Illinois Compiled Statutes
235 ILCS 5/7-8 (2026)
For each city, village or incorporated town having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants, there is established a license appeal commission consisting of the chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, the most senior member of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission who is not of the same political party as the chairman, and one person who is a resident of the particular city, village or incorporated town selected by the council or president and board of trustees, as the case may be, who shall serve for a term of 4 years and until his successor is selected and takes office
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(235 ILCS 5/7-8)
(from Ch. 43, par. 152)
Sec. 7-8.
For each city, village or incorporated town having a population
of 500,000 or more inhabitants, there is established a license appeal
commission consisting of the chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control
Commission, the most senior member of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission
who is not of the same political party as the chairman, and one person who is
a resident of the particular city, village or incorporated town selected by
the council or president and board of trustees, as the case may be, who
shall serve for a term of 4 years and until his successor is selected
and takes office. Neither the mayor, president of the board of trustees,
nor any member of the council or board of trustees shall be eligible for
membership on a license appeal commission. Each of the 2 members of the
Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall receive a $200 per diem
for their work on the license appeal commission, and the other member shall
receive an annual salary which shall be paid by the particular city,
village or incorporated town. The secretary of the Illinois Liquor Control
Commission shall be ex-officio the secretary for each license appeal
commission.
(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 91-922, eff. 7-7-00.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Laristos, Inc. v. Chicago License Appeal Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 1999).
Laristos, Inc. v. Chicago License Appeal Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “235 ILCS 5/7-8 (West 1996). The city must pay the full annual salary for the third member of the LAC.”
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