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 1        AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1.  This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  Petroleum
 5    Equipment Contractor and Employee Regulation Act.

 6        Section 5.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 7        "Employee"  means  an  individual  who  is  employed by a
 8    contractor to supervise UST activities at the location of UST
 9    activity.
10        "Contractor" means a  person,  excluding  employees,  who
11    performs any UST activity.
12        "Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
13        "Person"  means  an individual, trust, firm, partnership,
14    jointstock  company,  corporation,  federal  agency,   state,
15    municipality,   commission,  unit  of  local  government,  or
16    political subdivision of  a  state  or  an  interstate  body.
17    "Person"  also includes consortium, joint venture, commercial
18    entity, or the United States Government.
19        "UST" means underground storage tank system as that  term
20    is defined in the Gasoline Storage Act or any successor Act.
21        "UST   activity"  means  a  UST  installation,  including
22    retrofitting and cathodic  protection  installation;  repair,
23    including  upgrade,  which includes retrofitting and cathodic
24    protection installation; removal  or  decommissioning,  which
25    includes   abandonment-in-place;   relining;  tank  tightness
26    testing; or cathodic protection testing.

27        Section 10.  License; enforcement; failure  to  pay  tax.
28    No  person  shall  act as a petroleum equipment contractor or
29    employee, advertise or assume to act  as  such,  or  use  any
30    title  implying  that such person is engaged in that practice
 
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 1    or occupation unless licensed by the State Fire Marshal.
 2        No firm, association, or  corporation  shall  act  as  an
 3    agency  licensed  under this Act, or advertise, assume to act
 4    as  such,  or  use  any  title  implying  that   such   firm,
 5    association,  or  corporation  is  engaged  in such practice,
 6    unless licensed by the State Fire Marshal.
 7        The State Fire  Marshal,  in  the  name  of  the  People,
 8    through  the  Attorney  General,  the State's Attorney of any
 9    county, any resident of the State, or any legal entity within
10    the State may apply for injunctive relief  in  any  court  to
11    enjoin  a  person  who has not been issued a license or whose
12    license has been suspended, revoked,  or  not  renewed,  from
13    practicing  a  licensed  activity.   Upon  the  filing  of  a
14    verified  petition  in  the court, the court if satisfied, by
15    affidavit  or  otherwise,  that  a  person  is  or  has  been
16    practicing in violation of this Act  may  enter  a  temporary
17    restraining  order  or  preliminary  injunction without bond,
18    enjoining the defendant from further unlicensed activity.   A
19    copy  of  the  verified  complaint  shall  be served upon the
20    defendant and the proceedings shall thereafter  be  conducted
21    as  in  other  civil  cases.   If  it is established that the
22    defendant has been or is practicing in violation of this Act,
23    the court may enter  a  judgment  perpetually  enjoining  the
24    defendant  from  such further activity.  In case of violation
25    of  any  injunctive  order  or  judgment  entered  under  the
26    provisions of this Section, the court may summarily  try  and
27    punish  the  offender for contempt of court.  Such injunctive
28    proceeding shall be in addition to all  penalties  and  other
29    remedies provided for in this Act.
30        The State Fire Marshal may refuse to issue or may suspend
31    the  license of any person who fails to file a return, to pay
32    the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or  to
33    pay  any  final  assessment  of  tax, penalty or interest, as
34    required  by  any  tax  Act  administered  by  the   Illinois
 
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 1    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
 2    any such tax Act are satisfied.

 3        Section  15. Application.  This Act shall not apply to an
 4    officer or  employee  of  this  State  or  of  any  political
 5    subdivision  of  this  State  or  the United States while the
 6    officer or employee is engaged in the performance of  his  or
 7    her official duties within the course and scope of his or her
 8    employment.  However, a person who offers his or her services
 9    as  a  private petroleum equipment contractor or employee, or
10    any  title  where  similar   services   are   performed   for
11    compensation,  fee,  or other valuable consideration, whether
12    received directly or indirectly, shall be subject to this Act
13    and its licensing requirements.

14        Section 20. Fund.  All fees collected  pursuant  to  this
15    Act shall be deposited into the Fire Prevention Fund.

16        Section  25.  Petroleum Equipment Contractor and Employee
17    Advisory Board. There  is  created  the  Petroleum  Equipment
18    Contractor  and  Employee  Advisory  Board  consisting  of  9
19    members   to   be  appointed  by  the  Governor  as  soon  as
20    practicable after the effective date of this Act.  Two of the
21    members shall be owners of  underground  storage  tanks,  one
22    shall  be licensed as an UST installer, one shall be licensed
23    as  an  UST  repairer,  one  shall  be  licensed  as  an  UST
24    decommissioner, one shall be an UST  reliner,  one  shall  be
25    licensed as a tank tightness tester, one shall be licensed by
26    this  Act,  and  one  shall  be  a  public  member who is not
27    licensed  under  this  Act  or  a  similar  Act  of   another
28    jurisdiction  and  who  has  no  connection with any business
29    licensed under this Act.  The State Fire Marshal shall be  an
30    ex  officio  member  of  the  Board.   Each member shall be a
31    resident of Illinois.  After 7 years from the effective  date
 
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 1    of  this  Act,  each  subsequent  licensed appointment to the
 2    Board shall have  a  minimum  of  5  years  experience  as  a
 3    licensee  in the field in which the person is licensed, be an
 4    officer in a licensed petroleum equipment contractor company,
 5    and be actively engaged in the fire equipment business.   The
 6    membership  shall  reasonably reflect representation from all
 7    geographic areas in this State.
 8        Board members shall serve 4  year  terms  and  may  serve
 9    until their successors are appointed and qualified.  However,
10    in making initial appointments, one member shall be appointed
11    to  serve  for  one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for 2
12    years, 2 shall  be  appointed  to  serve  for  3  years,  the
13    remaining  members,  one  of whom shall be the public member,
14    shall be appointed to serve for  4  years.   Appointments  to
15    fill  vacancies  shall be made in the same manner as original
16    appointments for the unexpired portion of the  vacated  term.
17    Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon the effective date of this
18    Act. Board members may not  serve  more  than  2  consecutive
19    terms.
20        A member of the Board may be removed from office for just
21    cause.   A  member subject to formal disciplinary proceedings
22    must disqualify himself or herself from Board business  until
23    the  charge  is  resolved.   A  member  also  must disqualify
24    himself or herself from any matter on which  the  member  may
25    not objectively make a decision.
26        Board  members shall receive no compensation but shall be
27    reimbursed for expenses incurred  in  connection  with  their
28    duties as Board members.
29        A   majority   of  Board  members  then  appointed  shall
30    constitute a  quorum.  A  majority  vote  of  the  quorum  is
31    required for a Board decision.
32        The  Board  shall  elect  from its membership a chair and
33    other officers, as it may deem necessary.
34        Board members shall not be liable for any of their  acts,
 
