Illinois Code § 1-75

§ 1-75.

Records. Every cigarette machine operator who is required to procure a license under this Act shall keep within Illinois, at his licensed address: complete and accurate records of the quantity of such cigarettes made or fabricated; meter readings for each cigarette machine; the quantity of such cigarettes sold or otherwise disposed of; the brand family and manufacturer and quantity of tobacco products purchased and the brand family and manufacturer and quantity of tobacco products used to make or fabricate cigarettes by use of a cigarette machine; the name, address, and license number of each distributor from whom the cigarette machine operator purchases tobacco products; the type and quantity of cigarette tubes purchased for use in a cigarette machine; the type and quantity of cigarette tubes used in a cigarette machine; and such other information as the Department may require, and shall preserve and keep within Illinois at his licensed address all invoices, bills of lading, sales records, copies of bills of sale, inventory at the close of each period for which a return is required of all cigarettes, tobacco products and cigarette tubes on hand, and other pertinent papers and documents relating to the manufacture, purchase, sale, or disposition of cigarettes and tobacco products. All books and records and other papers and documents that are required by this Act to be kept shall be kept in the English language, and shall, at all times during the usual business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the Department or its duly authorized agents and employees. The Department may adopt rules that establish requirements, including record forms and formats, for records required to be kept and maintained by taxpayers. For purposes of this Section, "records" means all data maintained by the taxpayer, including data on paper, microfilm, microfiche or any type of machine-sensible data compilation. Those books, records, papers and documents shall be preserved for a period of at least 3 years after the date of the documents, or the date of the entries appearing in the records, unless the Department, in writing, authorizes their destruction or disposal at an earlier date. At all times during the usual business hours of the day, any duly authorized agent or employee of the Department may enter any place of business of the cigarette machine operator, without a search warrant, and inspect the premises and the stock or packages of cigarettes, tobacco products, cigarette tubes, and the cigarette machines therein contained, to determine whether any of the provisions of this Act are being violated. If such agent or employee is denied free access or is hindered or interfered with in making such examination as herein provided, the license of the cigarette machine operator at such premises shall be subject to revocation by the Department. (Source: P.A. 97-688, eff. 6-14-12.)