: |
13 |
| (1) owes, at the time of application, $500 or more in |
14 |
| delinquent cigarette or retail taxes that have been |
15 |
| determined by law to be due and unpaid, unless the |
16 |
| applicant has entered into an agreement approved by the |
17 |
| Department to pay the amount due; |
18 |
| (2) had a sub-certificate of registration under this |
19 |
| Act revoked within the past two years by the Department for |
20 |
| willful misconduct relating to stolen or contraband |
21 |
| cigarettes or has been convicted of a State or Federal |
22 |
| crime, punishable by imprisonment of one year or more, |
23 |
| relating to stolen or contraband cigarettes; |
24 |
| (3) has been found to have willfully imported or caused |
25 |
| to be imported into the United States for sale or |
26 |
| distribution any cigarette in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1681a; |
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| (4) has been found to have willfully imported or caused |
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| to be imported into the United States for sale or |
3 |
| distribution or manufactured for sale or distribution in |
4 |
| the United States any cigarette that does not fully comply |
5 |
| with the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 |
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| U.S.C. 1331, et. seq.); or |
7 |
| (5) has willfully made a material false statement in |
8 |
| the application or has willfully failed to produce records |
9 |
| required to be maintained by this Act. |
10 |
| A retailer shall notify the Department of any change in the |
11 |
| information contained on the application form, including any |
12 |
| change in ownership and shall do so within 30 days of any such |
13 |
| change. |
14 |
| No retailer acquires any vested interest or compensable |
15 |
| property right in a sub-certificate of registration issued |
16 |
| under this Act. |
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| (35 ILCS 130/4d new) |
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| Sec. 4d. Transactions only with licensed distributors, |
19 |
| out-of-state manufacturers holding a permit, and retailers |
20 |
| holding a sub-certificate of registration. A distributor or |
21 |
| manufacturer may sell or distribute cigarettes to a person |
22 |
| located or doing business within this State only if such person |
23 |
| is a licensed distributor or retailer holding a sub-certificate |
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| of registration. A retailer may only sell cigarettes obtained |
25 |
| from a licensed distributor or an out-of-state manufacturer |
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| holding a permit. |
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| Sec. 4e. Proof of license, permit, or sub-certificate |
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| required. A distributor, manufacturer, or retailer shall, |
5 |
| prior to the initial sale or exchange of cigarettes with any |
6 |
| person that is required to be licensed, hold a permit, or hold |
7 |
| a sub-certificate under this Act, require proof of a valid |
8 |
| license, permit, or sub-certificate for the relevant business |
9 |
| location issued under this Act. |
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| (35 ILCS 130/4f new) |
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| Sec. 4f. Maintenance of and publication of list of |
12 |
| licenses, permits, and sub-certificates issued. Within 30 days |
13 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
14 |
| General Assembly, the Department shall create and maintain a |
15 |
| website setting forth the identity of all persons issued |
16 |
| licenses, permits, or sub-certificates under this Act and the |
17 |
| business locations of each licensee, permittee, or |
18 |
| sub-certificate holder, itemized by type of license, permit, or |
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| certificate possessed, and shall update the website no less |
20 |
| frequently than once per month. The Department shall, at a |
21 |
| minimum, include on the website the legal name of the licensee, |
22 |
| permittee, or sub-certificate holder, the numerical identifier |
23 |
| issued to the licensee, permittee, or sub-certificate holder, |
24 |
| and any name under which such licensee, permittee, or |
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| (35 ILCS 130/4g new) |
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| Sec. 4g. Maintenance of and publication of list of |
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| licensees, permittees, and sub-certificate holders whose |
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| licenses, permits, or sub-certificates have been suspended, |
6 |
| cancelled, or revoked. Within 30 days after the effective date |
7 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the |
8 |
| Department shall create and maintain a website setting forth |
9 |
| the identity of all persons whose licenses, permits, or |
10 |
| sub-certificates have been suspended, cancelled, or revoked |
11 |
| under this Act within the past 3 years, itemized by type of |
12 |
| license, permit, or sub-certificate, and shall update the |
13 |
| website within 30 days after the date the Department suspends, |
14 |
| cancels, or revokes any person's license, permit, or |
15 |
| sub-certificate. The Department shall, at a minimum, include on |
16 |
| the website the legal name, the business locations, the unique |
17 |
| numerical identifier issued prior to the suspension, |
18 |
| cancellation, or revocation of the, and any name under which |
19 |
| such licensee, permittee, or sub-certificate holder regularly |
20 |
| does business.
