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92_HB5409
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1 AN ACT concerning pawnbrokers.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Pawnbroker Regulation Act is amended by
5 changing Section 11 as follows:
6 (205 ILCS 510/11) (from Ch. 17, par. 4661)
7 Sec. 11. Violations; penalties. Every person who
8 knowingly violates the provisions of this Act shall, for the
9 first offense, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and for
10 each subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class A
11 misdemeanor, except that a person who knowingly violates this
12 Act by operating a pawnshop without a license shall be guilty
13 of a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense and shall be
14 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.
15 This Act shall not be construed as to, in any wise, impair
16 the power of cities or villages in this State to license,
17 tax, regulate except as to fee amounts, suppress, and
18 prohibit pawnbrokers as now provided by law.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-215, eff. 8-2-01.)