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comply with the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003; and (B) the following information: (i) the name and address of the applicant; (ii) the address of the location at which the applicant proposes to engage in business; and (iii) such other additional information as the Department may reasonably require by its rules. (3) The following are ineligible to receive a distributor's permit under this subsection: (A) (1) a person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which the person he or she resides; the Department may consider prior conviction of a felony, past conviction of a felony but, except as provided in paragraph (B), the conviction shall not operate as an absolute bar to receiving a permit; (B) (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under any federal or State law, if the Department, after investigation and a hearing and consideration of any mitigating factors and evidence of rehabilitation contained in the applicant's record, including those set forth in Section 4i of this Act, and a hearing, if requested by the applicant, determines that the person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust and the conviction will impair the SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468