(30 ILCS 167/30)

Sec. 30. Penalties and other remedies.

(a) In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a distributor has violated subsection (e) of Section 15 or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Director may revoke or suspend the license of any distributor in the manner provided by Section 6 of the Cigarette Tax Act, Section 6 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, or Section 10-25 of the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995, as appropriate. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection (e) of Section 15 shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation, the Director may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of 500% of the retail value of the cigarettes sold or $5,000 upon a determination of violation of subsection (e) of Section 15 or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(b) Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in this State, or imported for personal consumption in this State in violation of subsection (e) of Section 15 shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections 18, 18a, and 20 of the Cigarette Tax Act and Sections 24, 25, 25a and 26 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, and all cigarettes so seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold.

(c) The Attorney General may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of subsection (e) of Section 15, subsection (a) of Section 25, or subsection (d) of Section 25 by a distributor and to compel the distributor to comply with such subsections. In any action brought pursuant to this Section, the State shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney fees.

(d) It shall be unlawful for a person to: (i) sell or distribute cigarettes; or (ii) acquire, hold, own, possess, transport, import, or cause to be imported cigarettes that the person knows or should know are intended for distribution or sale in the State in violation of subsection (e) of Section 15. A violation of this Section shall be a Class 2 felony.

(e) A person who violates subsection (e) of Section 15 engages in an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-446, eff. 1-1-04; 93-930, eff. 1-1-05; 94-575, eff. 8-12-05.)