Section 2025.120  Petition for Rulemaking

a)         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 5-145 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, any interested person may petition the Commission requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a rule.

b)         The petition shall be handwritten or typewritten and shall include the following:

1)         name, title (if any), organization (if any), address and telephone number of the Petitioner;

2)         nature of the rulemaking action sought;

3)         proposed text of the rule sought to be promulgated, amended or repealed; and

4)         the arguments and reasons in support of the proposal.

c)         Petitions are to be sent to the Chairman at the Commission's Chicago office.

d)         The Petition for Rulemaking shall be considered by the Commission at a public meeting. The Commission shall notify the Petitioner of the time and place of the public meeting. The Commission may hear arguments regarding the proposed rulemaking if it desires clarification of the issues raised therein. The Commission may adopt or reject the Petition. If the Commission has not initiated rulemaking within 30 days of submission of the petition in accordance with Section 5-35 of the Administrative Procedure Act, the petition shall be deemed to have been denied.

(Source:  Amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 7897, effective May 10, 1991)