(415 ILCS 135/69.5) Sec. 69.5. Criminal penalties. In addition to all other civil and criminal penalties provided by law, any person who knowingly makes to the Agency or Department of Revenue an oral or written statement that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent and that is materially related to or required by this Act or a rule adopted under this Act commits a Class 4 felony, and each such statement or writing shall be considered a separate Class 4 felony. A person who, after being convicted under this Section, violates this Section a second or subsequent time commits a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 101-400, eff. 7-1-20.) |