Section 225 ILCS 640/6 - Grounds for refusal to issue or renew license and for license suspension and revocationThe Department may refuse to issue or to renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:
(a) Violating any provision of this Act or any rule, order, or regulation issued hereunder;(b) Knowingly receiving on consignment or selling or exchanging stolen or mortgaged livestock without authority from the owner or mortgagee;(c) Being guilty of fraud or deception in any material particular in securing the license;(d) Failing to keep records as required hereunder;(e) Failing to practice measures of sanitation as required hereunder or violating the rules and regulations, if any, for the yarding, housing, holding, and feeding of livestock;(f) In the case of livestock weighed on the licensee's scales and sold by weight, knowingly quoting incorrect weights or failing to have his scales regularly inspected and tested;(g) Failing to pay for livestock after sale;(h) Issuing checks for payment of livestock when funds are insufficient; or(i) Being insolvent as determined by a department audit.P.A. 89-154, eff. 1/1/1996.