Illinois § 16

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 16, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 16.

Orders to Stop Sale or Use or to Regulate Removal. 1. Under any circumstance where the Director has reason to believe a pesticide or device is being sold, distributed, stored or used in violation of any provision of this Act, or regulations adopted thereunder, he may issue and serve a written order to stop sale, stop use or regulate removal upon the owner, operator, manager or agent in charge of any such pesticide or device. Any pesticide or device so offered shall not be sold or used until brought into compliance with the provisions of this Act and regulation adopted thereunder. A. The Director shall also provide the registrant of such pesticide or device with a written notice of the order if the violation appears to require corrective action by the registrant. B. If the owner, operator, manager, or agent in charge is not available for service of the order upon him, the Director shall attach the order to the pesticide or device and shall notify the registrant. C. The Director shall remove the order by written notice when the violated provisions of this Act or regulations adopted thereunder have been complied with or the condition specified by the Director in said order have been met, or the violation has been otherwise disposed of by a court of local jurisdiction. 2. When the Director has reason to believe a pesticide or device is being used in violation of any provision of this Act or regulations adopted thereunder he may issue and serve a written order to stop the identified use. A. The Director shall specify conditions under which the order may be removed. B. The Director shall remove the order by written notice when the violated provisions of this Act or regulations adopted thereunder have been complied with or the conditions specified by the Director in such order have been met or the violation has been otherwise disposed of by a court of local jurisdiction. (Source: P.A. 81-197.)

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Section 16 is part of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, the codified statutory law of Illinois. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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