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 1    omissions, decisions, or any other conduct in connection with
 2    their  duties  on  the Board, except those involving willful,
 3    wanton, or intentional misconduct.

 4        Section 30. Rules; advice; report.
 5        (a)  The  State  Fire  Marshal  shall  promulgate   rules
 6    consistent   with   the  provisions  of  this  Act,  for  the
 7    administration and enforcement of this Act, and may prescribe
 8    forms that shall be  issued  in  connection  therewith.   The
 9    rules  shall include standards and criteria for registration,
10    professional conduct, licensing  fees,  and  discipline.  The
11    State   Fire   Marshal   shall  consult  with  the  Board  in
12    promulgating all rules under this Act.
13        (b)  The Board may propose  to  the  State  Fire  Marshal
14    additions or modifications to administrative rules whenever a
15    majority  of the members believes the rules are deficient for
16    the proper administration of this Act.
17        (c)  The State Fire Marshal may solicit  the  advice  and
18    expert  knowledge  of the Board on any matter relating to the
19    administration and enforcement of this Act.
20        (d)  The State Fire Marshal  shall  issue  to  the  Board
21    prior  to  each Board meeting, but not less than quarterly, a
22    report of the  status  of  all  convictions  related  to  the
23    profession received by the State Fire Marshal.
24        (e)  The  Board  may  have  any  other  powers  as may be
25    granted by the State Fire Marshal to carry out the provisions
26    of this Act.

27        Section 35.  Personnel  necessary  for  enforcement.  The
28    State  Fire  Marshal  may  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
29    Personnel  Code, such professional, technical, investigative,
30    or clerical help, on either a full or part-time basis, as may
31    be necessary for the enforcement of this Act.
32        No  investigator  may  hold  an  active  license   issued
 
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 1    pursuant to this Act nor may an investigator have a fiduciary
 2    interest  in  a  business  licensed  under  this  Act.   This
 3    prohibition  does  not  prohibit an investigator from holding
 4    stock in a publicly-traded  business  licensed  or  regulated
 5    under  this  Act  provided that an investigator does not hold
 6    more than 5% of the stock of the publicly-traded business.

 7        Section  40.  National  standards  to  serve  as   guide;
 8    training.
 9        (a)  In  the  promulgation of rules relating to petroleum
10    equipment contractors and employees, the State  Fire  Marshal
11    shall  be  guided  by  the national fire safety standards and
12    codes and the fire equipment and facility standards and code,
13    including  but  not  limited  to  those  promulgated  by  the
14    National Fire Protection Association and  the  United  States
15    Environmental Protection Agency.
16        (b)  The  State  Fire  Marshal  may,  by  rule, establish
17    procedures for an applicant  for  any  class  fire  equipment
18    employee  license  to work for a licensed petroleum equipment
19    contractor for training.

20        Section   45.   Licensure    requirements    and    fees.
21    Implementation  of  this  Section  shall  begin on January 1,
22    2002.  On or after April 1, 2002, no person shall  engage  in
23    any activity described in this Section without first applying
24    for  and obtaining a license for such purpose from the Office
25    of  the  State  Fire  Marshal.  The  Office  shall  establish
26    reasonable fees as required by this Act.
27        Applicants for a license must submit to the Office all of
28    the following:
29        (1)  fees as established by the Office;
30        (2)  evidence of registration as an Illinois  corporation
31    or evidence of compliance with the Assumed Business Name Act;
32        (3)  evidence  of  financial  responsibility in a minimum
 
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 1    amount   of   $1,000,000   through    liability    insurance,
 2    self-insurance,  group  insurance,  group  self-insurance, or
 3    risk retention groups that must include completed  operations
 4    and environmental impairment; and
 5        (4)  evidence  of  compliance with the qualifications and
 6    standards established by the Office.
 7        The Office must license  contractors  for  the  following
 8    types of activity:
 9             (a)  installers of underground storage tanks;
10             (b)  repairers   of   USTs,   which   shall  include
11        retrofitting  and  installation  of  cathodic  protection
12        systems;
13             (c)  decommissioning or USTs  including  abandonment
14        in place;
15             (d)  relining of USTs;
16             (e)  tank and piping tightness testing; and
17             (f)  testing of cathodic protection systems.
18        (d)  Each  contractor must have at least one employee who
19    is  licensed  for  the  appropriate  type  of  activity.   An
20    employee license for each activity  shall  be  issued  to  an
21    applicant who has passed the examination or otherwise met the
22    requirements  established  by  the  Office,  paid  the annual
23    license fee for each activity to be licensed, and provided  a
24    current photograph at least 1" X 1" in size.

25        Section  50.  Application  for license.  Each application
26    for a license to practice under this Act shall be in  writing
27    and  signed  by  the applicant on forms provided by the State
28    Fire Marshal.

29        Section 55. Examination.
30        (a)  Applicants  for  licensure  shall  be  examined   as
31    provided in this Section if they are qualified to be examined
32    pursuant to this Act.  All applicants who are admitted to the
 
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 1    examination  must  be  evaluated  upon  the same standards as
 2    others being examined for the respective license.
 3        (b)  Examination for licensure shall be at such times and
 4    places as the State Fire Marshal may determine, but  must  be
 5    given at least quarterly.
 6        (c)  Examinations   shall  test  the  minimum  amount  of
 7    knowledge and skill needed to perform the duties set forth in
 8    the definition of the license  and  be  in  the  interest  of
 9    protection  of  the  public.   The  State  Fire  Marshal  may
10    contract  with  a  testing  service  for  the preparation and
11    conduct of  the  examinations  or  may  utilize  an  existing
12    examination or certification process.

