(205 ILCS 657/35)

Sec. 35. Issuance of license.

(a) On the filing of a complete application, the Director shall investigate the financial condition and responsibility, financial and business experience, and character and general fitness of the applicant. In his discretion, the Director may conduct an on-site investigation of the applicant, the reasonable cost of which shall be borne by the applicant. The Director shall issue a license to an applicant if he finds that all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The applicant has complied with Sections 20, 25, and 30 of this Act.

(2) The competence, experience, and integrity of the officers, directors, controlling persons, and proposed management personnel, if the applicant is a corporation, or the competence, experience, and integrity of the owners, partners, and proposed management personnel, if the applicant is a partnership or other entity however organized, indicate that it is in the interest of the public to permit the applicant to be licensed under this Act.

(3) The applicant has paid the required license fee.

(b) The license shall expire on December 31 of each year unless renewed in accordance with this Act.

(c) If the Director finds that the applicant, for any reason, fails to meet the requisite standards, he shall formally deny the applicant a license and inform the applicant of its opportunity for a hearing.

(Source: P.A. 88-643, eff. 1-1-95.)