225 ILCS 203/85 — Illinois Code / Chapter 225 / Act 203 / Section 85
Section 85
Status: in_force

(225 ILCS 203/85) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 85. Subpoena, production of evidence; records; administrative review; license suspension; revocation. (a) The Board has the power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed by law for judicial proceedings in civil cases. The State Fire Marshal, the Board, and the hearing officer approved by the Board, have the power to administer oaths at any hearing which the Board is authorized to conduct. (b) Any circuit court, upon the application of the licensee, the Board, or the State Fire Marshal, may order the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers in any hearing pursuant to this Act. The court may compel obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt. (c) The Office of the State Fire Marshal, at its expense, shall provide a stenographer or a mechanical recording device to record the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case wherein a license may be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary action taken with regard thereto. The notice of hearing, complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of the hearing officer and the orders of the State Fire Marshal constitute the record of the proceedings. The State Fire Marshal shall furnish a transcript of the record to any interested person upon payment of the costs of copying and transmitting the record. (d) All final administrative decisions of the Board are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. Proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the circuit court of the county in which the party applying for review resides; but if the party is not a resident of Illinois, the venue shall be in Sangamon County. The State Fire Marshal shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any court in a judicial review proceeding, unless there is filed in the court with the complaint a receipt from the State Fire Marshal acknowledging payment of the costs of furnishing and certifying the record which costs shall be computed at the cost of preparing such record. Exhibits shall be certified without cost. Failure on the part of the licensee to file such receipt in court shall be grounds for dismissal of the action. During all judicial proceedings incident to a disciplinary action, the sanctions imposed upon the accused by the Board shall remain in effect, unless the court feels justice requires a stay of the order. (e) An order of revocation, suspension, placing the license on probationary status, or other formal disciplinary action as the State Fire Marshal may consider proper, or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the State Fire Marshal and purporting to be signed by the State Fire Marshal, is prima facie proof that: (1) the signature is that of the State Fire Marshal; (2) the State Fire Marshal and the Board are qualified to act; and (3) the hearing officer is qualified to act on behalf of the Board. Such proof may be