Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 761 - ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 761.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise defined, the following terms as used in this Part
				  shall have the following meanings:
"Commissioner" means a member of the Commission.
"Documents" means petitions, responses, amended and supplemental
				  petitions, written discovery, responses to discovery, verified statements, verified
				  exhibits, depositions, motions, responses, replies, notices, proposed arbitration
				  decisions, exceptions to Hearing Examiners' proposed arbitration decisions, briefs,
				  draft proposed arbitration decisions, and similar writings.
"e-Docket" means a Web based electronic filing system that allows
				  electronic filing, management, and access to electronic records that make up case
				  files.
"Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical,
				  electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar
				  to these technologies. [220 ILCS 5/3-122 ]
"Electronic document" means a pleading or a document transmitted
				  by electronic means to the Commission with an electronic signature attached.
"Electronic record" means a record generated, communicated,
				  received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system or for
				  transmission from one information system to another. [5 ILCS
				  175/5-105 ]
"Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic form issued
				  by the Commission pursuant to Section
				  761.1020 and
				  consisting of a user I.D. and password attached to or logically associated with an
				  electronic document.
"E-mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a
				  string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered.
				  [815 ILCS 511/5 ]
"Hearing Examiner" means a person employed by the Commission under
				  Section 2-106 of the Public Utilities Act, who is assigned to conduct arbitration
				  proceedings pursuant to Section 252 of the Communications Act of 1934 (
				  47
				  USC 252 ). A Commissioner may also serve as a
				  Hearing Examiner for purposes of this Part.
"Party" means any person who initiates a Commission proceeding by
				  filing a petition for arbitration or a person entitled to file a response to a
				  petition for arbitration pursuant to Section 252(b)(3) of the Communications Act of
				  1934. Staff is not a party but shall have the specific rights and duties of parties
				  as enumerated in this Part. No other person shall be granted party status or be
				  allowed to intervene.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
				  governmental body or unincorporated association.
"Petitioner" means a party who, by petition, applies for or seeks
				  relief through arbitration pursuant to Section 252(b) of the Communications Act of
				  1934.
"Pleading" means any petition, motion, reply or response filed
				  with the Commission in an arbitration proceeding.
"Respondent" means a party against whom a petition is
				  filed.
"Staff" or "Commission Staff" means individuals employed by the
				  Commission. For purposes of this Part, a Hearing Examiner is not considered a member
				  of the Commission Staff.