Section 1226.110  Submission of Request

a)         Person To Whom Requests are Submitted

1)         A request for records other than records maintained by a District highway office shall be sent to:

            Office of Chief Counsel

            Room 300

            2300 South Dirksen Parkway

            Springfield, Illinois  62764

2)         A request for records maintained by a District highway office shall be sent to the District Engineer for the District.  The addresses of the District highway offices are as follows:

            District 1

            201 West Center Court

            Schaumburg, IL  60196-1096

            District 2

            819 Depot Avenue

            Dixon, IL  61021-3546

            District 3

            700 East Norris Drive

            Box 697

            Ottawa, IL  61350-0697

            District 4

            401 Main Street

            Peoria, IL  61602-1111

            District 5

            13473 IL Hwy. 133, P.O. Box 610

            Paris, IL  61944-0610

            District 6

            126 East Ash Street

            Springfield, IL  62704-4792

            District 7

            400 West Wabash

            Effingham, IL  62401-2699

            District 8

            1100 East Port Plaza Drive

            Collinsville, IL 62234-6198

            District 9

            State Transportation Building

            P. O. Box 100

            Carbondale, IL  62903-0100

b)         Requests for records other than records maintained by a District highway office which are sent to a District highway office may be returned as improperly submitted.  If a person making a request is unsure where the requested records are maintained, the request should be sent to the Office of Chief Counsel at the address in subsection (a)(1) of this Section.

c)         An envelope containing a request for records shall be plainly marked "REQUEST FOR RECORDS".  Failure to so mark the envelope may delay processing.

d)         Requests for records which are not submitted to the Office of Chief Counsel or to District Engineers as provided in this Section will be handled expeditiously.  However, the required response times contained in the FOIA and this Part do not apply to requests which are not submitted as provided in this Section.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 11366, effective July 17, 2007)