Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1700 - LOTTERY HEARINGS › Section 1700.6 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Part:
"Address of Record" means the address and/or email address
				required to be on file with the Department's Licensure Maintenance Unit by a
				licensee or, in the case of an unlicensed person, the most recent publicly
				ascertainable address.
"Administrative Hearing" means a proceeding at which parties
				present legal arguments and evidence about a case to an Administrative Law
				Judge or the Board, pursuant to the Lottery Law and 11 Ill. Adm. Code
				1770.
"Administrative Law Judge" or "ALJ" means an attorney admitted
				to practice law by, and in good standing before, the Illinois Supreme Court who
				is duly authorized and designated in writing by the Director of the Illinois
				Lottery to convene and conduct hearings on matters under the jurisdiction of
				the Department. An ALJ is specifically empowered to administer oaths and
				affirmations; rule on matters of proof and evidence; regulate the schedule and
				course of the hearing and pre-hearing process; hear and dispose of procedural
				and other similar matters; sign and issue orders and subpoenas; and exercise
				any other powers relating to the proceeding which are legally proper and
				reasonably necessary to carry out an ALJ's responsibilities. The authority of
				any person to act as an ALJ shall not be a matter of proof in any hearing
				before the Department unless an appropriate motion is made pursuant to Section
				1700.200.
"Affidavit" means a sworn and notarized or affirmed statement
				made in writing and signed.
"Agent" means a person licensed by the Director under the
				Lottery Law and by 11 Ill. Adm. Code 1770 to sell Illinois State Lottery Game
				tickets to the public, by an across-the-counter transaction at a specified
				point of sale at a specifically licensed Lottery location.
"Appeal" means a pleading, petition or application made by an
				appellant.
"Appellant" means an applicant, complainant or
				petitioner.
"Board" means the Lottery Control Board created as an
				independent advisory Board to the Director pursuant to the Lottery Law.
"Chief Administrative Law Judge" means an Administrative Law
				Judge who, in addition to performing the general duties of an Administrative
				Law Judge, serves as the immediate supervisor of all other Administrative Law
				Judges in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer and performs
				other regulatory duties as identified in this Part and elsewhere.
"Chief Administrative Law Judge's Clerk" means the Office of
				Administrative Hearings Clerk designated to receive filings and to date stamp
				them.
"Contested Case" means an adjudicatory proceeding (not
				including ratemaking, rulemaking, or quasi-legislative, informational, or
				similar proceedings) in which the individual legal rights, duties, or
				privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency only
				after an opportunity for a hearing.
"Department" means the Department of the Lottery.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of the
				Lottery.
"Formal Hearing" means a formal proceeding that is conducted on
				the record before an ALJ during which the parties present evidence and make
				arguments regarding appropriate action on a contested matter.
"Litigator" means a Special Assistant Attorney General,
				employed in the Department's Office of Legal Services, admitted to practice law
				by, and in good standing before, the Illinois Supreme Court, who is duly
				authorized and designated in writing by the Director to present the
				Department's case and otherwise represent the Department's interest in hearing,
				status and pre-trial conferences on all matters covered by the relevant Lottery
				Law and 11 Ill. Adm. Code 1770 and any other applicable laws.
"Lottery Law" means the Illinois Lottery Law [20 ILCS
				1605 ].
"Petitioner" is a party who, by written petition, seeks relief
				or licensure under any provision of the statutes of the State of Illinois or
				any rule, order or determination of the Department. The party seeking licensure
				may also be identified as "applicant".
"Preponderance of the Evidence" means the greater weight of the
				credible evidence.
"Respondent" is the Department against whom a petition,
				complaint or notice initiating a proceeding is filed.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Lottery Control Board at
				the Department's Chicago, Illinois Office.