13        Section  60.   Rules  for  licensure without examination.
14    The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate rules  for  licensure
15    without  examination  and  may  issue licenses under this Act
16    without examination, on payment of the required fee,  for  an
17    applicant  who is registered under the laws of another state,
18    territory, or country, if the requirements  for  registration
19    in the jurisdiction in which the applicant was licensed were,
20    at  the  date of his registration, substantially equal to the
21    requirements then in force in this State.

22        Section 65. Issuance of license and wallet card; renewal;
23    fees nonrefundable.
24        (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall, upon  the  applicant's
25    satisfactory  completion of the requirements authorized under
26    this Act, and upon receipt of the requisite fees,  issue  the
27    appropriate  license  and  wallet  card  showing the name and
28    business location of the licensee, the dates of issuance  and
29    expiration,  and  the  photograph of the licensee provided to
30    the State Fire Marshal.
31        (b)  Each licensee may apply for renewal of  his  or  her
32    license  upon  the payment of fees, as set forth in this Act.
 
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 1    The expiration date  and  renewal  period  for  each  license
 2    issued under this Act shall be set by rule.  Failure to renew
 3    within  60  days  of  the  date of expiration shall cause the
 4    license to lapse.  A license  that  has  lapsed  may  not  be
 5    reinstated  until a written application is filed, the renewal
 6    fee is paid, and a reinstatement fee  is  paid.  Renewal  and
 7    reinstatement  fees  shall  be waived for persons who did not
 8    renew while on active duty in the military and who  file  for
 9    renewal  or  restoration  within  1 year after discharge from
10    military service.  A license  that  has  lapsed  may  not  be
11    reinstated  after  5  years  from  the  date that the license
12    lapsed except if the licensee passes  a  fitness  examination
13    and pays the required fees.
14        (c)  All   fees   paid   pursuant   to   this   Act   are
15    non-refundable.

16        Section 70. Insufficient funds checks.  Any person who on
17    2  occasions issues or delivers a check or other order to the
18    State Fire Marshal that  is  not  honored  by  the  financial
19    institution  upon  which  it is drawn because of insufficient
20    funds on account, shall pay to the  State  Fire  Marshal,  in
21    addition to the amount owing upon the check or other order, a
22    fee  of  $50.   If  the  check  or  other order was issued or
23    delivered in payment of a renewal fee and the licensee  whose
24    license  has  lapsed continues to practice without paying the
25    renewal fee and the $50 fee required under this  Section,  an
26    additional  fee  of  $100  shall  be  imposed  for practicing
27    without a current license.   The  State  Fire  Marshal  shall
28    notify  the licensee whose license has lapsed, within 30 days
29    after the discovery  by  the  State  Fire  Marshal  that  the
30    licensee  is  practicing  without a current license, that the
31    individual, person, or distributor is acting as  a  petroleum
32    equipment contractor or employee, as the case may be, without
33    a  license,  and  the  amount  due to the State Fire Marshal,
 
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 1    which shall include the lapsed renewal fee and all other fees
 2    required by this Section.  If after the expiration of 30 days
 3    from the date of the notification, the licensee whose license
 4    has lapsed seeks a current license, he or she shall  apply to
 5    the State Fire Marshal for reinstatement of the  license  and
 6    pay  all  fees due to the State Fire Marshal.  The State Fire
 7    Marshal  may  establish  a  fee  for  the  processing  of  an
 8    application for reinstatement of a license  that  allows  the
 9    State  Fire Marshal to pay all costs and expenses incident to
10    the processing of this application. The  State  Fire  Marshal
11    may waive the fees due under this Section in individual cases
12    where  he or she finds that the fees would be unreasonable or
13    unnecessarily burdensome.

14        Section 75. Conditions of renewal; physical examination.
15        (a)  As a condition of renewal of a  license,  the  State
16    Fire  Marshal  may require the licensee to report information
17    pertaining to his or her practice that the State Fire Marshal
18    determines to be in the interest of public safety.
19        (b)  The State Fire  Marshal  may  order  a  licensee  to
20    submit  to  a  reasonable  physical examination if his or her
21    physical capacity  to  practice  safely  is  at  issue  in  a
22    disciplinary proceeding.
23        (c)  A  licensee  who  fails  to comply with a State Fire
24    Marshal order to submit to a physical  examination  shall  be
25    subject  to  the summary suspension procedures as provided in
26    this Act.
27        (d)  A licensee shall report a change in his or her  home
28    or office address within 10 days of when it occurs.
29        (e)  Each  licensee  shall prominently display his or her
30    license to practice at each place from which the practice  is
31    being  performed.   If more than one location is used, branch
32    office certificates shall be issued upon payment of the  fees
33    to  be  established  by  the  State  Fire Marshal.  Each fire
 
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 1    equipment employee shall carry on his or her person a  wallet
 2    card issued by the State Fire Marshal.
 3        (f)  If  a  license  or  certificate is lost, a duplicate
 4    shall be issued upon  payment  of  the  required  fee  to  be
 5    established  by  the State Fire Marshal.  If a licensee wants
 6    to change his or her name, the State Fire Marshal shall issue
 7    a license in the new name upon satisfactory  proof  that  the
 8    change  was  done  in  accordance  with  the law and upon the
 9    payment of the required fee.
10        (g)  Each licensee shall permit his or her facilities and
11    sites  where  UST  activities  are  being  performed  to   be
12    inspected by representatives of the State Fire Marshal.

