The President of the Board of Trustees shall serve as the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and shall have the following powers, functions and duties with respect to licenses granted under this chapter.
(A) In addition to, and not limited by, the specific penalties set out for violations of specific articles of this chapter, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner may suspend for 30 days, or revoke, any liquor license issued under this chapter for the violation of any state law pertaining to the sale of alcoholic liquors by any licensee, his or her agent, servant or employee.
(B) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may suspend or revoke any liquor license if the licensee makes any false statement or misrepresentation in the application for a license.
(C) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may enter, or authorize any law enforcement officer to enter, at any time, upon any premises licensed, to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter or the laws of the state pertaining to the sale of alcoholic liquor have been or are being violated at such time, and to examine the premises of the licensee in connection therewith.
(D) (1) Any five residents of the county shall have the right to file a complaint with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, stating that any licensee under this chapter has been, or is, violating the provisions of this chapter or any amendments hereto, or of any of the statutes of the state, enacted with reference to the control of liquor. Such complaint shall be in writing and shall be signed and sworn to by the parties complaining.
(2) The complaint shall state the particular provision, rule or regulation believed to have been violated and the facts in detail upon which such belief is based. If the Local Liquor Control Commissioner is satisfied that the complaint substantially charges a violation, and that from the facts alleged, there is reasonable cause of such belief, he or she shall set the matter for hearing, and shall serve notice upon the licensee of the time and place of such hearing and of the particular charges in the complaint.
(Prior Code, § 9-212)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 235 ILCS 5/4-4