|
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| (35 ILCS 130/5) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.5)
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| Sec. 5. Printing tax stamps. The Department shall adopt the |
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| design or
designs of the tax stamps
or alternative tax indicia
|
24 |
| and shall procure the printing of such stamps
or alternative |
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| tax indicia
in such amounts and denominations as it deems |
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| necessary to provide for the
affixation of the proper amount of |
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| tax stamps
or alternative tax indicia
to each original package |
4 |
| of
cigarettes. |
5 |
| Each roll or sheet of tax stamps shall have a separate and |
6 |
| unique serial number that shall be clearly visible at the point |
7 |
| of sale. The Department shall keep records of which licensed |
8 |
| distributor or out-of-state manufacturer holding a permit |
9 |
| purchases each roll or sheet of stamps identified by serial |
10 |
| number. |
11 |
| Each licensed distributor or out-of-state manufacturer |
12 |
| holding a permit authorized by the Department to make meter |
13 |
| impressions shall be assigned a unique meter impression number, |
14 |
| which number shall not be used by any other distributor or |
15 |
| manufacturer and shall be visible and easily identifiable on |
16 |
| the impression at the point of sale on each pack of cigarettes. |
17 |
| The Department shall keep records detailing the meter |
18 |
| impression number assigned to each licensed distributor or |
19 |
| out-of-state manufacturer holding a permit.
|
20 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-322, eff. 1-1-02.)
|
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| (35 ILCS 130/6a new) |
22 |
| Sec. 6a. Revocation, cancellation, or suspension of |
23 |
| retailer's sub-certificate of registration. The Department |
24 |
| may, after notice and hearing as provided for by this Act, |
25 |
| revoke, cancel or suspend a retailers' sub-certificate of |
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| registration for the violation of any provision of this Act, or |
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| for noncompliance with any provision herein contained, or for |
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| any noncompliance with any lawful rule or regulation |
4 |
| promulgated by the Department, or because the sub-certificate |
5 |
| holder is determined to be ineligible for a retailer's |
6 |
| sub-certificate of registration for any one or more of the |
7 |
| reasons provided for in Section 4c of this Act (35 ILCS |
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| 130/4c). However, no such sub-certificate shall be revoked, |
9 |
| cancelled or suspended, except after a hearing by the |
10 |
| Department with notice to the retailer, as aforesaid, and |
11 |
| affording such retailer a reasonable opportunity to appear and |
12 |
| defend, and any retailer aggrieved by any decision of the |
13 |
| Department with respect thereto may have the determination of |
14 |
| the Department judicially reviewed, as herein provided. |
15 |
| A retailer's sub-certificate of registration is revoked, |
16 |
| cancelled, or suspended if the retail certificate of |
17 |
| registration to which it relates is revoked, cancelled, or |
18 |
| suspended. However, no such sub-certificate shall be revoked, |
19 |
| cancelled, or suspended, except after a hearing by the |
20 |
| Department with notice to the retailer, as aforesaid, and |
21 |
| affording such retailer a reasonable opportunity to appear and |
22 |
| defend, and any retailer aggrieved by any decision of the |
23 |
| Department with respect thereto may have the determination of |
24 |
| the Department judicially reviewed, as herein provided. |
25 |
| Any retailer aggrieved by any decision of the Department |
26 |
| under this Section may, within 20 days after notice of the |
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| decision, protest and request a hearing. Upon receiving a |
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| request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice in |
3 |
| writing to the retailer requesting the hearing that contains a |
4 |
| statement of the charges preferred against the retailer and |
5 |
| that states the time and place fixed for the hearing. The |
6 |
| Department shall hold the hearing in conformity with the |
7 |
| provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative |
8 |
| decision in the matter to the retailer. In the absence of a |
9 |
| protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the |
10 |
| Department's decision shall become final without any further |
11 |
| determination being made or notice given. |
12 |
| No sub-certificate so revoked, as aforesaid, shall be |
13 |
| reissued to any such retailer within a period of 6 months after |
14 |
| the date of the final determination of such revocation. No such |
15 |
| sub-certificate shall be reissued at all so long as the person |
16 |
| who would receive the sub-certificate is ineligible to receive |
17 |
| a retailer's sub-certificate of registration under this Act for |
18 |
| any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4c of |
19 |
| this Act (35 ILCS 130/4c). |
20 |
| The Department, upon complaint filed in the circuit court, |
21 |
| may by injunction restrain any person who fails, or refuses, to |
22 |
| comply with any of the provisions of this Act from acting as a |
23 |
| retailer of cigarettes in this State.
