(35 ILCS 5/1203) (from Ch. 120, par. 12-1203)

Sec. 1203. Service, Certification and Dismissal.

(a) Service. Service upon the Director or the Assistant Director of summons issued in an action to review a final administrative decision of the Department shall be service upon the Department.

(b) Certification. The Department shall certify the record of its proceedings if the taxpayer pays to it the sum of 75¢ per page of testimony taken before the Department and 25¢ per page of all other matters contained in such record, except that these charges may be waived where the Department is satisfied that the aggrieved party is a poor person who cannot afford to pay such charges.

(c) Dismissal. If payment for such record is not made by the taxpayer within 30 days after notice from the Department or the Attorney General of the cost thereof, the court in which the proceeding is pending, on motion of the Department, shall dismiss the complaint and shall enter judgment against the taxpayer and in favor of the Department in accordance with the final action of the Department, together with interest on any deficiency to the date of entry of the judgment, and also for costs.

(Source: P.A. 76-261.)