(220 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1554)
Sec. 4.
(a) Any telecommunications carrier which fails to correct any
violation of the rules adopted under this Act after written notice of
violation, or, if the violation is disputed, after final determination of
violation including appeal if any, in accordance with Section 3, shall be
liable for a penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, and an
additional penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day during which such
violation continues. Actions for injunction or mandamus to enforce
correction of violations and actions to recover penalties authorized under
this Section shall be filed in the name of the People of the State of
Illinois in the circuit court in accordance with Sections 4-201, 4-202 and
4-203 of the Public Utilities Act. In any action to recover penalties
under this Section for a violation determined in any final order of the
Commission as provided in Section 3, the fact of the violation shall be
deemed proven and shall not be relitigated.
(b) Anything to the contrary in Sections 4-201 and 4-203
notwithstanding, the proceeds of all monetary penalties received from
enforcement action initiated pursuant to this Section shall be divided
equally between the county and municipality in which the violation occurred.
(Source: P.A. 86-389.)
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