(225 ILCS 230/1012) (from Ch. 111, par. 7862)

Sec. 1012. Administrative review.

(a) Before suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue a certificate or endorsement issued under this Act, the Agency shall provide the certificate holder or applicant an opportunity for hearing.

(b)(1) All final administrative decisions of the Agency hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2) Such proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the circuit court for Sangamon County. The venue shall be in Sangamon County.

(3) The Agency shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any court in a judicial review proceeding, unless there is filed in the court with the complaint a receipt from the Agency acknowledging payment of the costs of furnishing and certifying the record which costs shall be computed at the rate of 20 cents per page of such record. Exhibits shall be certified without cost. Failure on the part of the Plaintiff to file such receipt in court shall be grounds for dismissal of actions.

(Source: P.A. 86-1363.)