|
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| (35 ILCS 130/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.11)
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| Sec. 11. Every distributor of cigarettes, who is required |
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license under this Act, shall keep within |
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| Illinois, at his licensed
address, complete and accurate |
3 |
| records of cigarettes held, purchased,
manufactured, brought |
4 |
| in or caused to be brought in from without the State,
and sold, |
5 |
| or otherwise disposed of, and shall preserve and keep within
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| Illinois at his licensed address all invoices, bills of lading, |
7 |
| sales
records, copies of bills of sale, inventory at the close |
8 |
| of each period for
which a return is required of all cigarettes |
9 |
| on hand and of all cigarette
revenue stamps, both affixed and |
10 |
| unaffixed, and other pertinent papers and
documents relating to |
11 |
| the manufacture, purchase, sale or disposition of
cigarettes. |
12 |
| All books and records and other papers and documents that are
|
13 |
| required by this Act to be kept shall be itemized by quantity |
14 |
| and brand style, itemized for each of the distributor's |
15 |
| facilities, kept in the English language, and
shall, at all |
16 |
| times during the usual business hours of the day, be subject
to |
17 |
| inspection by the Department or its duly authorized agents and |
18 |
| employees.
The Department may adopt rules that establish |
19 |
| requirements, including record
forms and formats, for records |
20 |
| required to be kept and maintained by taxpayers.
For purposes |
21 |
| of this Section, "records" means all data maintained by the
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22 |
| taxpayer, including data on paper, microfilm, microfiche or any |
23 |
| type of
machine-sensible data compilation. Those books, |
24 |
| records, papers and documents
shall be preserved for a period |
25 |
| of at least 3 years after the date of the
documents, or the |
26 |
| date of the entries appearing in the records, unless the
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| disposal at an earlier
date. At all times during the usual |
3 |
| business hours of the day any duly
authorized agent or employee |
4 |
| of the Department may enter any place of business
of the |
5 |
| distributor, without a search warrant, and inspect the premises |
6 |
| and the
stock or packages of cigarettes and the vending devices |
7 |
| therein contained, to
determine whether any of the provisions |
8 |
| of this Act are being violated. If such
agent or employee is |
9 |
| denied free access or is hindered or interfered with in
making |
10 |
| such examination as herein provided, the license of the |
11 |
| distributor at
such premises shall be subject to revocation by |
12 |
| the Department.
|
13 |
| (Source: P.A. 88-480.)
|
14 |
| (35 ILCS 130/11a new) |
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| Sec. 11a. Retailer records. Every cigarette retailer who is |
16 |
| required to procure a sub-certificate of registration under |
17 |
| this Act shall keep within Illinois, at the corresponding place |
18 |
| of business, copies of invoices or equivalent documentation, |
19 |
| itemized by quantity and brand style, for each transaction |
20 |
| involving the sale, purchase, transfer, consignment, or |
21 |
| receipt of packs of cigarettes. |
22 |
| Records required under this Section shall be preserved on |
23 |
| the premises described in the relevant sub-certificate of |
24 |
| registration in such a manner as to ensure permanency and |
25 |
| accessibility for inspection. All books and records and other |
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3 |
| the usual business hours of the day, be subject to inspection |
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| by the Department or its duly authorized agents and employees. |
5 |
| Such books and records shall be preserved for a period of at |
6 |
| least 3 years after the date of the documents, or the date of |
7 |
| the entries appearing in the records. |
8 |
| At all times during the usual business hours of the day any |
9 |
| duly authorized agent or employee of the Department may enter |
10 |
| any place of business of the retailer, without a search |
11 |
| warrant, and inspect the premises and the stock or packages of |
12 |
| cigarettes and the vending devices therein contained, to |
13 |
| determine whether any of the provisions of this Act are being |
14 |
| violated. If such agent or employee is denied free access or is |
15 |
| hindered or interfered with in making such examination as |
16 |
| herein provided, the sub-certificate of the retailer at such |
17 |
| premises shall be subject to revocation by the Department. |
18 |
| The Department is authorized to disclose to the Attorney |
19 |
| General any information received under this Section and |
20 |
| requested by the Attorney General. The Department and the |
21 |
| Attorney General shall share with each other the information |
22 |
| received under this Section and may share the information with |
23 |
| other federal, State, or local agencies for purposes of |
24 |
| enforcement of this Act or the laws of the Federal government |
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| or of other States.
