Section 5300.400  Applicability of the Subpart

a)         Sections 5300.410 through 5300.495, inclusive, of Subpart D of this Part apply only to requests for review in cases where the perfected charge was filed before January 1, 1996.  Pursuant to Section 8-103 of the Act, the Commission does not have jurisdiction over requests for review in cases where the "cause of action" was filed on or after January 1, 1996.

b)         After January 1, 1996, all requests for review received by the Commission will be evaluated by the staff to determine if the perfected charge in the case was filed on or after January 1, 1996.  If the perfected charge was, in fact, filed on or after January 1, 1996, the staff of the Commission will stamp the date the request for review was received by the Commission on the face of that document and then forward it to the Department for processing pursuant to Section 7-101.1 of the Act.

(Source:  Added at 20 Ill. Reg. 7820, effective June 1, 1996)