The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license on any of the following grounds:
         a. material misstatement in the application for
    
original license or in the application for any renewal license under this Act;
        b. wilful disregard or violation of this Act, or of
    
any other Act relative to the purchase and sale of livestock, feeder swine or horses, or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto;
        c. wilfully aiding or abetting another in the
    
violation of this Act or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto;
        d. allowing one’s license under this Act to be used
    
by an unlicensed person;
        e. for licensees, conviction of any felony, if the
    
Department determines, after investigation, that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust; for applicants, the Department may refuse to issue a license based on a conviction of a felony if the Department determines in accordance with Section 9.4 that such conviction will impair the ability of the applicant to engage in the position for which a license is sought;
        f. for licensees, conviction of any crime an
    
essential element of which is misstatement, fraud or dishonesty; for applicants, the Department may refuse to issue a license based on a conviction of a misdemeanor directly related to the practice of the profession if the Department determines in accordance with Section 9.4 that such conviction will impair the ability of the applicant to engage in the position for which a license is sought;
        g. conviction of a violation of any law in Illinois
    
or any Departmental rule or regulation relating to livestock;
        h. making substantial misrepresentations or false
    
promises of a character likely to influence, persuade or induce in connection with the livestock industry;
        i. pursuing a continued course of misrepresentation
    
of or making false promises through advertising, salesmen, agents or otherwise in connection with the livestock industry;
        j. failure to possess the necessary qualifications or
    
to meet the requirements of this Act for the issuance or holding a license;
        k. failure to pay for livestock after purchase;
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 645/9

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

         l. issuance of checks for payment of livestock when
    
funds are insufficient;
        m. determination by a Department audit that the
    
licensee or applicant is insolvent;
        n. operating without adequate bond coverage or its
    
equivalent required for licensees;
        o. failing to remit the assessment required in
    
Section 9 of the Beef Market Development Act upon written complaint of the Checkoff Division of the Illinois Beef Association Board of Governors.
    The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the license of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
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