(815 ILCS 672/15)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 15. Violations; civil penalties.

(a) Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. Each day that a third-party restaurant reservation service violates this Act with respect to a food service establishment constitutes a single violation of this Act. A proceeding to recover any civil penalty or restitution under this Act may be brought by the Attorney General.

(b) Any person charged fees by a third-party restaurant reservation service that with respect to a reservation listed, advertised, promoted, or sold in violation of this Act, or food service establishment which a third-party restaurant reservation service listed, advertised, promoted, or sold a reservation in violation of this Act, may bring a civil action in circuit court for:

(1) injunctive relief to restrain or enjoin any activity in violation of this Act;

(2) actual damages not to exceed the total fees collected by the third-party restaurant reservation service in violation of this Act;

(3) attorney's fees and costs; and

(4) other remedies as the court may deem appropriate.

(c) Any action alleging a violation of this Act shall be brought within one year after the alleged violation of this Act occurred.

(Source: P.A. 104-227, eff. 1-1-26.)