Section 9040.20  Assignment of Reviews

a)         At the conclusion of every work week, the transcript clerk shall deliver to the review clerk a list of the arbitration transcripts completed during that week.  The transcript list shall be in numerical order according to the Commission docket number of each case.  No information other than the transcript name and number shall appear on the list.

b)         Upon receipt of the list of completed arbitration transcripts, the review clerk will cause those cases to be randomly assigned to a Commissioner by a computer program.

c)         Petitions filed post-arbitration under Section 7(a), 8(a) and 19(h) of the Act shall be assigned to the original hearing Commissioner or the Commissioner assigned to the particular territory where the original hearing was held.

d)         Assignments shall be final except upon disqualification of a Commissioner as provided in 50 Ill. Adm. Code 9030.30 or upon motion by any party for good cause shown.

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 15748, effective November 9, 2016)