Full Text of SB0951 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 10-25 and 10-50 and by adding | 6 | | Section 10-75 as follows:
| 7 | | (5 ILCS 100/10-25) (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-25)
| 8 | | Sec. 10-25. Contested cases; notice; hearing.
| 9 | | (a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded an | 10 | | opportunity for
a hearing after reasonable notice. The notice | 11 | | shall be served personally ,
or by certified or registered mail , | 12 | | email as required in Section 10-75, or as otherwise provided by | 13 | | law upon the
parties or their agents appointed to receive | 14 | | service of process and shall
include the following:
| 15 | | (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the
| 16 | | hearing.
| 17 | | (2) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction | 18 | | under
which the hearing is to be held.
| 19 | | (3) A reference to the particular Sections of the | 20 | | substantive and
procedural statutes and
rules involved.
| 21 | | (4) Except where a more detailed statement is otherwise | 22 | | provided
for by law, a short and plain statement of the | 23 | | matters asserted, the
consequences of a failure to respond, |
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| 1 | | and the official file or other
reference number.
| 2 | | (5) The names and mailing addresses of the | 3 | | administrative law judge,
all parties, and all other | 4 | | persons to whom the agency gives notice of the
hearing | 5 | | unless otherwise confidential by law.
| 6 | | (b) An opportunity shall be afforded all parties to be | 7 | | represented by
legal counsel and to respond and present | 8 | | evidence and argument.
| 9 | | (c) Unless precluded by law, disposition may be made of any | 10 | | contested
case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent | 11 | | order, or default.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 87-823 .)
| 13 | | (5 ILCS 100/10-50) (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-50)
| 14 | | Sec. 10-50. Decisions and orders.
| 15 | | (a) A final decision or order adverse to a party (other | 16 | | than the agency)
in a contested case shall be in writing or | 17 | | stated in the record. A final
decision shall include findings | 18 | | of fact and conclusions of law, separately
stated. Findings of | 19 | | fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be
accompanied | 20 | | by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts
| 21 | | supporting the findings. If, in accordance with agency rules, a | 22 | | party
submitted proposed findings of fact, the decision shall | 23 | | include a ruling
upon each proposed finding. Parties or their | 24 | | agents appointed to receive
service of process shall be | 25 | | notified either personally , or by registered or
certified mail , |
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| 1 | | or by email as required in Section 10-75 of any decision or | 2 | | order. Upon request a copy of the
decision or order shall be | 3 | | delivered or mailed forthwith to each party and
to his attorney | 4 | | of record.
| 5 | | (b) All agency orders shall specify whether they are final | 6 | | and subject
to the Administrative Review Law.
| 7 | | (c) A decision by any agency in a contested case under this | 8 | | Act shall be
void unless the proceedings are conducted in | 9 | | compliance with the provisions
of this Act relating to | 10 | | contested cases, except to the extent those provisions
are | 11 | | waived under Section 10-70 and except to the extent the
agency | 12 | | has adopted its own rules for contested cases as authorized in | 13 | | Section
1-5.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 15 | | (5 ILCS 100/10-75 new) | 16 | | Sec. 10-75. Service by email. | 17 | | (a) The following requirements shall apply for consenting | 18 | | to accept service by email: | 19 | | (1) At any time either before or after its issuance of | 20 | | a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency | 21 | | may require any attorney representing a party to the | 22 | | hearing to provide one or more email addresses at which | 23 | | they consent to accept service of documents described in | 24 | | Sections 10-25 and 10-50 in connection with the hearing. A | 25 | | party represented by an attorney may provide the email |
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| 1 | | address of the attorney. | 2 | | (2) To the extent a person or entity is subject to | 3 | | licensure, permitting, or regulation by the agency, or | 4 | | submits an application for licensure or permitting to the | 5 | | agency, that agency may require, as a condition of such | 6 | | application, licensure, permitting, or regulation, that | 7 | | such unrepresented persons or entities consent to service | 8 | | by email of documents described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50 | 9 | | in connection with any hearings that may arise under this | 10 | | Section in connection with such application, licensure or | 11 | | regulation, provided that the agency: (i) requires that any | 12 | | person or entity providing such an email address update | 13 | | that email address if it is changed; and (ii) annually | 14 | | verifies that email address. | 15 | | (3) At any time either before or after its issuance of | 16 | | a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency | 17 | | may request, but not require, an unrepresented party that | 18 | | is not subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection (a) to | 19 | | consent to accept service by email of the documents | 20 | | described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50 by designating an | 21 | | email address at which they will accept service. | 22 | | (4) Any person or entity who submits an email address | 23 | | under this Section shall also be given the option to | 24 | | designate no more than two secondary email addresses at | 25 | | which the person or entity consents to accept service, | 26 | | provided that, if any secondary email address is |
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| 1 | | designated, an agency must serve the documents to both the | 2 | | designated primary and secondary email addresses. | 3 | | (b) Notwithstanding any party's consent to accept service | 4 | | by email, no document described in Sections 10-25 or 10-50 may | 5 | | be served by email to the extent the document contains: | 6 | | (1) a Social Security or individual taxpayer | 7 | | identification number; | 8 | | (2) a driver's license number; | 9 | | (3) a financial account number; | 10 | | (4) a debit or credit card number; | 11 | | (5) any other information that could reasonably be | 12 | | deemed personal, proprietary, confidential, or trade | 13 | | secret information; or | 14 | | (6) any information about or concerning a minor. | 15 | | (c) Service by email is deemed complete on the day of | 16 | | transmission. Agencies that use email to serve documents under | 17 | | Sections 10-25 and 10-50 shall adopt rules that specify the | 18 | | standard for confirming delivery, and in failure to confirm | 19 | | delivery, what steps the agency will take to ensure that | 20 | | service by email or other means is accomplished. |
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