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90_HB3557
10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8
10 ILCS 5/10-9 from Ch. 46, par. 10-9
10 ILCS 5/10-10 from Ch. 46, par. 10-10
10 ILCS 5/10-10.1 from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1
Amends the Article of the Election Code concerning
nominations by political parties that polled less than 5% of
the vote and nominations by individual voters. Provides that
nomination papers, objection to petitions, and other
documents shall be transmitted to certain persons by a
next-day express delivery service, rather than by registered
mail or receipted personal delivery. Requires objector's
petitions to be signed and verified. Changes the way
electoral boards for hearing and passing upon an objector's
petition are selected. Requires vacancies on an electoral
board to be filled by a public member who is an attorney or
someone with knowledge of election law. Requires compensation
to be paid to public members of the electoral boards.
Authorizes electoral boards to retain legal counsel and
provides for payments of the electoral board's costs from
public funds. Provides that at a hearing before an electoral
board, the board may appoint administrative law judges to
hear testimony and make recommendations. Requires electoral
board meetings to be tape recorded. Requires an electoral
board to issue its findings within 2 business days after the
hearing. Provides that an electoral board decision may be
reviewed in circuit court under the provisions of the
Administrative Review Law. Makes other changes.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Sections
2 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, and 10-10.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, and 10-10.1 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
8 Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
9 papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
10 referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being
11 in apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall
12 be deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made
13 in writing within 5 business days after the last day for
14 filing the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or
15 petition for a public question, with the following
16 exceptions:
17 A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of
18 the Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be
19 a period of 35 business days after the last day for the
20 filing of such petitions in which objections can be
21 filed.
22 B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions
23 of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the
24 entire State, there shall be a period of 35 business days
25 after the last day for the filing of such petitions in
26 which objections can be filed.
27 Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
28 in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on,
29 or any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
30 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
31 public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
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1 State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
2 nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an
3 objector's petition together with a copy thereof in the
4 principal office or the permanent branch office of the State
5 Board of Elections, or in the office of the election
6 authority or local election official with whom the
7 certificate of nomination, nomination papers or petitions are
8 on file. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of
9 nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
10 or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
11 which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
12 than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of
13 the petition, transmit by next-day express delivery service
14 registered mail or receipted personal delivery the
15 certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the
16 original objector's petition to the chairman of the proper
17 electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his
18 authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered
19 mail or receipted personal delivery of the objector's
20 petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
21 nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
22 residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
23 nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition
24 for a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or
25 for an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters
26 of the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note
27 the day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed
28 and shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by
29 registered mail or receipted personal delivery to the person
30 designated on a certificate attached to the petition as the
31 principal proponent of such proposed amendment or public
32 question, or as the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of
33 receiving notice of objections. In the case of objections to
34 a petition for a public question, to be submitted to the
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1 voters of a political subdivision, or district thereof, the
2 election authority or local election official with whom such
3 petition is filed shall note the day and hour upon which such
4 objector's petition was filed, and shall, not later than
5 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
6 petition, transmit by next-day express delivery service
7 registered mail or receipted personal delivery the petition
8 for the public question and the original objector's petition
9 to the chairman of the proper electoral board designated in
10 Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
11 transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
12 delivery, of the objector's petition to the person designated
13 on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
14 proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
15 attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
16 The objector's petition shall give the objector's name
17 and residence address, shall be personally signed by the
18 objector in his own proper person, shall be verified under
19 oath, and shall state fully the nature of the objections to
20 the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or
21 petitions in question, and shall state the interest of the
22 objector and shall request that the electoral board find the
23 nomination papers or certificate of nomination invalid and
24 shall state what relief is requested of the electoral board.
25 An objector's petition that does not contain all of these
26 requirements shall be dismissed.
27 The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
28 10-10 and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections
29 to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
30 8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
31 which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern
32 petitions for the submission of public questions under
33 Article 28.
34 (Source: P.A. 86-1348.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/10-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-9)
2 Sec. 10-9. The following electoral boards are designated
3 for the purpose of hearing and passing upon the objector's
4 petition described in Section 10-8.
