(510 ILCS 20/7)

Sec. 7. Administrative hearings and penalties. When an administrative hearing is held, the hearing officer, upon determination of a violation of this Act or rules or regulations promulgated under it, may levy the following administrative monetary penalties:

(1) $50 for failure to register annually with the Department.

(2) $50 for failure to post registration number in the apiary.

(3) $50 for transporting bees intrastate without a permit.

(4) $100 for maintaining hives that cannot be readily inspected.

(5) $100 for transporting bees interstate without a permit.

(6) $500 for failure to abate colonies infected with bee diseases or exotic strains of bees.

(7) $500 for violation of a quarantine.

(8) $100 for any other violation of this Act.

In the case of a second or subsequent violation within 3 years of the first offense, the penalty shall be doubled.

(Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 1-1-96.)