Page 654

allowed to obtain a permit as a distributor under the Cigarette Tax Act. (b) The following are ineligible to receive a distributor's license under this Section Act: (1) a person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which the person he resides; the Department may consider prior conviction of a felony, but, except as provided in paragraph (2), the conviction shall not operate as an absolute bar to licensure; (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under any federal Federal or State law, if the Department, after investigation and consideration of any mitigating factors and evidence of rehabilitation contained in the applicant's record, including those provided in Section 4i of the Cigarette Tax Act, and a hearing, if requested by the applicant, determines that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust and the conviction will impair the ability of the person to engage in the position for which a license is sought; (3) a corporation, if any officer, manager, or director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason; (4) a person who has delinquent reports under Section SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468