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225 ILCS 725/11 (2026)

Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this Act, or any rule or final administrative order made hereunder, the Department, through the Attorney General, who may call to his or her assistance the State's Attorney of the county in which an action is instituted, shall bring an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois against such person in the circuit court of the county wherein any part of the land or any activity which is the subject matter of such action is located, or a final administrative order was entered, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation

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(225 ILCS 725/11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5417)
    Sec. 11. Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this Act, or any rule or final administrative order made hereunder, the Department, through the Attorney General, who may call to his or her assistance the State's Attorney of the county in which an action is instituted, shall bring an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois against such person in the circuit court of the county wherein any part of the land or any activity which is the subject matter of such action is located, or a final administrative order was entered, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such action the Department, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, may obtain such injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, or other enforcement orders as the facts may warrant.
    All remedies and penalties provided for in this Act shall be cumulative in effect and, accordingly, proceedings under this Section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, other remedies and penalties provided for in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-205; 86-364; 86-1028.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2009 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Petco Petroleum Corp., 841 N.E.2d 1065 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006).
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People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Petco Petroleum Corp., 841 N.E.2d 1065 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 17× “In support, the State points to the following: (1) section 11 of the Oil and Gas Act provides that any "person" may be subject to an injunction for violating the Oil and Gas Act's prohibition on "waste" (225 ILCS 725/11 (West 2000)); and (2) section 1 of the Oil and Gas Act…”
People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Leavell, 905 N.E.2d 849 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 7× “The State responded Sangamon County was a proper place of venue under section 11 of the Oil Act (225 ILCS 725/11 (West 2006)) since the Department issued final administrative decisions against defendant in Sangamon County.”
People ex rel. Madigan v. Petco Petroleum (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 7× “In support, the State points to the following: (1) section 11 of the Oil and Gas Act provides that any "person" may be subject to an injunction for violating the Oil and Gas Act's prohibition on "waste" (225 ILCS 725/11 (West 2000)); and (2) section 1 of the Oil and Gas Act…”
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