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request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice to the person requesting the hearing of the time and place fixed for the hearing and shall hold a hearing in conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative decision in the matter to that person. In the absence of a protest and request for a hearing within 30 days, the Department's decision shall become final without any further determination being made or notice given. (Source: P.A. 96-782, eff. 1-1-10.) (35 ILCS 135/7a) Sec. 7a. Discretionary secondary distributor's license. (a) The Department may, in its discretion, upon application, issue a secondary distributor's license to persons who are not required to be licensed as secondary distributors of cigarettes in this State, but who elect to qualify under this Section Act as discretionary secondary distributors of cigarettes. Such discretionary secondary distributor shall be issued, without charge, a license to make sales for resale to Illinois retailers, subject to such reasonable requirements as the Department shall prescribe. Each applicant for a license under this Section shall furnish the following information to the Department, by electronic means, in on a form signed and verified by the applicant under penalty of perjury, in an electronic format established by the Department, the following: SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468