# 86 Ill. Adm. Code 6600.660.45: Section 660.45 License Actions: Revocations, Cancellations, and Suspensions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 86 Ill. Adm. Code 6600.660.45
- **Heading:** Section 660.45 License Actions: Revocations, Cancellations, and Suspensions
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 86  /  / Part 6600  / Section 660.45 License Actions:  Revocations, Cancellations, and Suspensions

## Text

TITLE 86: REVENUE
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
PART 660 TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1995
SECTION 660.45 LICENSE ACTIONS: REVOCATIONS, CANCELLATIONS, AND SUSPENSIONS
Section 660.45  License
Actions:  Revocations, Cancellations, and Suspensions
a)
The Department has the power, after
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to revoke a license issued by the
Department if the holder of the license fails to file a return, or to pay the
tax, fee, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
assessment of tax, fee, penalty, or interest, as required by
the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995
or any
other tax or fee Act administered by the Department.
[20 ILCS
2505/2505-380(a)]
b)
The Department may refuse to issue
, reissue, or renew
a license if a person who is
named as the owner, a partner, a corporate officer, or, in the case of a
limited liability company, a manager or member, of the applicant on the
application for the license, is or has been named as the owner, a partner, a
corporate officer, or in the case of a limited liability company, a manager or
member, on the application for the license of a person that is in default for
moneys due under
the Act
or any other tax or fee Act administered by the
Department. For purposes of
t
his subsection
only, in determining whether a person is in default for moneys due, the
Department shall include only amounts established as a final liability within
the 23 years prior to the date of the Department's notice of refusal to issue
or reissue
the license. For purposes of this
Section
,
"person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or private
corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver, executor, trustee,
guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court
e 23 years prior to the date of the Department's notice of refusal to issue
or reissue
the license. For purposes of this
Section
,
"person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or private
corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver, executor, trustee,
guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court.
[20 ILCS
2505/2505-380( b)]
c)
The Department may, after notice and a
hearing, revoke, cancel, or suspend the license of any distributor or,
beginning January 1, 2016
, any retailer who
violates any of the provisions of
the
Act. The notice shall specify the
alleged violation or violations upon which the revocation, cancellation, or
suspension proceeding is base.
[35 ILCS 143/10-25(a)]
d)
The Department
may revoke, cancel or suspend the license of any distributor for a violation of
the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003 as provided
in Section 30 of that Act
[30 ILCS 167]
.
[35 ILCS 143/10-25(b)]
e)         Upon a determination that a distributor has
violated Section 15(e) of the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow
Enforcement Act of 2003
[30 ILCS 167]
or any
regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Department
may revoke or suspend
the license of any distributor in the manner provided by Section 10-25 of
the
Act.
[30 ILCS 167/30(a)]
f)         Upon notification by the
Attorney General, the Department may revoke a distributor's license for failure
to submit information as required by Section 25(a) or (d) of the Tobacco
Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003
ant thereto, the Department
may revoke or suspend
the license of any distributor in the manner provided by Section 10-25 of
the
Act.
[30 ILCS 167/30(a)]
f)         Upon notification by the
Attorney General, the Department may revoke a distributor's license for failure
to submit information as required by Section 25(a) or (d) of the Tobacco
Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003.  [30 ILCS 167/30(c-5)]
g)
The Department may, by application to
any circuit court, obtain an injunction restraining any person who engages in
business as a distributor of tobacco products without a license (either because
the
license has been revoked, canceled, or suspended or because of a
failure to obtain a license in the first instance) from engaging in that
business until that person, as if that person were a new applicant for a
license, complies with all of the conditions, restrictions, and requirements of
Section 10-20 of
the
Act and qualifies for and obtains a license. Refusal
or neglect to obey the order of the court may result in punishment for contempt.
[35 ILCS 143/10-25(d)]
h)
Beginning January 1, 2016, failure to
comply with the provisions
of Section
10-37 of the
Act
may be grounds for revocation of a distributor's or retailer's
license in accordance with Section 10-25 of
the
Act or Section 6 of the
Cigarette Tax Act.
[35 ILCS 143/10-37]
i)          Retailers.
Violations of Minimum-Age Tobacco Laws Training Programs
Beginning January 1, 2016:
1)
If the retailer has a training program
that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall
suspend for 3 days the license of that retailer for a fourth or subsequent
violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons
under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act,
as provided in Section 2(a) of that Act
[720 ILCS
675]
anuary 1, 2016:
1)
If the retailer has a training program
that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the Department shall
suspend for 3 days the license of that retailer for a fourth or subsequent
violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons
under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act,
as provided in Section 2(a) of that Act
[720 ILCS
675].
For the purposes of
this Section
, any violation of
Section 2(a) of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons
under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act occurring
at the retailer's licensed location, during a 24-month period, shall be counted
as a violation against the retailer.
2)
If the retailer does not have a training
program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the
Department shall suspend for 3 days the license of that retailer for a second
violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons
under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act,
as provided in Section 2(a-5) of that Act.
3)
If the retailer does not have a training
program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the
Department shall suspend for 7 days the license of that retailer for a third
violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons
under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act,
as provided in Section 2(a-5) of that Act.
4)
If the retailer does not have a training
program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the
Department shall suspend for 30 days the license of a retailer for a fourth or
subsequent violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution
of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in Section 2(a-5) of that Act
on 2(a-5) of that Act.
4)
If the retailer does not have a training
program that facilitates compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws, the
Department shall suspend for 30 days the license of a retailer for a fourth or
subsequent violation of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by
Persons under 21 Years of Age
and Sale and Distribution
of Tobacco Products Act, as provided in Section 2(a-5) of that Act.
5)
A training program that facilitates
compliance with minimum-age tobacco laws must include at least the following
elements:
A)
it must explain that only individuals
displaying valid identification demonstrating that they are 21 years of age or
older shall be eligible to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products; and
B)
it must explain where
in the
establishment, at the time of purchase,
a clerk can check identification for
a date of birth.
6)
The training may be conducted
electronically. Each retailer that has a training program shall require each
employee who completes the training program to sign a form attesting that the
employee has received and completed tobacco training. The form shall be kept in
the employee's file and may be used to provide proof of training.
[35 ILCS
143/10-25(c)]

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