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| Sec. 20. Whenever any peace officer of the State or any |
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| duly authorized
officer or employee of the Department shall |
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| have reason to believe that any
violation of this Act has |
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| occurred and that the person so violating the
Act has in his, |
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| her or its possession any original package of cigarettes,
not |
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| tax stamped or tax imprinted underneath the sealed transparent |
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| wrapper
of such original package as required by this Act, or |
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| any vending device
containing such original packages to which |
10 |
| stamps have not been affixed, or
on which an authorized |
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| substitute for stamps has not been imprinted
underneath the |
12 |
| sealed transparent wrapper of such original packages, as
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| required by this Act, he may file or cause to be filed his |
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| complaint in
writing, verified by affidavit, with any court |
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| within whose jurisdiction
the premises to be searched are |
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| situated, stating the facts upon which such
belief is founded, |
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| the premises to be searched, and the property to be
seized, and |
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| procure a search warrant and execute the same. Upon the
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| execution of such search warrant, the peace officer, or officer |
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| or employee
of the Department, executing such search warrant |
21 |
| shall make due return
thereof to the court issuing the same, |
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| together with an inventory of the
property taken thereunder. |
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| The court shall thereupon issue process against
the owner of |
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| such property if he is known; otherwise, such process shall be
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| issued against the person in whose possession the property so |
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| taken is
found, if such person is known. In case of inability |
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upon the owner or the person in |
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| possession of the property at the time of
its seizure, as |
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| hereinbefore provided, notice of the proceedings before the
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| court shall be given as required by the statutes of the State |
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| governing
cases of Attachment. Upon the return of the process |
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| duly served or upon the
posting or publishing of notice made, |
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| as hereinabove provided, the court or
jury, if a jury shall be |
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| demanded, shall proceed to determine whether or
not such |
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| property so seized was held or possessed in violation of this |
10 |
| Act,
or whether, if a vending device has been so seized, it |
11 |
| contained at the
time of its seizure original packages not tax |
12 |
| stamped or tax imprinted
underneath the sealed transparent |
13 |
| wrapper of such original packages as
required by this Act. In |
14 |
| case of a finding that the original packages
seized were not |
15 |
| tax stamped or tax imprinted underneath the sealed
transparent |
16 |
| wrapper of such original packages in accordance with the
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| provisions of this Act, or that any vending device so seized |
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| contained at
the time of its seizure original packages not tax |
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| stamped or tax imprinted
underneath the sealed transparent |
20 |
| wrapper of such original packages in
accordance with the |
21 |
| provisions of this Act, judgment shall be entered
confiscating |
22 |
| and forfeiting the property to the State and ordering its
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| delivery to the Department, and in addition thereto, the court |
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| shall have
power to tax and assess the costs of the |
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| proceedings.
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| When any original packages or any cigarette vending device |
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been declared forfeited to the State by any court, |
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| as hereinbefore
provided, and when such confiscated and |
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| forfeited property shall have been
delivered to the Department, |
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| as provided in this Act, the said Department
shall destroy sell |
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| such property . The Department may, prior to any destruction of |
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| cigarettes, permit the true holder of the trademark rights in |
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| the cigarette brand to inspect such contraband cigarettes, in |
8 |
| order to assist the Department in any investigation regarding |
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| such cigarettes. for the best price obtainable and shall |
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| forthwith
pay over the proceeds of such sale to the State |
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| Treasurer; provided,
however, that if the value of such |
12 |
| property to be sold at any one time
shall be $500 or more, such |
13 |
| property shall be sold only to the highest and
best bidder on |
14 |
| such terms and conditions and on open competitive bidding
after |
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| public advertisement, in such manner and for such terms as the
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| Department, by rule, may prescribe.
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| Upon making such a sale of original packages of cigarettes |
18 |
| which were
not tax stamped or tax imprinted underneath the |
19 |
| sealed transparent wrapper
of such original packages as |
20 |
| required by this Act, the Department shall
affix a distinctive |
21 |
| stamp to each of the original packages so sold
indicating that |
22 |
| the same are sold pursuant to the provisions of this
Section.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3707.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/21) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.21)
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| Sec. 21. Destruction or use of forfeited property. |
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any |
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| cigarette vending device shall have been declared forfeited to |
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| the State by
the Department, as provided in Section 18a of this |
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| Act, and when all proceedings
for the judicial review of the |
5 |
| Department's decision have terminated, the
Department shall, |
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| to the extent that its decision is sustained on review, |
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| destroy , or maintain and use such property in an undercover |
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| capacity , or sell
such property for the best price obtainable |
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| and shall forthwith pay over the
proceeds of such sale to the |
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| State Treasurer.
If the value of such property to be sold at |
11 |
| any one time is
$500 or more, however,
such property shall be |
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| sold only to the highest and best bidder on
such terms and |
13 |
| conditions and on open competitive bidding after public
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| advertisement, in such manner and for such terms as the |
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| Department, by
rule, may prescribe .
