Section 766.11  Definitions

The following terms as used in this Part shall have the following meanings:

            "e-Docket" means a Web based electronic filing system that allows electronic filing, management, and access to electronic records that make up case files.

            "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar to these technologies. [220 ILCS 5/3-122]

            "Electronic document" means a pleading or a document transmitted by electronic means to the Commission with an electronic signature attached.

            "Electronic record" means a record generated, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system or for transmission from one information system to another. [5 ILCS 175/5-105]

            "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic form issued by the Commission pursuant to Section 766.1020 and consisting of a user I.D. and password attached to or logically associated with an electronic document.

            "E-mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered. [815 ILCS 511/5]

(Source:  Added at 24 Ill. Reg. 16047, effective October 15, 2000)