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35 ILCS 135/7

(35 ILCS 135/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.37)

Sec. 7. Distributor's permits.

(a) The Department may, in its discretion, upon application, issue
permits authorizing the collection of the tax herein imposed by those
out-of-State cigarette manufacturers who are not required to be licensed as
distributors of cigarettes in this State, but who elect to qualify under
this Act as distributors of cigarettes in this State, and who, to the
satisfaction of the Department, furnish adequate security to insure
collection and payment of the tax, provided that any such permit shall
extend only to cigarettes which such permittee manufacturer places in
original packages that are contained inside a sealed transparent wrapper,
and provided that no such permit shall be issued under this Act to such a
manufacturer who has obtained the permit provided for in Section 4b(a) of the
Cigarette Tax Act. Such distributor shall be issued, without charge, a
permit to collect such tax in such manner, and subject to such reasonable
regulations and agreements as the Department shall prescribe.  When so
authorized, it shall be the duty of such distributor to collect the tax
upon all cigarettes which he delivers (or causes to be delivered) within
this State to licensed distributors, in the same manner and subject to the same
requirements as a distributor maintaining a place of business within this
State.  Such permit shall be in such form as the Department may prescribe
and shall not be transferable or assignable.

The following are ineligible to receive a distributor's permit under
this Act:

(1) a person who is not of good character and

reputation in the community in which he resides;

(2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under

any Federal or State law, if the Department, after investigation and a hearing, if requested by the applicant, determines that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;

(3) a corporation, if any officer, manager or

director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a permit under this Act for any reason.

With respect to cigarettes which come within the scope of such a permit
and which any such permittee delivers or causes to be delivered in Illinois
to licensed distributors, such permittee shall collect the tax imposed by this Act and
shall remit such tax to the Department by the 5th day of each month for the
preceding calendar month.  Each such remittance shall be accompanied by a
return filed with the Department on a form to be prescribed and furnished
by the Department and shall disclose such information as the Department may
lawfully require.  The Department may promulgate rules to require that the permittee's return be accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic media supporting schedule data in the format prescribed by the Department, unless, as provided by rule, the Department grants an exception upon petition of the permittee. Each such return shall be accompanied by a copy of each
invoice rendered by the permittee to any licensed distributor to whom the permittee
delivered cigarettes of the type covered by the permit (or caused
cigarettes of the type covered by the permit to be delivered) in Illinois
during the period covered by such return.

Such authority and permit may be suspended, canceled or revoked when, at
any time, the Department considers that the security given is inadequate,
or that such tax can more effectively be collected from the person using
such cigarettes in this State or through distributors located in this
State, or whenever the permittee violates any provision of this Act or any
lawful rule or regulation issued by the Department pursuant to this Act or
is determined to be ineligible for a distributor's permit under this Act as
provided in this Section, or whenever the permittee shall notify the
Department in writing of his desire to have the permit canceled.  The
Department shall have the power, in its discretion, to issue a new permit
after such suspension, cancellation or revocation, except when the person
who would receive the permit is ineligible to receive a distributor's
permit under this Act.

All permits issued by the Department under this Act shall be valid for
not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner revoked, canceled or
suspended as in this Act provided.

(b) Out-of-state cigarette manufacturers who are not required to be licensed as distributors of cigarettes in this State and who do not elect to obtain approval under subsection (a) to pay the tax imposed by this Act, but who elect to qualify under this Act as distributors of cigarettes in this State for purposes of shipping and delivering unstamped original packages of cigarettes into this State to licensed distributors, shall obtain a permit from the Department, provided that no such permit shall be issued under this subsection to a manufacturer who has obtained the permit provided for in Section 4b(b) of the Cigarette Tax Act. These permits shall be issued without charge in such form as the Department may prescribe and shall not be transferable or assignable.

The following are ineligible to receive a distributor's permit under this subsection:
(1) a person who is not of good character and

reputation in the community in which he or she resides;

(2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under

any federal or State law, if the Department, after investigation and a hearing, if requested by the applicant, determines that the person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust; and

(3) a corporation, if any officer, manager or

director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the stock of the corporation, would not be eligible to receive a permit under this Act for any reason.

With respect to original packages of cigarettes such permittee delivers or causes to be delivered in Illinois and distributed to the public for promotional purposes without consideration, the permittee shall pay the tax imposed by this Act by remitting the amount thereof to the Department by the 5th day of each month covering cigarettes shipped or otherwise delivered in Illinois for those purposes during the preceding calendar month. The permittee, before delivering those cigarettes or causing those cigarettes to be delivered in this State, shall evidence his or her obligation to remit the taxes due with respect to those cigarettes by imprinting language to be prescribed by the Department on each original package of cigarettes, in such place thereon and in such manner also to be prescribed by the Department. The imprinted language shall acknowledge the permittee's payment of or liability for the tax imposed by this Act with respect to the distribution of those cigarettes.

With respect to cigarettes such permittee delivers or causes to be delivered in Illinois to Illinois licensed distributors or distributed to the public for promotional purposes, the permittee shall, by the 5th day of each month, file with the Department, a report covering cigarettes shipped or otherwise delivered in Illinois to licensed distributors or distributed to the public for promotional purposes during the preceding calendar month on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Department and shall disclose such other information as the Department may lawfully require. The Department may promulgate rules to require that the permittee's report be accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic media supporting schedule data in the format prescribed by the Department, unless, as provided by rule, the Department grants an exception upon petition of the permittee. Each such report shall be accompanied by a copy of each invoice rendered by the permittee to any purchaser to whom the permittee delivered cigarettes of the type covered by the permit (or caused cigarettes of the type covered by the permit to be delivered) in Illinois during the period covered by such report.

Such permit may be suspended, canceled, or revoked whenever the permittee violates any provision of this Act or any lawful rule or regulation issued by the Department pursuant to this Act, is determined to be ineligible for a distributor's permit under this Act as provided in this Section, or notifies the Department in writing of his or her desire to have the permit canceled. The Department shall have the power, in its discretion, to issue a new permit after such suspension, cancellation, or revocation, except when the person who would receive the permit is ineligible to receive a distributor's permit under this Act.

All permits issued by the Department under this Act shall be valid for not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner revoked, canceled, or suspended as in this Act provided.

(Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10.)