Section 120.320  Intervention

a)         Upon timely written application, the Administrative Law Judge may in his or her discretion permit any party to intervene in a hearing proceeding, subject to the necessity for conducting an orderly and expeditious hearing, when:

1)         The party is so situated that he or she may be adversely affected by a final order arising from the hearing;

2)         The party requesting intervention is a necessary party to the hearing proceeding.

b)         Two copies of a petition for intervention shall be filed with the Administrative Law Judge, and one copy served on each party. The Administrative Law Judge will determine whether a party is necessary and shall consider whether the necessary party will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties.

c)         An intervenor shall have all the rights of an original party subject to the order of the Administrative Law Judge, except that the Administrative Law Judge may, in his or her order allowing intervention, provide that the party shall not raise issues that might more properly have been raised at an earlier stage of the proceeding, that the party shall not raise new issues or add new parties, or that in other respects the party shall not interfere with the conduct of the hearing, as justice and the avoidance of undue delay may require.

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