Section 120.130  Filing

a)         Documents and requests permitted or required to be filed with the Director or the Department in connection with a hearing shall be addressed and mailed or delivered to the Department's Chicago office. Filing, inspection, and copying of documents may be done at the Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for national and State legal holidays. The Department's Chicago office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for national and State legal holidays.  Documents may also be inspected or copied at the Department's Springfield office by requesting of the Department that those documents be transmitted by E-mail or fax to the Springfield office for that purpose, with the costs of transmission to be borne by the party transmitting the documents.  Copying costs at the rate of 30 cents per page will be borne by the party requesting the copies of documents from the case file.

b)         Filings received after 4:30 p.m. will be date-stamped the following business day.

c)         Documents may be filed with the Department by certified, registered, or First Class mail, by messenger service, or personally at the Department's Chicago office. Filing by electronic transmission, such as telefax machine or computer modem, will not be accepted, except when specifically requested or ordered by the Administrative Law Judge.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 10424, effective May 24, 2006)