Chicago Heights — Ch. 23 Human Relations § 23-43

Any person violating any provision of this article may be directed to: (a)
Cease and desist from any violation of this article;
(b) Pay a civil penalty to vindicate the public interest:
(1) In an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior violations of any provision of this article;
(2) In an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other violation of this article during the five-year period prior to the filing date of the current complaint;
(3) In an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed two (2) or more violations of this article during the seven-year period prior to the filing date of the current complaint.
These shall apply in all cases except that if the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that is the object of the complaint are committed by the same individual who has been previously adjudged to have committed acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, then the civil penalties set forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3) may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which any subsequent discriminatory housing practice occurred.