(235 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 112)
Sec. 4-4. Each local liquor control commissioner shall also have the following powers, functions and duties with respect to licenses, other than licenses to manufacturers, importing distributors, distributors, foreign importers, non-resident dealers, non-beverage users, brokers, railroads, airplanes and boats.
1. To grant and or suspend for not more than thirty
days or revoke for cause all local licenses issued to persons for premises within his jurisdiction;
2. To enter or to authorize any law enforcing officer
to enter at any time upon any premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations adopted by him or by the State Commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine said premises of said licensee in connection therewith;
3. To notify the Secretary of State where a club
incorporated under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986 or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this State under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this Act by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer's license;
4. To receive complaint from any citizen within his
jurisdiction that any of the provisions of this Act, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant hereto, have been or are being violated and to act upon such complaints in the manner hereinafter provided;
5. To receive local license fees and pay the same
forthwith to the city, village, town or county treasurer as the case may be.
Each local liquor commissioner also has the duty to notify the Secretary of State of any convictions or dispositions of court supervision for a violation of Section 6-20 of this Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
In counties and municipalities, the local liquor control commissioners shall also have the power to levy fines in accordance with Section 7-5 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08.)
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