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815 ILCS 121/170

(815 ILCS 121/170)

Sec. 170.

Appeal and review.

(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.

(Source: P.A. 102-987, eff. 5-27-22.)