(620 ILCS 5/55) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.55)
Sec. 55.
Initiation of proceedings; notice; service.
Proceedings may be initiated by applications, petitions, and complaints,
including complaints made by the Department of its own motion. Any person,
the Federal Government, or any agency, department or officer thereof, or
any municipality or other political subdivision of this State or any other
state, may make a complaint, which shall be in writing setting forth any
act or things done or omitted to be done in violation or claimed to be in
violation of the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics, or of the
rules, rulings, regulations, orders or decisions of the Department
thereunder.
Upon the filing of a complaint, the Department shall cause a copy
thereof to be served upon the person, municipality or political subdivision
complained of, which shall be accompanied by notice requiring that the
complaint be satisfied and answered within a reasonable time to be
specified by the Department, or within the discretion of the Department, by
a notice fixing a time when, and place where, a hearing will be had upon
such complaint. If a hearing is prescribed by the Department, notice of the
time and place thereof shall also be given to the complainant and to such
other persons as the Department shall deem necessary. The Department shall
have authority to hear and investigate any complaint notwithstanding the
fact that the person, municipality or other political subdivision
complained of may have satisfied the complaint.
The time fixed for such hearing upon a complaint shall not be less than
ten days after the date of the service of such notice and complaint, unless
the Department determines that an emergency exists, in which event it may
prescribe a time for such hearing less than ten days after the date of such
service.
The time fixed for any hearing, other than upon a complaint, under the
laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics, or the rules, rulings,
regulations, orders or decisions issued by the Department thereunder, shall
not be less than ten days after the date of service of a notice in
connection therewith upon the persons, municipalities or political
subdivisions interested in the subject matter thereof, unless the
Department determines that an emergency exists, in which event the
Department may prescribe a time for such hearing less than ten days after
the date of service of such notice. Such notice shall fix the time when and
place where the particular hearing will be had, and shall give a general
description of the subject matter.
Service in all investigations, inquiries and hearings before the
Department may be made upon any person upon whom summons may be served in
accordance with the provisions of the Civil Practice Law, as
amended, and in accordance with all future amendments thereto and
modifications thereof and the rules now or hereafter adopted pursuant to
said Law, and may be made personally or by mailing same in the United
States mails in a sealed envelope, registered, with postage prepaid. The
provisions of this section as to notice shall apply to all hearings held by
the Department or under its authority, under the laws of this State
pertaining to aeronautics, and the rules, rulings, regulations, decisions
and orders of the Department thereunder, except as otherwise specifically
provided in any such law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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