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| (b) The Department may, prior to any destruction of |
17 |
| cigarettes, permit the true holder of the trademark rights in |
18 |
| the cigarette brand to inspect such contraband cigarettes in |
19 |
| order to assist the Department in any investigation regarding |
20 |
| such cigarettes. If no complaint for review, as provided in |
21 |
| Section 8 of
this Act, has been filed within the time required |
22 |
| by the Administrative
Review Law, and if no stay order has been |
23 |
| entered thereunder, the
Department shall proceed to sell the |
24 |
| property for the
best price obtainable and shall forthwith pay |
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| over the proceeds of such
sale to the State Treasurer. If the |
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| value
of such property to be sold at any one time is $500
or |
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shall be sold only to the highest |
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| and best bidder on such terms and
conditions and on open |
3 |
| competitive bidding after public
advertisement, in such manner |
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| and for such terms as the Department, by
rule, may prescribe.
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| (c) Upon making a sale of unstamped original packages of
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| cigarettes as provided in this Section, the Department shall |
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| affix
a distinctive stamp to each of the original packages so |
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| sold indicating
that the same are sold under this Section.
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| (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any cigarettes seized |
10 |
| under
this Act or under the Cigarette Use Tax Act may, at the |
11 |
| discretion of the
Director of Revenue, be distributed to any |
12 |
| eleemosynary institution within
the State of Illinois.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-776, eff. 5-19-06.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/9c rep.)
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| (35 ILCS 130/28 rep.)
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| Section 10. The Cigarette Tax Act is amended by repealing |
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| Sections 9c and 28. |
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| Section 15. The Prevention of Cigarette Sales to Minors Act |
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| is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Sections |
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| 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 25, and 30 as follows: |
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| (720 ILCS 678/2 new)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act: |
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| "Clear and conspicuous statement" means the statement is of |
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| "Consumer" means an individual who acquires or seeks to |
4 |
| acquire cigarettes for personal use. |
5 |
| "Delivery sale" means any sale of cigarettes to a consumer |
6 |
| if: |
7 |
| (a) the consumer submits the order for such sale by |
8 |
| means of a telephone or other method of voice transmission, |
9 |
| the mails, or the Internet or other online service, or the |
10 |
| seller is otherwise not in the physical presence of the |
11 |
| buyer when the request for purchase or order is made; or |
12 |
| (b) the cigarettes are delivered by use of a common |
13 |
| carrier, private delivery
service, or the mails, or the |
14 |
| seller is not in the physical presence of the buyer when |
15 |
| the buyer obtains possession of the cigarettes. |
16 |
| "Delivery service" means any person (other than a person |
17 |
| that makes a delivery sale) who
delivers to the consumer the |
18 |
| cigarettes sold in a delivery sale. |
19 |
| "Department" means the Department of Revenue. |
20 |
| "Government-issued identification" means a State driver's |
21 |
| license, State identification card, passport, a military |
22 |
| identification or an official naturalization or immigration |
23 |
| document, such as an alien registration recipient card |
24 |
| (commonly known as a "green card") or an immigrant visa. |
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| "Legal minimum age" means the minimum age at which an |
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| individual may legally purchase cigarettes within this State, |
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| as determined by either State or local government. |
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| "Mails" or "mailing" mean the shipment of cigarettes |
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| through the United States Postal Service. |
4 |
| "Out-of-state sale" means a sale of cigarettes to a |
5 |
| consumer located outside of this State where the consumer |
6 |
| submits the order for such sale by means of a telephonic or |
7 |
| other method of voice transmission, the mails or any other |
8 |
| delivery service, facsimile transmission, or the Internet or |
9 |
| other online service and where the cigarettes are delivered by |
10 |
| use of the mails or other delivery service. |
11 |
| "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, |
12 |
| limited liability company, association, or other organization |
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| that engages in any for profit or not-for-profit activities. |
14 |
| "Shipping package" means a container in which packs or |
15 |
| cartons of cigarettes are shipped in connection with a delivery |
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| sale. |
17 |
| "Shipping documents" means bills of lading, air bills, or |
18 |
| any other documents used to evidence the undertaking by a |
19 |
| delivery service to deliver letters, packages, or other |
20 |
| containers. |
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| "Within this State" means within the exterior limits of the |
22 |
| State of Illinois and includes all territory within these |
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| limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America. |
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| (720 ILCS 678/5)
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| Sec. 5. Unlawful shipment or transportation of cigarettes. |
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| of selling cigarettes to ship or cause to be shipped any |
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| cigarettes unless the person shipping the cigarettes:
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| (1) is licensed as a distributor under either
the |
5 |
| Cigarette Tax Act, or the Cigarette Use Tax Act; or
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| delivers the cigarettes to a distributor licensed under |
7 |
| either the Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act; |
8 |
| or |
9 |
| (2) ships them to an export warehouse proprietor |
10 |
| pursuant to
Chapter 52 of the Internal Revenue Code, or an |
11 |
| operator of
a customs bonded warehouse pursuant to Section |
12 |
| 1311 or
1555 of Title 19 of the United States Code.
