Section 2605.40  Definitions

            "IAPA" means the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100].

            "Administrative Hearing" means the adjudicatory proceeding used to resolve a contested case (also referred to as a "Hearing").

            "Agency" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-20 of the IAPA.

            "Agency Head" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-25 of the IAPA.

            "Business Day" means all days except Saturday and Sunday, and all weekdays that are not national and/or State legal holidays.

            "Complainant" means the party who initiates the Administrative Hearing.

            "Contested Case" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-30 of the IAPA.

            "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.

            "Director" means the Director of the Department or duly appointed Acting Director, or in his absence from the State, or in any event of his incapacity to act, his next immediate subordinate officer within the Department.

            "Hearing Number" means the case number assigned to the Petition for Hearing or the Notice of Charges by the Department for the Administrative Hearing proceedings.

            "Hearing Officer" means the Administrative Law Judge as defined in Section 1-15 of the IAPA, and is the person appointed or retained by the Department to preside over the Administrative Hearing proceedings.

            "He/His" includes either male or female gender.

            "Municipality" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-45 of the IAPA.

            "Notice of Charges" means a complaint filed by the Department initiating an Administrative Hearing proceeding against a Recipient under this Part.

            "Order" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-50 of the IAPA.

            "Party" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-55 of the IAPA.

            "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-60 of the IAPA.

            "Petition for Hearing" means a request for an Administrative Hearing.

            "Program Rule" means any of the rules adopted by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and codified within the Illinois Administrative Code.

            "Proof of Service" means evidence submitted specifying the date, method, and person who served a document on another party.  All Proofs of Service must be signed by the server.

            "Recipient" means anyone that has received direct financial assistance from the Department pursuant to a Statute or Program Rule.

            "Respondent" means any party who answers/responds to a Notice of Charges, Petition for Hearing, or Motion.

            "Statute" means a formal written enactment of a legislative body, whether federal or State.

            "Statutory Authority" means the authority given to the Department by a Statute.

            "Subrecipient" means anyone that received financial assistance from a Recipient.