(415 ILCS 97/40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
Sec. 40. Penalties.
(a) Any manufacturer that willfully or knowingly violates any provision of this Act or willfully or knowingly fails to perform any duty imposed by this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for the violation and an additional civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day the violation continues, and shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a second or subsequent violation and an additional civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day the second or subsequent violation continues.
(b) Any vehicle recycler, vehicle crusher, or scrap metal recycler that willfully or knowingly violates any provision of this Act or fails to perform any duty imposed by this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $250 for the first violation and not to exceed $500 for a second or subsequent violation.
(c) The penalties provided for in this Section may be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of Illinois by the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred or by the Attorney General. Without limiting any other authority that may exist for the awarding of attorney's fees and costs, a court of competent jurisdiction may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees, including the reasonable costs of expert witnesses and consultants, to the State's Attorney or the Attorney General in a case where he or she has prevailed against a person who has committed a willful, knowing, or repeated violation of this Act. Any funds collected under this Section in an action in which the Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the Hazardous Waste Fund established under the Environmental Protection Act. Any funds collected under this Section in an action in which a State's Attorney has prevailed shall be retained by the county in which he or she serves.
(d) The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred or the Attorney General may, at the request of the Agency or on his or her own motion, institute a civil action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain violations of this Act or to require such other actions as may be necessary to address violations of this Act.
(e) The penalties and injunctions provided in this Act are in addition to any penalties, injunctions, or other relief provided under any other law. Nothing in this Act shall bar a cause of action by the State for any other penalty, injunction, or relief provided by any other law.
(Source: P.A. 94-732, eff. 4-24-06.)
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