Illinois Administrative Code › Title 74 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 420 - CODE OF REGULATIONS › Subpart A - STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR REGULATIONS › Section 420.20 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				PLURALS AND SINGULARS. A plural word includes the singular although a singular
				word does not necessarily include the plural.
b) MEANING OF HEADNOTES. Titles and headnotes
				used in regulations are editorial devices to aid organization and readability,
				and do not limit, modify or expand the wording, effect, or meaning of the
				written provision of any regulation.
c) SEVERABILITY. Should any part of a
				regulation be declared or adjudged invalid, ultra vires, or unconstitutional,
				such declaration or adjudication shall affect only that part of the regulation
				specifically covered by the declaration or adjudication and shall not affect
				any other provisions or parts of the regulation. The other provisions or parts
				shall remain in full effect.
d)
				STATUTORY RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE. Rules of construction applicable to
				statutes shall be applicable to the regulations of the Office of the Auditor
				General unless by their nature they are clearly inapplicable or a different
				standard is specified by or within a regulation of the Office of the Auditor
				General.
e) AUTHORITY OF
				ANNOTATIONS. Annotations accompanying regulations are not regulatory materials
				and do not have regulatory authority. They are supplementary reference
				materials intended to provide historical and operational perspective to the
				regulations and aid readers in understanding and interpreting the
				regulations.
f) MEASUREMENT OF
				TIME.
1) All times are based on the legal
				local time at Springfield, Illinois.
2) If a time period is specified in days the
				first day of the period shall begin at 12:01 A.M., local time, Springfield,
				Illinois on the day immediately following the day on which the event starting
				the time period occurs.
3) If a
				time period specified in days is shorter than seven days, then Saturdays,
				Sundays, and State and Federal Holidays are not counted in measuring the time
				period. In all other cases Saturdays, Sundays and State and Federal Holidays
				are counted.
4) If a time period is
				specified in hours, the first hour of the period shall begin on the next whole
				hour immediately following the time at which the event starting the time period
				occurred.
5) If a specified time
				period ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or State or Federal Holiday; or at a time
				which is after 5:00 P.M. local time, Springfield, Illinois, then the end of the
				time period shall be extended to 9:00 A.M., local time Springfield, Illinois,
				on the next day immediately following, which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
				State or Federal Holiday.
6) Where
				an event is to start on a specified date the starting time shall be at 12:01
				A.M., local time, Springfield, Illinois, on the date specified.
7) Where an event is to terminate on a
				specified date the ending time shall be at 5:00 P.M. local time, Springfield,
				Illinois, on the date specified.