Section 101.500  Filing of Motions and Responses

a)         The Board may entertain any motion the parties wish to file that is permissible under the Act or other applicable law, these rules, or the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure.

b)         All motions must be in writing, unless made orally on the record during a hearing or during a status conference, and must state whether directed to the Board or to the hearing officer.  Motions that should be directed to the hearing officer are set out in Section 101.502 of this Part.  All motions should be filed and served in conformance with Subpart C of this Part.

c)         Motions may be filed at any time unless otherwise specifically provided.

d)         Within 14 days after service of a motion, a party may file a response to the motion.  If no response is filed, the party will be deemed to have waived objection to the granting of the motion, but the waiver of objection does not bind the Board or the hearing officer in its disposition of the motion.  Unless undue delay or material prejudice would result, neither the Board nor the hearing officer will grant any motion before expiration of the 14 day response period except in deadline driven proceedings where no waiver has been filed.  Parties may request that the Board grant more time to respond by filing a motion for extension of time.

e)         The moving person will not have the right to reply, except as permitted by the Board or the hearing officer to prevent material prejudice.  A motion for leave to file a reply must be filed with the Board within 14 days after service of the response.