Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2605 - ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING RULES › Section 2605.40 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"IAPA" means the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [ 5 ILCS
				100 ].
"Administrative Hearing" or "Hearing" means the adjudicatory
				proceeding used to resolve a contested case.
"Agency" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-20
				of the IAPA.
"Agency Head" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
				1-25 of the IAPA.
"Business Day" means all days except Saturday and Sunday, and
				all weekdays that are not national and/or State legal holidays.
"Complainant" means the party who initiates the Administrative
				Hearing.
"Contested Case" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
				Section 1-30 of the IAPA.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce and
				Economic Opportunity.
"Development Assistance Agreement" shall have the meaning
				ascribed to it in Section 715-5 of the Corporate Accountability for Tax
				Expenditures Act [ 20 ILCS 715 ].
"Director" means the Director of the Department or duly
				appointed Acting Director, or in the Director's or Acting Director's absence
				from the State, or in any event of the Director's or Acting Director's
				incapacity to act, the next immediate subordinate officer within the
				Department.
"Hearing Number" means the case number assigned to the Petition
				for Hearing or the Notice of Charges by the Department for the Administrative
				Hearing proceedings.
"Hearing Officer" means the Administrative Law Judge as defined
				in Section 1-15 of the IAPA, and is the person appointed or retained by the
				Department to preside over the Administrative Hearing proceedings.
"Municipality" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
				1-45 of the IAPA.
"Notice of Charges" means a complaint filed by the Department
				initiating an Administrative Hearing proceeding against a Recipient under this
				Part.
"Order" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-50
				of the IAPA.
"Party" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-55
				of the IAPA.
"Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-60
				of the IAPA.
"Petition for Hearing" means a request for an Administrative
				Hearing.
"Program Rule" means any of the rules adopted by the Department
				and codified within the Illinois Administrative Code or any programmatic
				requirement established by a federal agency that is a source of funding for the
				program.
"Proof of Service" means evidence submitted specifying the
				date, method, and person who served a document on another party. All Proofs of
				Service must be signed by the server.
"Proposal for Decision" means the report issued by the Hearing
				Officer pursuant to Section
				2605.400.
"Recipient" means anyone that has received direct financial
				assistance from the Department pursuant to a Statute or Program Rule or who is
				a party to a Development Assistance Agreement with the Department.
"Respondent" means any party who answers/responds to a Notice
				of Charges, Petition for Hearing, or Motion.
"State Agency" means any State office, officer, division, or
				part thereof, and any other office, nonelective officer, department, division,
				bureau, board, or commission in the executive branch of State government, under
				the authority of the Governor of Illinois.
"Statute" means a formal written enactment of a legislative
				body, whether federal or State.
"Statutory Authority" means the authority given to the
				Department by a Statute either directly or as delegated by agreement with
				another unit of government.