(A) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall have the following powers, functions and duties with respect to licenses granted under this code:
(1) In addition to and not limited by the specific penalties set out for violations of specific articles of this code, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner may suspend for 30 days or revoke any liquor license issued under this code for violation of any state law pertaining to the sale of alcoholic liquors by any licensee, his or her agent, servant or employee;
(2) To suspend or revoke any liquor license if the licensee makes any false statement or misrepresentation in the application for a license;
(3) 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 code or any rules or regulations adopted by him or her 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;
(4) To notify the Secretary of State where a club incorporated under 805 ILCS 105/101.01 et seq., the General Not for Profit Corporation Act, or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this state under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this code by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer’s license;
(5) To receive complaint from any citizen within his or her 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; and
(B) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall also have the power to levy fines in accordance with § 111.094.
(1999 Code, § 21-4-8)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see 235 ILCS 5/4-4