94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4483


 
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 216/10










    Amends the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act of 2000.
Makes a technical change in the Section concerning license requirements.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee 
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Regulation Act of 2000 is amended by changing Section 10 as 
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follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 216/10)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2011)

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    Sec. 10. License requirement; injunction. No person shall 
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act as a fire
equipment distributor or employee, or
advertise 
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or
assume to act as such, or use any title implying that
that 
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such person
is engaged in such practice or occupation unless 
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licensed by the State Fire
Marshal.
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    No firm, association, or corporation shall act as an
agency 
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licensed under this Act, or advertise or assume to act as such,

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or use any title implying that the firm, association, or 
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corporation
is engaged in such practice, unless licensed by the 
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State Fire Marshal.

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    The State Fire Marshal, in the name of the People and 
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through the Attorney
General, the
State's Attorney of any 
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county, any resident of the State, or any legal
entity within 
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the State may apply for injunctive relief in any court to 
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enjoin
any person who has not been issued a license or whose 
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license
has been suspended, revoked, or not renewed from 
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practicing
a licensed activity, and upon the filing of a 
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verified petition,
the court, if satisfied by affidavit or 
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otherwise, that such person
is or has been practicing in 
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violation
of this Act may enter a temporary restraining order

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or preliminary injunction, without bond, enjoining
the 
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defendant from such further activity.  A copy of the verified 
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complaint
shall be served upon the defendant and the 
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proceedings shall thereafter
be conducted as in other civil 
 


 






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cases.  If it is established that
the defendant
has been or is 
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practicing in violation of this Act, the court may enter
a 
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judgment perpetually enjoining the defendant
from such further 
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activity.
In case of violation of any injunctive order or 
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judgment entered under the
provisions of this
Section, the 
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court may summarily try and punish the
offender for contempt of 
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court.  Such injunctive proceeding shall be in
addition to all 
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penalties and other remedies in this Act.

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    The State Fire Marshal may refuse to issue a license to, or 
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may suspend the
license
of, any person who fails to file a 
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return, to pay the tax, penalty, or
interest shown in a filed 
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return, or to pay any final assessment of tax,
penalty, or 
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interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the

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Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the 
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requirements of any such
tax Act are satisfied.

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(Source: P.A. 91-835, eff. 6-16-00.)