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| For purposes of this subsection (a), a person is a licensed |
14 |
| distributor if the person's name appears on a list of licensed |
15 |
| distributors published by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
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| The term cigarette has the same meaning as defined in Section 1 |
17 |
| of the Cigarette Tax Act and Section 1 of the Cigarette Use Tax |
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| Act.
Nothing in this Act prohibits a person licensed as a |
19 |
| distributor under the Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use |
20 |
| Tax Act from shipping or causing to be shipped any cigarettes |
21 |
| to a registered retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax |
22 |
| Act and the Cigarette Tax Act provided the cigarette tax or |
23 |
| cigarette use tax has been paid.
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| (b) A common or contract carrier may transport cigarettes |
25 |
| to any individual person in this State only if the carrier |
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| reasonably believes such cigarettes have been received from a |
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| person described in paragraph (a)(1). Common or contract |
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| carriers may make deliveries of cigarettes to licensed |
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| distributors described in paragraph (a)(1) of this Section. |
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| Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed to prohibit a |
5 |
| person other than a common or contract carrier from |
6 |
| transporting not more than 1,000 cigarettes at any one time to |
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| any person in this State.
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| (c) A common or contract carrier may not complete the |
9 |
| delivery of any cigarettes to persons other than those |
10 |
| described in paragraph (a)(1) of this Section without first |
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| obtaining from the purchaser an official written |
12 |
| identification from any state or federal agency that displays |
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| the person's date of birth or a birth certificate that includes |
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| a reliable confirmation that the purchaser is at least 18 years |
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| of age; that the cigarettes purchased are not intended for |
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| consumption by an individual who is younger than 18 years of |
17 |
| age; and a written statement signed by the purchaser that |
18 |
| certifies the purchaser's address and that the purchaser is at |
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| least 18 years of age. The statement shall also confirm: (1) |
20 |
| that the purchaser understands that signing another person's |
21 |
| name to the certification is illegal; (2) that the sale of |
22 |
| cigarettes to individuals under 18 years of age is illegal; and |
23 |
| (3) that the purchase of cigarettes by individuals under 18 |
24 |
| years of age is illegal under the laws of Illinois. |
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| (d) When a person engaged in the business of selling
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| cigarettes ships or causes to be shipped any cigarettes to any |
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| person in this State, other than in the cigarette |
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| manufacturer's or tobacco products manufacturer's original |
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| container or wrapping, the container or wrapping must be |
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| plainly and visibly marked with the word "cigarettes".
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| (e) When a peace officer of this State or any duly |
6 |
| authorized officer or employee of the Illinois Department of |
7 |
| Public Health or Department of Revenue discovers any cigarettes |
8 |
| which have been or which are being shipped or transported in |
9 |
| violation of this Section, he or she shall seize and take |
10 |
| possession of the cigarettes, and the cigarettes shall be |
11 |
| subject to a forfeiture action pursuant to the procedures |
12 |
| provided under the Cigarette Tax Act or Cigarette Use Tax Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-960, eff. 8-20-04.) |
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| (720 ILCS 678/6 new)
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| Sec. 6. Prevention of delivery sales to minors. |
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| (a) No person shall make a delivery sale of cigarettes to |
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| any individual who is
under the legal minimum age. |
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| (b) Each person accepting a purchase order for a delivery |
19 |
| sale shall comply with
the provisions of this Act and all other |
20 |
| laws of this State generally applicable to sales of cigarettes |
21 |
| that occur entirely within this State, including, but not |
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| limited to, those laws imposing: (i) excise taxes; (ii) sales |
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| taxes; (iii) license and revenue-stamping requirements; and |
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| (iv) escrow payment obligations. |
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| Sec. 7. Age verification and shipping requirements to |
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| prevent delivery sales to minors. |
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| (a) No person, other than a delivery service, shall mail, |
5 |
| ship, or otherwise cause to be delivered a shipping package in |
6 |
| connection with a delivery sale unless the person: |
7 |
| (1) prior to the first delivery sale to the prospective |
8 |
| consumer, obtains
from the prospective consumer a written |
9 |
| certification which includes a statement signed by the |
10 |
| prospective consumer that certifies: |
11 |
| (A) the prospective consumer's current address; |
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| and |
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| (B) that the prospective consumer is at least the |
14 |
| legal minimum age; |
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| (2) informs, in writing, such prospective consumer |
16 |
| that: |
17 |
| (A) the signing of another person's name to the |
18 |
| certification described in
this Section is illegal; |
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| (B) sales of cigarettes to individuals under the |
20 |
| legal minimum age are
illegal; |
21 |
| (C) the purchase of cigarettes by individuals |
22 |
| under the legal minimum age
is illegal; and |
23 |
| (D) the name and identity of the prospective |
