The city council in Pekin, Ill., has passed an ordinance allowing police to fine citizens or businesses as much as $750 for violating Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home executive order aimed at containing the coronavirus. (WCBURadio)
Fines would run between $100 to $750 per offense, with each day counting as a separate offense. Pekin Mayor Mark Luft said the state expects local municipalities to uphold the order, which bars gatherings larger than 10 people and shuts down most businesses.
Luft said no tickets have been issued yet. The ordinance defines violating the executive order as a punishable public nuisance. The ordinance runs through the duration of Pritzker's executive order.
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