13        Section 80. Grounds for discipline.  Licensees subject to
14    this Act shall conduct their practice in accordance with this
15    Act  and  with  any  rules  promulgated pursuant to this Act.
16    Licensees  shall  be  subject  to   the   exercise   of   the
17    disciplinary  sanctions enumerated in Section 90 if the State
18    Fire Marshal finds that a licensee is guilty of  any  of  the
19    following:
20        (1)  fraud or material deception in obtaining or renewing
21    of a license;
22        (2)  professional  incompetence  as  manifested  by  poor
23    standards of service;
24        (3)  engaging     in    dishonorable,    unethical,    or
25    unprofessional conduct of  a  character  likely  to  deceive,
26    defraud,  or  harm  the  public  in  the course of his or her
27    professional services or activities;
28        (4)  conviction of a crime  by  a  licensee  that  has  a
29    substantial  relationship  to  his  or  her  practice  or  an
30    essential   element  of  which  is  misstatement,  fraud,  or
31    dishonesty, or conviction in this or another state of a crime
32    that is a felony under the laws of Illinois or conviction  of
33    a felony in a federal court, unless the licensee demonstrates
 
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 1    that he or she has been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant
 2    the public trust;
 3        (5)  performing any service in a grossly negligent manner
 4    or permitting any of his or her licensed employees to perform
 5    services in a grossly negligent manner, regardless of whether
 6    actual damage to the public is established;
 7        (6)  habitual  drunkenness  or  habitual addiction to the
 8    use of morphine, cocaine,  controlled  substances,  or  other
 9    habit-forming drugs;
10        (7)  directly    or    indirectly   willfully   receiving
11    compensation  for  any  professional  services  not  actually
12    rendered;
13        (8)  having disciplinary action taken against his or  her
14    license in another state;
15        (9)  making  differential treatment against any person to
16    his or her detriment because  of  race,  color,  creed,  sex,
17    religion, or national origin;
18        (10)  engaging in unprofessional conduct;
19        (11)  engaging in false or misleading advertising;
20        (12)  contracting  or  assisting  unlicensed  persons  to
21    perform  services  for which a license is required under this
22    Act;
23        (13)  permitting the use of his or her license to  enable
24    an unlicensed person or agency to operate as a licensee;
25        (14)  performing and charging for services without having
26    authorization  to  do  so from the member of the public being
27    serviced;
28        (15)  failure to comply with any provision of this Act or
29    the rules promulgated pursuant to this Act;
30        (16)  conducting business regulated by this  Act  without
31    possessing a currently valid license;
32        (17)  violation  of laws, or the rules adopted under this
33    Act,  relating  to   UST   standards,   health   and   safety
34    regulations, or permit conditions; and
 
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 1        (18)  failure to obtain permits for UST activity.

 2        Section   85.   Complaints.   All  complaints  concerning
 3    violations regarding licensees or unlicensed  activity  shall
 4    be received and logged by the State Fire Marshal and reported
 5    to the Board.

 6        Section 90. Formal charges; hearing.
 7        (a)  Following  the investigative process, the State Fire
 8    Marshal may file formal  charges  against  a  licensee.   The
 9    formal charges must, at a minimum, inform the licensee of the
10    facts that are the basis of the charge and be specific enough
11    to enable the licensee to defend himself or herself.
12        (b)  A  licensee whose conduct is the subject of a formal
13    charge that seeks to impose disciplinary action  against  the
14    licensee shall be served notice of the formal charge at least
15    30 days before the date of the hearing.  The hearing shall be
16    presided  over  by  a hearing officer authorized by the State
17    Fire Marshal.  Service shall be considered to have been given
18    if the notice was personally received by the licensee  or  if
19    the notice was mailed certified, return receipt requested, to
20    the  licensee  at the licensee's last known address as listed
21    with the State Fire Marshal.
22        (c)  The notice of  formal  charge  shall  consist  at  a
23    minimum of the following information:
24             (1)  the time, place, and date of the hearing;
25             (2)  that  the  licensee  shall appear personally at
26        the hearing and may be represented by counsel;
27             (3)  that the  licensee  shall  have  the  right  to
28        produce  witnesses  and evidence on his or her behalf and
29        shall have  the  right  to  cross-examine  witnesses  and
30        dispute the evidence produced against him or her;
31             (4)  that  the  hearing could result in disciplinary
32        action being taken against his or her license;
 
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 1             (5)  that rules for the conduct  of  these  hearings
 2        exist  and  that it may be in his or her best interest to
 3        obtain a copy;
 4             (6)  that the  hearing  officer  authorized  by  the
 5        State  Fire  Marshal  shall  preside  at  the hearing and
 6        following  the  conclusion  of  the  hearing  shall  make
 7        findings   of   fact,    conclusions    of    law,    and
 8        recommendations,  separately  stated,  to  the State Fire
 9        Marshal as to what disciplinary action, if any, should be
10        imposed on the licensee; and
11             (7)  the State Fire Marshal may continue a hearing.
12        (d)  The hearing officer authorized  by  the  State  Fire
13    Marshal  shall  hear  the evidence produced in support of the
14    formal charges and any  contrary  evidence  produced  by  the
15    licensee.   At  the  conclusion  of  the hearing, the hearing
16    officer shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law,  and
17    recommendations,  separately  stated,  and submit them to the
18    State Fire Marshal and to  all  parties  to  the  proceeding.
19    Submission to the licensee shall be considered as having been
20    made if done in a similar fashion as service of the notice of
21    formal charges.  Within 20 days after such service, any party
22    to  the  proceeding  may  present to the State Fire Marshal a
23    written motion for a rehearing stating the  specific  grounds
24    for the request.
25        (e)  The  State  Fire Marshal, following the time allowed
26    for filing a motion for rehearing, shall review  the  hearing
27    officer's   findings   of   fact,  conclusions  of  law,  and
28    recommendations, and any  motions  filed  subsequent  to  the
29    findings,  conclusions,  or recommendations.  After reviewing
30    the  information  the  State  Fire  Marshal  may  hear   oral
31    arguments,  after  which he or she shall issue an order.  The
32    report of the findings  of  fact,  conclusions  of  law,  and
33    recommendations of the hearing officer shall be the basis for
34    the  State  Fire  Marshal's order.  If the State Fire Marshal
 
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 1    finds that substantial justice was not done, he  or  she  may
 2    issue an order in contravention of the findings, conclusions,
 3    or  recommendations  of  the hearing officer.  The State Fire
 4    Marshal shall provide the Board with a written explanation of
 5    any deviation from the previous ruling and shall specify with
 6    particularity the reasons for the deviation.  The finding  is
 7    not  admissible  in evidence against the person in a criminal
 8    prosecution brought for the violation of this Act.
 9        (f)  All proceedings pursuant to this Section are matters
10    of public record and shall be preserved.

