Illinois Administrative Code › Title 80 - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES › Part 1 - CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION › Section 1.200 - Authority of Administrative Law Judge

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Administrative Law Judge has the authority to conduct a
				hearing, take all necessary action to avoid delay, maintain order, and insure
				the development of a clear and complete record. The Administrative Law Judge
				shall have all powers necessary to conduct a hearing, including the power
				to:
a) Administer oaths and
			 affirmations;
b) Regulate the
			 course of hearings, set the time and place for continued hearings, fix times
			 for filing of documents, provide for the taking of testimony by deposition if
			 necessary, and generally conduct the proceedings according to generally
			 recognized administrative law and this Part;
c) Examine witnesses and direct witnesses to
			 testify. If a witness refuses to answer a question after being directed to do
			 so, the Administrative Law Judge may make such orders with regard to the
			 refusal as are just and appropriate, including but not limited to excluding the
			 testimony of a witness, admitting certain facts for purposes of the
			 proceedings, or dismissing the appeal if the witness is under control of a
			 party;
d) Limit the number of times
			 any witness may testify, limit repetitious or cumulative testimony and set
			 reasonable limits on the amount of time each witness may testify and be
			 cross-examined;
e) Rule upon offers
			 of proof and receive relevant evidence;
f) Direct parties to appear and confer for
			 the settlement or simplification of issues, and to otherwise conduct prehearing
			 conferences;
g) Dispose of
			 procedural requests or similar matters;
h) Render findings of fact, conclusions of
			 law and proposals for decision for an order or finding and decision of the
			 Commission;
i) Reprimand or exclude
			 from the hearing any person for disruptive or improper conduct committed in the
			 presence of the Administrative Law Judge;
j) Take official notice of information from
			 the employee's personnel record, United States Postal Service tracking
			 information, generally recognized facts, administrative rules and regulations,
			 and statutes;
k) Enter a protective
			 order to ensure the protection of any confidential or proprietary information,
			 information specifically prohibited from disclosure by federal or State law or
			 rules or regulations adopted under Federal or State law, or information that,
			 if disclosed, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
			 privacy;
l) When a potential
			 witness is available and appears to have information relevant to the case that
			 would not be merely cumulative, and when the witness' relationship with one of
			 the parties is such that the witness would ordinarily be expected to favor that
			 party, if the party does not produce testimony, the inference arises that it
			 would have been unfavorable and the Commission may draw a negative inference
			 from the failure to testify;
m)
			 Conduct any activity, including hearings and prehearing conferences, by video,
			 telephone or other electronic means;
n) Enter any order that further carries out
			 the purpose of this Part.