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1 AN ACT in relation to private sewage disposal.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is
5 amended by changing Section 19 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 225/19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.319)
7 Sec. 19. Civil and criminal penalties.
8 (a) Any person who violates this Act or any rule or
9 regulation adopted by the Department under this Act or who
10 violates any determination or order of the Department under
11 this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall
12 be fined a sum not less than $100. Each day's violation
13 constitutes a separate offense.
14 (b) In addition to any other penalty provided under this
15 Act, the Department (or a unit of local government acting
16 under Section 10) in an administrative proceeding, or the
17 court in an action brought under subsection (c) of this
18 Section, may impose upon any person who violates this Act or
19 any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, or who
20 violates any determination or order of the Department under
21 this Act, a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each
22 violation plus $100 for each day that the violation
23 continues.
24 (c) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
25 violation occurred, or the Attorney General may shall bring
26 such actions for the enforcement of this Act and the rules
27 adopted and orders issued under this Act, in the name of the
28 People of the State of Illinois, and or may, in addition to
29 other remedies provided in this Act, bring an action for an
30 injunction to restrain any actual or threatened such
31 violation, or to enjoin the operation of any such
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1 establishment operated in violation, or to impose or collect
2 a civil penalty for any violation.
3 (Source: P. A. 78-812.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.
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