A. President Serve As: The village president is hereby authorized to be the local liquor control commissioner as defined in 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/4-2 and shall be charged with the administration of the liquor control act and of such ordinances and resolutions relating to alcoholic liquor as may be enacted by the village president and board of trustees. (Ord. 2007-124, 12-6-2007; amd. 2011 Code)
B. Deputy Commissioners: The president may appoint one or more persons to assist in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties provided for the local liquor control commissioner, and such other persons as may be appointed shall be designated deputy local liquor control commissioners.
C. Powers And Duties: The local liquor control commissioner shall have the following powers and duties with respect to local liquor licenses and any other powers and duties which may be granted from time to time by law:
1. To grant and/or suspend for not more than thirty (30) days or revoke for cause all local licenses issued to persons or entities for premises within the village and to levy fines and impose costs on the licensee as set forth in subsection 4-3-35A of this chapter for violations of the provisions of the liquor control act, this chapter, or any other ordinance or resolution enacted by the corporate authorities of the village.
2. To enter, or to authorize any law enforcing officer to enter, at any time, upon the premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of the state law or village ordinances or any rules or regulations adopted by the village or by the Illinois liquor control commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine the premises of the licensee in connection therewith. Any person or persons appointed by the local liquor control commissioner pursuant to subsection B of this section shall have the powers given to the local liquor control commissioner by this subsection.
3. To receive complaint(s) from any citizen within the village that any provision of state law or of this chapter has been or is being violated and to act upon such complaint(s) in the manner provided by law.
4. To receive local license fees and deposit same to the credit of the village.
5. To examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any applicant for a local license or for a renewal thereof, or any licensee upon whom notice of revocation or suspension has been served, or any licensee against whom a citation proceeding has been instituted by the state of Illinois liquor control commission; to examine, or cause to be examined, the books and records of any such applicant or licensee; and to hear testimony and take evidence for his information in the performance of his duties, and for such purposes, to issue subpoenas which shall be effective in any part of the state. For the purpose of obtaining any of the information desired by the local liquor control commissioner under this subsection, he may authorize his agent to act on his behalf.
6. To order, by issuance of a written order, any licensed premises closed for not more than seven (7) days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period, if the local liquor control commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the village; except, if such licensee shall also be engaged in the conduct of another business or businesses on the licensed premises, such order shall not be applicable to such other business or businesses. (Ord. 2007-124, 12-6-2007)
7. To notify the secretary of state where a club incorporated under the general not for profit corporation act of 1986 1 or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this state under a certificate of authority issued under that act has violated this chapter or the liquor control act by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer's license.
8. To notify the secretary of state of any convictions or dispositions of court supervision for a violation of 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/6-20 or section 4-3-30 of this chapter. (2011 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 805 ILCS 105/101.01 et seq. |