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92_SB1228
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1 AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Interior Design Profession Title Act is
5 amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 310/4.5)
7 Sec. 4.5. Unregistered practice; violation; civil
8 penalty.
9 (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice,
10 attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice as an
11 interior designer without being registered under this Act
12 shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay
13 a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed
14 $5,000 for each offense as determined by the Department. The
15 civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a
16 hearing is held in accordance with the provisions set forth
17 in this Act regarding the provision of a hearing for the
18 discipline of a licensee.
19 (b) The Department has the authority and power to
20 investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
21 (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
22 the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty.
23 The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and
24 execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
25 any court of record.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)