(225 ILCS 427/92) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 92. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person, entity or other business who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice as a community association manager or community association management firm or provides services as a community association manager or community association management firm to any community association in this State without being licensed under this Act or, in the case of a community association management firm, without a designated community association manager shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 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 this Act regarding the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee. (b) The Department may investigate any and all unlicensed activity. (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute 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. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.) |