The Department, upon receipt of an application in proper
form, shall issue to the applicant a certificate, in a form
prescribed by the Department, which shall permit the applicant to
whom it is issued to engage in business as a telecommunications retailer
at the place shown on his or her application.
No certificate issued under this Act is transferable or
assignable. No certificate shall be issued to any person
who is in default to the State of Illinois for moneys due under
this Act or any other tax Act administered by the Department.
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Department under this
Section may, within 20 days after notice of such decision,
protest and request a hearing, whereupon the Department shall
give notice to such person of the time and place fixed for such
hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the
provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative
decision in the matter to such person. In the absence of such a
protest within 20 days, the Department's decision shall become
final without any further determination being made or notice
given.
The Department may, in its discretion, upon application,
authorize the payment of the fees imposed under this Act by any
telecommunications retailer not otherwise subject to the fees
imposed under this Act who, to the satisfaction of the
Department, furnishes adequate security to ensure payment of the
fees. The telecommunications retailer shall be issued, without
charge, a certificate to remit the fees. When so authorized, it
shall be the duty of the telecommunications retailer to remit the
fees imposed upon the gross charges charged by the
telecommunications retailer to service addresses in this State
for telecommunications in the same manner and subject to the same
requirements as a telecommunications retailer operating within
this State.
(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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