Sen. Jim Oberweis

Filed: 5/11/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 951

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 951, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
6amended by changing Sections 10-25 and 10-50 and by adding
7Section 10-75 as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 100/10-25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-25)
9    Sec. 10-25. Contested cases; notice; hearing.
10    (a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded an
11opportunity for a hearing after reasonable notice. The notice
12shall be served personally, or by certified or registered mail,
13email as required in Section 10-75, or as otherwise provided by
14law upon the parties or their agents appointed to receive
15service of process and shall include the following:
16        (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the

 

 

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1    hearing.
2        (2) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction
3    under which the hearing is to be held.
4        (3) A reference to the particular Sections of the
5    substantive and procedural statutes and rules involved.
6        (4) Except where a more detailed statement is otherwise
7    provided for by law, a short and plain statement of the
8    matters asserted, the consequences of a failure to respond,
9    and the official file or other reference number.
10        (5) The names and mailing addresses of the
11    administrative law judge, all parties, and all other
12    persons to whom the agency gives notice of the hearing
13    unless otherwise confidential by law.
14    (b) An opportunity shall be afforded all parties to be
15represented by legal counsel and to respond and present
16evidence and argument.
17    (c) Unless precluded by law, disposition may be made of any
18contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent
19order, or default.
20(Source: P.A. 87-823.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 100/10-50)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-50)
22    Sec. 10-50. Decisions and orders.
23    (a) A final decision or order adverse to a party (other
24than the agency) in a contested case shall be in writing or
25stated in the record. A final decision shall include findings

 

 

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1of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated. Findings of
2fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied
3by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts
4supporting the findings. If, in accordance with agency rules, a
5party submitted proposed findings of fact, the decision shall
6include a ruling upon each proposed finding. Parties or their
7agents appointed to receive service of process shall be
8notified either personally, or by registered or certified mail,
9or by email as required in Section 10-75 of any decision or
10order. Upon request a copy of the decision or order shall be
11delivered or mailed forthwith to each party and to his attorney
12of record.
13    (b) All agency orders shall specify whether they are final
14and subject to the Administrative Review Law.
15    (c) A decision by any agency in a contested case under this
16Act shall be void unless the proceedings are conducted in
17compliance with the provisions of this Act relating to
18contested cases, except to the extent those provisions are
19waived under Section 10-70 and except to the extent the agency
20has adopted its own rules for contested cases as authorized in
21Section 1-5.
22(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
23    (5 ILCS 100/10-75 new)
24    Sec. 10-75. Service by email.
25    (a) The following requirements shall apply for consenting

 

 

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1to accept service by email:
2        (1) At any time either before or after its issuance of
3    a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency
4    may require any attorney representing a party to the
5    hearing to provide one or more email addresses at which
6    they consent to accept service of documents described in
7    Sections 10-25 and 10-50 in connection with the hearing. A
8    party represented by an attorney may provide the email
9    address of the attorney.
10        (2) To the extent a person or entity is subject to
11    licensure, permitting, or regulation by the agency, or
12    submits an application for licensure or permitting to the
13    agency, that agency may require, as a condition of such
14    application, licensure, permitting, or regulation, that
15    such unrepresented persons or entities consent to service
16    by email of documents described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50
17    in connection with any hearings that may arise under this
18    Section in connection with such application, licensure or
19    regulation, provided that the agency: (i) requires that any
20    person or entity providing such an email address update
21    that email address if it is changed; and (ii) annually
22    verifies that email address.
23        (3) At any time either before or after its issuance of
24    a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency
25    may request, but not require, an unrepresented party that
26    is not subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection (a) to

 

 

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1    consent to accept service by email of the documents
2    described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50 by designating an
3    email address at which they will accept service.
4        (4) Any person or entity who submits an email address
5    under this Section shall also be given the option to
6    designate no more than two secondary email addresses at
7    which the person or entity consents to accept service,
8    provided that, if any secondary email address is
9    designated, an agency must serve the documents to both the
10    designated primary and secondary email addresses.
11    (b) Notwithstanding any party's consent to accept service
12by email, no document described in Sections 10-25 or 10-50 may
13be served by email to the extent the document contains:
14        (1) a Social Security or individual
15    taxpayer-identification number;
16        (2) a driver's license number;
17        (3) a financial account number;
18        (4) a debit or credit card number;
19        (5) any other information that could reasonably be
20    deemed personal, proprietary, confidential, or trade
21    secret information; or
22        (6) any information about or concerning a minor.
23    (c) Service by email is deemed complete on the day of
24transmission. Agencies that use email to serve documents under
25Sections 10-25 and 10-50 shall adopt rules that specify the
26standard for confirming delivery, and in failure to confirm

 

 

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1delivery, what steps the agency will take to ensure that
2service by email or other means is accomplished.".