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35 ILCS 510/14

(35 ILCS 510/14) (from Ch. 120, par. 481b.14)

Sec. 14.

After seizing any coin-in-the-slot-operated amusement device, as
provided in Section 13 of this Act, the Department shall hold a hearing
in the county where such amusement device was seized and shall determine
whether such amusement device was being displayed in a manner which
violates any provision of this Act.

The Department shall give not less than 7 days' notice of the time and
place of such hearing to the owner of such amusement device if he is known,
and also to the person in whose possession the amusement device so taken
was found, if such person is known and if such person in possession is not
the owner of said amusement device.

In case neither the owner nor the person in possession of such amusement
device is known, the Department shall cause publication of the time and
place of such hearing to be made at least once in each week for 3 weeks
successively in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such
hearing is to be held.

If, as the result of such hearing, the Department shall determine that
the amusement device seized was, at the time of seizure, being displayed in
a manner which violates this Act, the Department shall enter an order
declaring such amusement device confiscated and forfeited to the State, and
to be sold by the Department in the manner provided for hereinafter in this
Section.  The Department shall give notice of such order to the owner of
such amusement device if he is known, and also to the person in whose
possession the amusement device so taken was found, if such person is known
and if such person in possession is not the owner of such amusement device.
In case neither the owner nor the person in possession of such amusement
device is known, the Department shall cause publication of such order to be
made at least once in each week for 3 weeks successively in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county where such hearing was held.

The person from whom such amusement device has been seized (or the owner
of such device if that is a different person) may redeem and reclaim such
device by paying, to the Department, within 30 days after the Department's
order of confiscation and forfeiture becomes final, an amount equal to
twice the annual tax applicable to such amusement device, plus a penalty of
10%.

When any amusement device shall have been declared forfeited to the
State by the Department, as provided in this Section, and when all
proceedings for the judicial review of the Department's decision have
terminated, the Department shall (if such amusement device is not redeemed
and reclaimed within the time and in the manner provided for in this
Section), to the extent that its decision is sustained on review, sell such
amusement device for the best price obtainable and shall forthwith pay over
the proceeds of such sale to the State Treasurer; provided, however, that
if the value of the property to be sold at any one time shall be $500.00 or
more, such property shall be sold only to the highest and best bidder on
such terms and conditions and on open competitive bidding after public
advertisement, in such manner and for such terms as the Department, by
rule, may prescribe.

If no complaint for review, as provided in Section 10 of this Act, has
been filed within the time required by law,
and if such amusement device is not redeemed and reclaimed within the time
and in the manner provided for in this Section, the Department shall
proceed to sell said property for the best price obtainable and shall
forthwith pay over the proceeds of such sale to the State Treasurer;
provided, however, that if the value of the property to be sold at any one
time shall be $500.00 or more, such property shall be sold only to the
highest and best bidder on such terms and conditions and on open
competitive bidding after public advertisement, in such manner and for such
terms as the Department, by rule, may prescribe.

(Source: P.A. 97-1129, eff. 8-28-12.)