235 ILCS 5/8-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 235 - LIQUOR|235 ILCS 5/ - Liquor Control Act of 1934.|Article VIII - Taxation Of Liquor

 (from Ch. 43, par. 163c)Sec. 8-7.         All hearings provided for in Section 8-5 of  this Act shall be held in the county wherein the licensee has his  principal place of business; provided, that if the licensee does not  have his or her principal place of business in this State, such hearing shall  be held in Sangamon County.The Circuit Court of the county wherein any hearing is held by the  Department shall have power to review all final administrative decisions  of the Department in administering the provisions of this Act. If the administrative  proceeding which is to be reviewed judicially  is a claim for refund proceeding commenced in accordance with Section 8-3  of this Act and Section 2a of "An Act in relation to the  payment and disposition of moneys received by officers and employees of  the State of Illinois by virtue of their office or employment", approved  June 9, 1911, as amended, the Circuit Court having jurisdiction of the  proceeding for judicial review under this Section and under  the Administrative Review Law, as amended, shall be  the same court that entered the injunction  which is provided  for in Section 2a of "An Act in relation to the payment and  disposition of moneys received by officers and employees of the State of  Illinois by virtue of their office or employment", and which enables  such claim proceeding to be processed and disposed of as a claim for  refund proceeding rather than as a claim for credit proceeding.The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments  and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall  apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final  administrative decisions of the Department hereunder. The term  "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.Service of summons issued in such review proceeding upon the Director  of Revenue or the Assistant Director of Revenue of the Department of  Revenue shall be service upon the Department. The Department shall  certify the record of its proceedings if the licensee shall pay to it  the sum of 75¢ per page of testimony taken before the Department and 25¢  per page of all other matters contained in such record, except that  these charges may be waived where the Department is satisfied that the  aggrieved party is a poor person who cannot afford to pay such charges.  Provided, however, before the delivery of such record to the person  applying for same, the payment therefor shall be made as hereinabove provided, and  in the event of nonpayment for the record as hereinabove provided  within 30 days  after notice that such record is available, the complaint may be  dismissed by the court upon motion of the Department.No stay order shall be entered by the Circuit Court unless the  plaintiff in the review proceedings shall file with the court a bond  in an amount fixed and approved by the court to indemnify the State  against all loss and injury which may be sustained by it on account of  the review proceedings and to secure all costs which may be occasioned  by such proceedings.Whenever notice is required by this Act, such notice may be given by  United States registered or certified mail with return receipt  requested, addressed to the person concerned at his or her last known address,  and proof of such mailing shall be sufficient for the purposes of this  Act.Whenever any proceeding provided by this Act is commenced before the  Department, either by the Department or by a person subject to this Act,  and such person thereafter dies or becomes a person under legal disability  before such  proceeding is concluded, the legal representative of the deceased  or the guardian of the person under legal disability shall notify the  Department of such death or legal disability. The legal representative,  as such, shall then be  substituted by the Department for such person. If the legal  representative fails to notify the Department of his or her appointment as such  legal representative, the Department may, upon its own motion,  substitute such legal representative in the proceeding pending before  the Department for the person who died or became a person under legal  disability.    (Source: P.A. 83-345.)