11        Section 95. Sanctions.
12        (a)  The State Fire  Marshal  shall  impose  any  of  the
13    following sanctions, singly or in combination, when he or she
14    finds  that  a licensee is guilty of any offense described in
15    subsection (a) of Section 80:
16             (1)  revocation of the license;
17             (2)  suspension of the license  for  any  period  of
18        time;
19             (3)  reprimand or censure of the licensee;
20             (4)  placement   of   the  license  on  probationary
21        status;
22             (5)  requirement of the submission  of  any  of  the
23        following:
24                  (i)  regular  reporting  to  the Board or State
25             Fire Marshal upon matters that are the basis of  the
26             probation;
27                  (ii)  continuing   or   renewing   professional
28             education  until  a satisfactory degree of skill has
29             been attained in those areas that are the  basis  of
30             the probation; or
31                  (iii)  other    reasonable    requirements   or
32             restrictions as are proper;
33             (6)  Refusal  to  issue,  renew,  or   restore   the
 
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 1        license; and
 2             (7)  Revocation  of  probation that has been granted
 3        and imposition of any other disciplinary measures in this
 4        subsection (a) when the requirements  of  probation  have
 5        not been fulfilled or have been violated.
 6        (b)  The  State  Fire  Marshal  may  summarily  suspend a
 7    license under this Act,  without  a  hearing,  simultaneously
 8    with  the  filing  of  a  formal  complaint  and notice for a
 9    hearing provided under this Section if the State Fire Marshal
10    finds that the continued operations of the  individual  would
11    constitute  an  immediate danger to the public.  In the event
12    that the State Fire Marshal suspends  a  license  under  this
13    subsection,  a  hearing  by the hearing officer designated by
14    the State Fire Marshal shall be held within 20 days after the
15    suspension begins, unless the hearing  is  continued  at  the
16    request of the licensee.
17        (c)  Disposition may be made of any formal complaint by a
18    consent   order  between  the  State  Fire  Marshal  and  the
19    licensee, but the Board must be apprised of the full  content
20    of the consent order in a timely way.
21        (d)  The State Fire Marshal shall reinstate a licensee to
22    good  standing  under  this  Act,  upon recommendation to the
23    State Fire  Marshal,  after  a  hearing  before  the  hearing
24    officer authorized by the State Fire Marshal.  The State Fire
25    Marshal  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  applicant's renewed
26    practice is not contrary to the public interest.
27        (e)  The State Fire  Marshal  may  conduct  hearings  and
28    issue  cease  and  desist  orders  to  persons  who engage in
29    activities prohibited by this  Act  without  having  a  valid
30    license, certificate, or registration.  A person in violation
31    of a cease and desist order entered by the State Fire Marshal
32    shall  be subject to all of the remedies provided by law and,
33    in addition, shall be subject to a civil penalty  payable  to
34    the party injured by the violation.
 
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 1        (f)  The   State  Fire  Marshal  shall  seek  to  achieve
 2    consistency in the application of the foregoing sanctions and
 3    consent orders and significant departure from prior decisions
 4    involving similar conduct shall be  explained  in  the  State
 5    Fire Marshal's orders.

 6        Section  100.  Subpoena  power;  production  of evidence;
 7    surrender of license.
 8        (a)  The State Fire Marshal has the power to subpoena and
 9    bring before  it  any  person  in  this  State  and  to  take
10    testimony  either  orally or by deposition, or both, with the
11    same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed
12    by law for judicial proceedings in civil  cases.   The  State
13    Fire  Marshal  and  the hearing officer approved by the State
14    Fire Marshal, have the  power  to  administer  oaths  at  any
15    hearing that the State Fire Marshal is authorized to conduct.
16        (b)  Any  Circuit  Court,  upon  the  application  of the
17    licensee or the State Fire Marshal, may order the  attendance
18    of  witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers
19    in any hearing pursuant to this Act.  The  court  may  compel
20    obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt.
21        (c)  The  State  Fire  Marshal,  at  its  expense,  shall
22    provide  a  stenographer  or a mechanical recording device to
23    record the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings
24    at the hearing of any case wherein a license may be  revoked,
25    suspended,   placed   on   probationary   status,   or  other
26    disciplinary action taken with regard to the  licensee.   The
27    notice  of hearing, complaint, and all other documents in the
28    nature  of  pleadings  and  written  motions  filed  in   the
29    proceedings,  the  transcript of testimony, the report of the
30    hearing officer, and the orders of  the  State  Fire  Marshal
31    constitute  the  record  of  the  proceedings. The State Fire
32    Marshal must furnish  a  transcript  of  the  record  to  any
33    interested  person  upon  payment of the costs of copying and
 
