(a) The Department may, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules to provide for review within the Department of the Secretary’s decisions affecting the rights of persons or entities under this Act. The review shall provide for, at a minimum:
         (1) appointment of a hearing officer other than a
    
regular employee of the Department;
        (2) appropriate procedural rules, specific deadlines
    
for filings, and standards of evidence and of proof; and
        (3) provision for apportioning costs among parties to
    
the appeal.
    (b) All final agency determinations of appeals to decisions of the Secretary may be reviewed in accordance with and under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by a court in review of any final administrative decision of the Secretary or of any final agency review of a decision of the Secretary may be taken as in other civil cases.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 121/170

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
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