24 |
| consumer may be reported to
the state of the consumer's |
25 |
| current address under the Act of October 19, 1949 (15 |
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| birth of the prospective
customer provided pursuant to this |
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| Section by: |
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| (A) comparing the date of birth against a |
6 |
| commercially available database
or |
7 |
| (B) obtaining a photocopy or other image of a |
8 |
| valid, government-issued
identification stating the |
9 |
| date of birth or age of the prospective consumer; |
10 |
| (4) provides to the prospective consumer a notice that |
11 |
| meets the requirements of
subsection (b); |
12 |
| (5) receives payment for the delivery sale from the |
13 |
| prospective consumer by a
credit or debit card that has |
14 |
| been issued in such consumer's name, or by a check or other |
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| written instrument in such consumer's name; and |
16 |
| (6) ensures that the shipping package is delivered to |
17 |
| the same address as is shown
on the government-issued |
18 |
| identification or contained in the commercially available |
19 |
| database. |
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| (b) The notice required under this Section shall include: |
21 |
| (1) a statement that cigarette sales to consumers below |
22 |
| the legal minimum age are
illegal; |
23 |
| (2) a statement that sales of cigarettes are restricted |
24 |
| to those consumers who
provide verifiable proof of age in |
25 |
| accordance with subsection (a); |
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| (3) a statement that cigarette sales are subject to tax |
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| under Section 2 of the
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| and an explanation of how such tax has been, or is to be, |
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| paid with respect to such delivery sale. |
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| (c) A statement meets the requirement of this Section if: |
5 |
| (1) the statement is clear and conspicuous; |
6 |
| (2) the statement is contained in a printed box set |
7 |
| apart from the other contents of
the communication; |
8 |
| (3) the statement is printed in bold, capital letters; |
9 |
| (4) the statement is printed with a degree of color |
10 |
| contrast between the
background and the printed statement |
11 |
| that is no less than the color contrast between the |
12 |
| background and the largest text used in the communication; |
13 |
| and |
14 |
| (5) for any printed material delivered by electronic |
15 |
| means, the statement appears
at both the top and the bottom |
16 |
| of the electronic mail message or both the top and the |
17 |
| bottom of the Internet website homepage. |
18 |
| (d) Each person, other than a delivery service, who mails, |
19 |
| ships, or otherwise causes to be delivered a shipping package |
20 |
| in connection with a delivery sale shall: |
21 |
| (1) include as part of the shipping documents a clear |
22 |
| and conspicuous statement
stating: "Cigarettes: Illinois |
23 |
| Law Prohibits Shipping to Individuals Under 18 and Requires |
24 |
| the Payment of All Applicable Taxes"; |
25 |
| (2) use a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that |
26 |
| requires a signature before
the shipping package is |
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| released to the consumer; and |
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| (3) ensure that the shipping package is not delivered |
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| to any post office box. |
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| (720 ILCS 678/8 new)
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5 |
| Sec. 8. Registration and reporting requirements to prevent |
6 |
| delivery sales to minors. |
7 |
| (a) Each person who makes a delivery sale of cigarettes to |
8 |
| a consumer located within this
State shall file with the |
9 |
| Department for each individual sale: |
10 |
| (1) a statement setting forth such person's name, trade |
11 |
| name, and the address of
such person's principal place of |
12 |
| business and any other place of business; and |
13 |
| (2) not later than the tenth day of each calendar |
14 |
| month, a memorandum or copy of
the invoice for each and |
15 |
| every such delivery sale made during the previous calendar |
16 |
| month, which includes the following information: |
17 |
| (A) the name and address of the consumer to whom |
18 |
| such delivery sale
was made; |
19 |
| (B) the brand style or brand styles of the |
20 |
| cigarettes that were sold in such
delivery sale; |
21 |
| (C) the quantity of cigarettes that were sold in |
22 |
| such delivery sale; and |
23 |
| (D) an indication of whether or not the cigarettes |
24 |
| sold in the delivery sale
bore a tax stamp evidencing |
25 |
| payment of the tax under Section 2 of the Cigarette Tax |
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| Act (35 ILCS 130/2). |
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| (b) Each person engaged in business within this State who |
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| makes an out-of-state sale
shall, for each individual sale, |
4 |
| submit to the appropriate tax official of the state in which |
5 |
| the consumer is located the information required in subsection |
6 |
| (a). |
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| (c) Any person that satisfies the requirements of 15 U.S.C. |
8 |
| Section 376 shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of |
9 |
| subsections (a) and (b). |
10 |
| (d) The Department is authorized to disclose to the |
11 |
| Attorney General any information
received under this title and |
12 |
| requested by the Attorney General. The Department and the |
13 |
| Attorney General shall share with each other the information |
14 |
| received under this title and may share the information with |
15 |
| other federal, State, or local agencies for purposes of |
16 |
| enforcement of this title or the laws of the Federal government |
17 |
| or of other States. |
18 |
| (e) This Section shall not be construed to impose liability |
19 |
| upon any delivery service, or
officers or employees thereof, |
20 |
| when acting within the scope of business of the delivery |
21 |
| service. |
22 |
| (720 ILCS 678/9 new)
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23 |
| Sec. 9. Statements for delivery sales. |
24 |
| (a) Each person who makes a delivery sale shall collect and |
25 |
| remit to the Department all excise taxes imposed by this State |
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| with respect to such delivery sale and maintain evidence of |
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| such payment unless the person is located outside the State and |
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| includes a statement on the outside of the shipping package |
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| stating: "Illinois law requires the payment of state taxes on |