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 1    transmitting the record.
 2        (d)  All final administrative decisions of the State Fire
 3    Marshal are  subject  to  judicial  review  pursuant  to  the
 4    provisions  of  the  Administrative  Review Law and the rules
 5    adopted  pursuant  thereto.   The  proceedings  for  judicial
 6    review must be commenced in the Circuit Court of  the  county
 7    in  which  the  party applying for review resides, but if the
 8    party is not a resident of Illinois, the venue  shall  be  in
 9    Sangamon  County.   The  State  Fire  Marshal  shall  not  be
10    required  to certify any record to the court, file any answer
11    in the court, or otherwise appear in any court in a  judicial
12    review  proceeding,  unless  there is filed in the court with
13    the  complaint  a  receipt  from  the  State   Fire   Marshal
14    acknowledging   payment   of  the  costs  of  furnishing  and
15    certifying the record, which costs shall be computed  at  the
16    cost  of  preparing  the record.  Exhibits shall be certified
17    without cost.  Failure on the part of the  licensee  to  file
18    the  receipt  in  court shall be grounds for dismissal of the
19    action.   During  all  judicial  proceedings  incident  to  a
20    disciplinary action, the sanctions imposed upon  the  accused
21    by  the State Fire Marshal shall remain in effect, unless the
22    court feels justice requires a stay of the order.
23        (e)  An order  of  revocation,  suspension,  placing  the
24    license  on probationary status, or other formal disciplinary
25    action as the State  Fire  Marshal  may  deem  proper,  or  a
26    certified  copy  of  the order, bearing the seal of the State
27    Fire Marshal and purporting to be signed by  the  State  Fire
28    Marshal, is prima facie proof that:
29             (1)  the   signature  is  that  of  the  State  Fire
30        Marshal;
31             (2)  the State Fire Marshal is qualified to act; and
32             (3)  the hearing officer  is  qualified  to  act  on
33        behalf of the State Fire Marshal.
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 1        (f)  Upon  the  suspension  or  revocation  of  a license
 2    issued under this Act, a licensee must surrender the  license
 3    to  the  State  Fire  Marshal  and upon failure to do so, the
 4    State Fire Marshal shall seize the same.
 5        (g)  The State Fire Marshal shall, upon request,  publish
 6    a  list of the names and addresses of all licensees under the
 7    provisions of this Act.  The State Fire Marshal shall publish
 8    annually a list of  all  persons  whose  licenses  have  been
 9    suspended or revoked or who have been disciplined within that
10    year,  and a quarterly list of each individual who was denied
11    employment status because of  a  criminal  history,  together
12    with  any other information as he or she may deem of interest
13    to the public.

14        Section 105. Penalties.
15        (a)  Any natural person who violates any of the following
16    provisions shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor  for  the
17    first offense and a corporation or other business entity that
18    violates  any  of  the following provision commits a business
19    offense punishable by a fine of up to $10,000:
20             (1)  the practice of  or  attempted  practice  as  a
21        petroleum  equipment  contractor  or  employee  without a
22        license;
23             (2)  the obtaining of or the attempting to obtain  a
24        license,  practice  or  business,  or  any other thing of
25        value by fraudulent representation; and
26             (3)  the permitting, directing,  or  authorizing  of
27        any  person  in the employ of, under the direction of, or
28        under the supervision of a licensee  if  that  individual
29        does not possess an appropriate valid license.
30        Whenever  any  person  is  punished  as a repeat offender
31    under this Section, the State Fire  Marshal  may  proceed  to
32    obtain a permanent injunction against the person.
33        If  any person in making an oath or affidavit required by
 
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 1    this Act swears falsely, that person is guilty of perjury and
 2    upon conviction may be punished accordingly.
 3        A person who violates a Section of this  Act  other  than
 4    this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the
 5    first offense.
 6        A  second or subsequent offense in violation of a Section
 7    of this Act, including this Section, is a Class 4 felony.

 8        Section 110. Administration and enforcement.  The  Office
 9    may  issue rules, consistent with the provisions of this Act,
10    for the administration, fees, and enforcement of this Act and
11    may prescribe forms that shall be used in connection with the
12    provisions of this Act.

13        Section 115.  The Regulatory Sunset  Act  is  amended  by
14    adding Section 4.22 as follows:

15        (5 ILCS 80/4.22 new)
16        Sec.  4.22.   Act  repealed  on  January  1,  2012.   The
17    following Act is repealed on January 1, 2012:
18        The   Petroleum   Equipment   Contractor   and   Employee
19    Regulation Act.

20        Section  900.   The  Gasoline  Storage  Act is amended by
21    changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:

22        (430 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 154)
23        Sec. 2.  Jurisdiction; regulation of tanks.
24        (1) (a)  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Act,  the
25    jurisdiction  of  the  Office of the State Fire Marshal under
26    this Act shall be concurrent with that of municipalities  and
27    other  political  subdivisions.  The Office of the State Fire
28    Marshal has power to promulgate,  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
29    Administrative    Procedure   Act,   reasonable   rules   and
 
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 1    regulations governing the keeping,  storage,  transportation,
 2    sale  or  use  of gasoline and volatile oils, including rules
 3    requiring that underground storage tank  contractors  file  a
 4    bond  or  a  certificate  of  insurance  with  the State Fire
 5    Marshal, and rules governing  the  dismantling  of  abandoned
 6    bulk  storage  plants.  Nothing in this Act shall relieve any
 7    person, corporation, or other entity from complying with  any
 8    zoning  ordinance of a municipality or home rule unit enacted
 9    pursuant to Section 11-13-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code or
10    any ordinance enacted  pursuant  to  Section  11-8-4  of  the
11    Illinois Municipal Code.
12        (b)  The  rulemaking  power  shall  include  the power to
13    promulgate rules providing for the issuance and revocation of
14    permits allowing the self service dispensing of  motor  fuels
15    as  such  term is defined in the Motor Fuel Tax Law in retail
16    service stations or any other place of business  where  motor
17    fuels  are  dispensed  into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles,
18    internal combustion engines  or  portable  containers.   Such
19    rules  shall  provide  for  reasonable fees to be charged for
20    permits. Such rules shall specify the requirements that  must
21    be  met  both  prior  and  subsequent to the issuance of such
22    permits in order to insure the  safety  and  welfare  of  the
23    general  public.   The  operation  of  such  service stations
24    without a permit shall be unlawful.  The Office of the  State
25    Fire  Marshal  shall  revoke  such permit if the self service
26    operation of such a  service  station  is  found  to  pose  a
27    significant  risk  to  the  safety and welfare of the general
28    public.
29        (c)  However, except in any county with a  population  of
30    1,000,000 or more, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall
31    not have the authority to prohibit the operation of a service
32    station  solely  on  the  basis  that  it  is  an  unattended
33    self-service  station  which  utilizes  key  or card operated
34    self-service motor fuel dispensing devices.  Nothing in  this
 
