HB3702 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3702

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 83/30

Amends the Mail Order Contact Lens Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning violations and civil penalties.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Mail Order Contact Lens Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

(225 ILCS 83/30)

Sec. 30. Violation; civil penalty.

(a) Any person who dispenses, offers to dispense, or attempts to dispense contact lenses in violation of this Act or its rules shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

(b) The Department may investigate all violations of this Act.

(c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order constitutes a judgment and may be filed and execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any court of record.

(Source: P.A. 91-421, eff. 1-1-00.)