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| this shipment of cigarettes. You are legally responsible for |
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| all applicable unpaid state taxes on these cigarettes." |
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| (b) A statement meets the requirements of subsection (a) if |
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| the statement is: |
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| (1) clear and conspicuous; |
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| (2) contained in a printed box set apart from the |
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| shipping label and other markings
contained on the shipping |
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| package; |
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| (3) printed in bold, capital letters; |
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| (4) printed with a degree of color contrast between the |
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| background and the printed
statement that is no less than |
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| the color contrast between the background and the largest |
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| text used on the shipping label; and |
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| (5) located on the same side of the shipping package as |
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| the shipping label. |
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| (720 ILCS 678/10)
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| Sec. 10. Violation. |
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| (a) A person who violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) of |
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| Section 5 or Section, 6, 7, 8, or 9 is guilty of a Class A |
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| misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of subsection |
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| (a), (b), or (c) of Section 5 or Section, 6, 7, 8, or 9 is a |
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| Class 4 felony.
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| (b) The Department of Revenue shall impose a civil penalty |
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| not to exceed $5,000 on any person who violates subsection (a), |
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| (b), or (c) of Section 5 or Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 . The |
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| Department of Revenue shall impose a civil penalty not to |
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| exceed $5,000 on any person engaged in the business of selling |
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| cigarettes who ships or causes to be shipped any such |
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| cigarettes to any person in this State in violation of |
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| subsection (d) of Section 5.
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| (c) All cigarettes sold or attempted to be sold in a |
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| delivery sale that does not meet the requirements of this Act |
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| shall be forfeited to the State. All cigarettes forfeited to |
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| this State under this Act shall be destroyed. The Department |
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| may, prior to any destruction of cigarettes, permit the true |
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| holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand to |
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| inspect such contraband cigarettes, in order to assist the |
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| Department in any investigation regarding such cigarettes. |
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| (d) (c) Any person aggrieved by any decision of the |
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| Department of Revenue may, within 60 days after notice of that |
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| decision, protest in writing and request a hearing. The |
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| Department of Revenue shall give notice to the person of the |
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| time and place for the hearing and shall hold a hearing before |
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| it issues a final administrative decision. Absent a written |
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| protest within 60 days, the Department's decision shall become |
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| final without any further determination made or notice given.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-960, eff. 8-20-04.) |
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| Sec. 20. Tip line. |
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| (a) Not later than 120 days after the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the |
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| Department shall establish, publicize, and maintain a |
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| toll-free telephone number to receive information related to |
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| violations of this Act. |
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| (b) The Attorney General may pay a reward of up to $5,000 |
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| to any person who furnishes information leading to the |
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| Department's collection of excise taxes imposed upon delivery |
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| sales which otherwise would not have been collected but for the |
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| information provided by the person. |
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| (720 ILCS 678/25 new)
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| Sec. 25. Construction. The requirements imposed by this Act |
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| shall not apply where such application would be contrary to the |
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| Constitution and laws of the United States. |
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| Sec. 30. Severability. If any provision of this Act is for |
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| any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding |
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| shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the |
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| remaining provisions of this Act, and to this end the |
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| provisions of this Act are expressly declared to be severable.
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