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 1    paragraph shall prohibit the Office of the State Fire Marshal
 2    from  adopting reasonable rules and regulations governing the
 3    safety of self-service motor fuel dispensing devices.
 4        (d)  The  State  Fire  Marshal  shall  not  prohibit  the
 5    dispensing or delivery  of  flammable  or  combustible  motor
 6    vehicle  fuels  directly into the fuel tanks of vehicles from
 7    tank trucks, tank wagons, or other portable tanks.  The State
 8    Fire Marshal shall  adopt  rules  (i)  for  the  issuance  of
 9    permits  for  the  dispensing  of  motor vehicle fuels in the
10    manner described in this paragraph (d), (ii)  that  establish
11    fees  for permits and inspections, and provide for those fees
12    to be deposited into the Fire  Prevention  Fund,  (iii)  that
13    require  the dispensing of motor fuel in the manner described
14    in this paragraph (d)  to  meet  conditions  consistent  with
15    nationally   recognized   standards  such  as  those  of  the
16    National Fire Protection Association, and (iv) that  restrict
17    the dispensing of motor vehicle fuels in the manner described
18    in this paragraph (d) to the following:
19             (A)  agriculture sites for agricultural purposes,
20             (B)  construction  sites  for refueling construction
21        equipment used at the construction site,
22             (C)  sites  used  for  the  parking,  operation,  or
23        maintenance of a commercial vehicle fleet,  but  only  if
24        the  site  is  located in a county with 3,000,000 or more
25        inhabitants or a  county  contiguous  to  a  county  with
26        3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants  and  the  site  is  not
27        normally accessible to the public, and
28             (D)  sites  used  for the refueling of police, fire,
29        or emergency medical services vehicles or other  vehicles
30        that are owned, leased, or operated by (or operated under
31        contract  with) the State, a unit of local government, or
32        a school district, or any agency of the  State  and  that
33        are not normally accessible to the public.
34        (2) (a)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall adopt
 
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 1    rules and regulations regarding underground storage tanks and
 2    associated  piping  and  no  municipality  or other political
 3    subdivision  shall  adopt  or  enforce  any   ordinances   or
 4    regulations regarding such underground tanks and piping other
 5    than  those  which are identical to the rules and regulations
 6    of the Office of the State Fire Marshal.  It is  declared  to
 7    be  the law of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i)
 8    of Section 6 of Article VII  of  the  Illinois  Constitution,
 9    that the establishment and enforcement of standards regarding
10    underground  storage  tanks  and associated piping within the
11    jurisdiction of the Office of the State Fire  Marshal  is  an
12    exclusive   State   function   which  may  not  be  exercised
13    concurrently  by  a  home  rule  unit  except  as   expressly
14    permitted in this Act.
15        (b)  The  Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into
16    written contracts with  municipalities  of  over  500,000  in
17    population to enforce the rules and regulations adopted under
18    this subsection.
19        (3) (a)  The  Office of the State Fire Marshal shall have
20    authority over underground storage tanks which contain,  have
21    contained,  or  are  designed to contain petroleum, hazardous
22    substances and regulated substances as those terms  are  used
23    in  Subtitle I of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
24    1984 (P.L. 98-616), as amended by  the  Superfund  Amendments
25    and  Reauthorization  Act  of 1986 (P.L. 99-499).  The Office
26    shall have the power with regard to underground storage tanks
27    to require any person who tests, installs, repairs, replaces,
28    relines, or  removes  any  underground  storage  tank  system
29    containing,  formerly  containing,  or  which  is designed to
30    contain  petroleum  or  other  regulated  substances  to   be
31    certified  to  perform  that  activity, to obtain a permit to
32    install, repair, replace, reline, or  remove  the  particular
33    tank  system,  to pay an annual certification fee of $100 per
34    year, and to pay a fee set by the Office of $100 per site for
 
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 1    a permit to install, repair, replace, reline, upgrade,  test,
 2    or  remove any portion of an underground storage tank system.
 3    All persons who do repairs above grade level  for  themselves
 4    need not pay a fee or be certified.  All fees received by the
 5    Office  from  certification and permits shall be deposited in
 6    the Fire Prevention Fund for the exclusive use of the  Office
 7    in administering the Underground Storage Tank program.
 8        (b) (i)  Within   120  days  after  the  promulgation  of
 9    regulations or amendments thereto by the Administrator of the
10    United States Environmental Protection  Agency  to  implement
11    Section  9003  of Subtitle I of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
12    Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616) of the Resource Conservation
13    and Recovery Act of  1976  (P.L.  95-580),  as  amended,  the
14    Office  of  the State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations or
15    amendments thereto which  are  identical  in  substance.  The
16    rulemaking   provisions  of  Section  5-35  of  the  Illinois
17    Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply  to  regulations
18    or  amendments  thereto adopted pursuant to this subparagraph
19    (i).
20        (ii)  The Office of the  State  Fire  Marshal  may  adopt
21    additional  regulations  relating  to  an underground storage
22    tank program that are not inconsistent with and at  least  as
23    stringent  as Section 9003 of Subtitle I of the Hazardous and
24    Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616) of the  Resource
25    Conservation  and  Recovery  Act  of  1976  (P.L. 94-580), as
26    amended,  or  regulations  adopted  thereunder.   Except   as
27    provided otherwise in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (b),
28    the  Office  of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  shall  not  adopt
29    regulations  relating  to  corrective  action  at underground
30    storage  tanks.   Regulations  adopted   pursuant   to   this
31    subsection shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures
32    for rulemaking in Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative
33    Procedure Act.
34        (c)  (Blank).  The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall
 
