(35 ILCS 130/6) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.6)
Sec. 6. Revocation, cancellation, or suspension of license. The Department may, after notice and hearing as provided for by this
Act, revoke, cancel or suspend the license of any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer for the
violation of any provision of this Act, or for noncompliance with any
provision herein contained, or for any noncompliance with any lawful rule
or regulation promulgated by the Department under Section 8 of this Act, or
because the licensee is determined to be ineligible for a distributor's
license for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4 of
this Act, or because the licensee is determined to be ineligible for a secondary distributor's license for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4c of this Act, or because the licensee is determined to be ineligible for a retailer's license for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4g of this Act. However, no such license shall be revoked, cancelled or
suspended, except after a hearing by the Department with notice to the
distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer, as aforesaid, and affording such distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer a reasonable
opportunity to appear and defend, and any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer aggrieved by any
decision of the Department with respect thereto may have the determination
of the Department judicially reviewed, as herein provided.
The Department may revoke, cancel, or suspend the license of any
distributor for a violation of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow
Enforcement Act as provided in Section 30 of that Act. The Department may revoke, cancel, or suspend the license of any secondary distributor for a violation of subsection (e) of Section 15 of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act.
If the retailer has a training program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall suspend for 3 days the license of that retailer for a fourth or subsequent violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in subsection (a) of Section 2 of that Act. For the purposes of this Section, any violation of subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act occurring at the retailer's licensed location during a 24-month period shall be counted as a violation against the retailer. If the retailer does not have a training program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall suspend for 3 days the license of that retailer for a second violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 2 of that Act. If the retailer does not have a training program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall suspend for 7 days the license of that retailer for a third violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 2 of that Act. If the retailer does not have a training program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall suspend for 30 days the license of a retailer for a fourth or subsequent violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 2 of that Act. A training program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws must include at least the following elements: (i) it must explain that only individuals displaying valid identification demonstrating that they are 21 years of age or older shall be eligible to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products and (ii) it must explain where a clerk can check identification for a date of birth. The training may be conducted electronically. Each retailer that has a training program shall require each employee who completes the training program to sign a form attesting that the employee has received and completed tobacco training. The form shall be kept in the employee's file and may be used to provide proof of training. Any distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer aggrieved by any decision of the Department under this
Section
may, within 20 days after notice of the decision, protest and request a
hearing. Upon receiving a request for a hearing, the Department shall give
notice in writing to the distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer requesting the hearing that contains a
statement of the charges preferred against the distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer and that states the
time and place fixed for the hearing. The Department shall hold the hearing in
conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its final
administrative decision in the matter to the distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer. In the absence of a
protest and request for a hearing within 20 days, the Department's decision
shall become final without any further determination being made or notice
given.
No license so revoked, as aforesaid, shall be reissued to any such
distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer within a period of 6 months after the date of the final
determination of such revocation. No such license shall be reissued at all
so long as the person who would receive the license is ineligible to
receive a distributor's license under this Act for any one or more of the
reasons provided for in Section 4 of this Act, is ineligible to receive a secondary distributor's license under this Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4c of this Act, or is determined to be ineligible for a retailer's license under the Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 4g of this Act.
The Department upon complaint filed in the circuit
court may by injunction
restrain any person who fails, or refuses, to comply with any of the
provisions of this Act from acting as a distributor, secondary distributor, or retailer of cigarettes in this
State.
(Source: P.A. 101-2, eff. 7-1-19.)
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