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 1    require any person, corporation or other entity who tests  an
 2    underground  tank  or  its  piping or cathodic protection for
 3    another, except a lessor for his or her lessee,  to  register
 4    with  the Office, and pay an annual registration fee of $100,
 5    to be deposited in the Fire Prevention Fund, and  report  the
 6    results of such test to the Office.
 7        (d)  In  accordance  with constitutional limitations, the
 8    Office shall have authority to enter at all reasonable  times
 9    upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
10             (i)  Inspecting   and   investigating  to  ascertain
11        possible  violations  of   this   Act,   of   regulations
12        thereunder  or of permits or terms or conditions thereof;
13        or
14             (ii)  In accordance with the provisions of this Act,
15        taking whatever emergency action, that  is  necessary  or
16        appropriate,  to  assure that the public health or safety
17        is not threatened  whenever  there  is  a  release  or  a
18        substantial  threat  of  a  release  of  petroleum  or  a
19        regulated substance from an underground storage tank.
20        (e)  The  Office  of  the State Fire Marshal may issue an
21    Administrative Order to any person who it reasonably believes
22    has violated the rules and regulations governing  underground
23    storage  tanks,  including  the  installation,  repair,  leak
24    detection,  cathodic  protection  tank  testing,  removal  or
25    release  notification.   Such  an  order  shall  be served by
26    registered or certified mail or in person.  Any person served
27    with such an order may appeal such  order  by  submitting  in
28    writing  any  such appeal to the Office within 10 days of the
29    date of receipt of such order.  The Office shall  conduct  an
30    administrative    hearing    governed    by    the   Illinois
31    Administrative Procedure Act and enter an order  to  sustain,
32    modify or revoke such order. Any appeal from such order shall
33    be  to the circuit court of the county in which the violation
34    took place and shall be governed by the Administrative Review
 
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 1    Law.
 2        (f)  The Office of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  shall  not
 3    require  the  removal of an underground tank system taken out
 4    of operation before January 2, 1974, except in  the  case  in
 5    which  the  office  of  the State Fire Marshal has determined
 6    that a release from  the  underground  tank  system  poses  a
 7    current   or   potential  threat  to  human  health  and  the
 8    environment.  In that case, and upon receipt of an Order from
 9    the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the owner  or  operator
10    of  the  nonoperational  underground tank system shall assess
11    the excavation zone and close the system in  accordance  with
12    regulations  promulgated  by  the  Office  of  the State Fire
13    Marshal.
14        (4) (a)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall adopt
15    rules and regulations regarding aboveground storage tanks and
16    associated piping and  no  municipality  or  other  political
17    subdivision   shall   adopt  or  enforce  any  ordinances  or
18    regulations regarding such aboveground tanks and piping other
19    than those which are identical to the rules  and  regulations
20    of  the  Office  of  the  State  Fire  Marshal unless, in the
21    interest of fire safety, the Office of the State Fire Marshal
22    delegates  such  authority   to   municipalities,   political
23    subdivisions  or home rule units.  Such rules shall establish
24    reasonable fees for the  regulation  of  aboveground  storage
25    tanks.  It  is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant
26    to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of  the
27    Illinois  Constitution,  that  the establishment of standards
28    regarding aboveground storage  tanks  and  associated  piping
29    within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Office  of the State Fire
30    Marshal is an exclusive  State  function  which  may  not  be
31    exercised   concurrently  by  a  home  rule  unit  except  as
32    expressly permitted in this Act.
33        (b)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal  shall  enforce
34    its  rules  and  regulations  concerning  aboveground storage
 
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 1    tanks and  associated  piping;  however,  municipalities  may
 2    enforce  any of their zoning ordinances or zoning regulations
 3    regarding aboveground tanks.  The Office of  the  State  Fire
 4    Marshal  may issue an administrative order to any owner of an
 5    aboveground storage tank and associated piping it  reasonably
 6    believes  to be in violation of such rules and regulations to
 7    remedy or remove any such violation.  Such an order shall  be
 8    served  by  registered  or  certified mail or in person.  Any
 9    person served with such an order may  appeal  such  order  by
10    submitting in writing any such appeal to the Office within 10
11    days  of the date of receipt of such order.  The Office shall
12    conduct an administrative hearing governed  by  the  Illinois
13    Administrative  Procedure  Act and enter an order to sustain,
14    modify or revoke such order.   Any  appeal  from  such  order
15    shall  be  to  the  circuit  court of the county in which the
16    violation  took  place  and  shall   be   governed   by   the
17    Administrative Review Law.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-851, eff. 1-1-01.)

19        (430 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 159)
20        Sec. 7. (a)  A violation of:
21             (1)  paragraph  (a)  or  (b)  of  subsection  (3) of
22        Section 2 of this Act is a business offense punishable by
23        a fine of not more than $10,000 per day;
24             (2)  (blank); paragraph (c)  of  subsection  (3)  of
25        Section  2 is a petty offense punishable by a fine of not
26        less than $100 nor more than $500 per tank tested;
27             (3)  Section Sections 4 and  5  of  this  Act  is  a
28        business  offense  punishable  by a fine of not more than
29        $10,000 per day;
30             (3.5)  Section 3.5 of this Act is a business offense
31        punishable by fine of not more than $10,000 per offense;
32             (4)  an  administrative  order   as   described   in
33        paragraph  (e)  of subsection (3) of Section 2, paragraph
 
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 1        (b) of subsection (4) of Section 2 or subsection  (c)  of
 2        Section 6 after it has become final is a business offense
 3        punishable  by  a  fine  of not less than $1,000 nor more
 4        than $25,000 per day;
 5             (5)  any other rule promulgated by the Office of the
 6        State Fire Marshal is a business offense punishable by  a
 7        fine  of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each
 8        offense or each day of continued violation.
 9        (b)  (Blank). The  State  Fire  Marshal  may  suspend  or
10    revoke  the  registration  of any person who has violated the
11    rules of the State Fire Marshal after notice and  opportunity
12    for  an Administrative hearing which shall be governed by the
13    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  Any appeal from  such
14    suspension or revocation shall be to the circuit court of the
15    county  in  which the hearing was held and be governed by the
16    Administrative Review Law.
17        (c)  A civil action to recover such fines may be  brought
18    by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county
19    in which the violation occurred.
20        (d)  Any  monies received by the State under this Section
21    shall be deposited into the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-662, eff. 7-30-98.)

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