5 1. The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon
6 objections to the nominations of candidates for State
7 offices, nominations of candidates for congressional,
8 legislative and judicial offices of districts or circuits
9 situated in more than one county, nominations of candidates
10 for the offices of State's attorney or regional
11 superintendent of schools to be elected from more than one
12 county, and petitions for proposed amendments to the
13 Constitution of the State of Illinois as provided for in
14 Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution.
15 2. The county officers electoral board to hear and pass
16 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for county
17 offices, for congressional, legislative and judicial offices
18 of a district or circuit coterminous with or less than a
19 county, for school trustees to be voted for by the electors
20 of the county or by the electors of a township of the county,
21 for the office of multi-township assessor where candidates
22 for such office are nominated in accordance with this Code,
23 and for all special district offices, shall be composed of
24 the county clerk, or an assistant designated by the county
25 clerk, the State's attorney of the county or an Assistant
26 State's Attorney designated by the State's Attorney, and the
27 clerk of the circuit court, or an assistant designated by the
28 clerk of the circuit court, of the county, of whom the county
29 clerk or his designee shall be the chairman, except that in
30 any county which has established a county board of election
31 commissioners that board shall constitute the county officers
32 electoral board ex-officio.
33 3. The municipal officers electoral board to hear and
34 pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for
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1 officers of municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or
2 president of the board of trustees of the city, village or
3 incorporated town, and the city, village or incorporated town
4 clerk, and one member of the city council or board of
5 trustees, that member being designated who is eligible to
6 serve on the electoral board and has served the longest time
7 greatest number of years as a member of the city council or
8 board of trustees, of whom the mayor or president of the
9 board of trustees shall be the chairman.
10 4. The township officers electoral board to pass upon
11 objections to the nominations of township officers shall be
12 composed of the township supervisor, the town clerk, and that
13 eligible town trustee elected in the township who has served
14 had the longest time term of continuous service as town
15 trustee, of whom the township supervisor shall be the
16 chairman.
17 5. The education officers electoral board to hear and
18 pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for
19 offices in school or community college districts shall be
20 composed of the presiding officer of the school or community
21 college district board, who shall be the chairman, the
22 secretary of the school or community college district board
23 and the eligible elected school or community college board
24 member, other than the president and the secretary, who has
25 served the longest time term of continuous service as a board
26 member.
27 6. In all cases, however, where the Congressional or
28 Legislative district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a
29 board of election commissioners and in all cases where the
30 school district or special district is wholly within the
31 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners
32 and in all cases where the municipality or township is wholly
33 or partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of
34 election commissioners, the board of election commissioners
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1 shall ex-officio constitute the electoral board.
2 For special districts situated in more than one county,
3 the county officers electoral board of the county in which
4 the principal office of the district is located has
5 jurisdiction to hear and pass upon objections. For purposes
6 of this Section, "special districts" means all political
7 subdivisions other than counties, municipalities, townships
8 and school and community college districts.
9 If (i) In the event that any member of the appropriate
10 board is a candidate for the office with relation to which
11 the objector's petition is filed, (ii) a member circulated or
12 notarized a petition sheet for the candidate or referendum,
13 (iii) a member voted in his official capacity to authorize
14 the matter that is the subject of a back-door referendum as
15 to which objections were filed, (iv) a member is listed on a
16 slate petition as to which another slate member is the
17 subject of an objection, or (v) a member is listed as an
18 officer of a new political party on the petition that is the
19 subject of an objection, he shall not be eligible to serve on
20 that board and shall not act as a member of the board and his
21 place shall be filled as follows:
22 a. In the county officers electoral board by the
23 chairman or president of the county board or the county
24 executive, and thereafter by the county treasurer, and if
25 he or she is ineligible to serve, by the sheriff of the
26 county, in that order of preference.
27 b. In the municipal officers electoral board by the
28 remaining eligible elected city council or board of
29 trustees members in the order of the length of time each
30 member who has served the second greatest number of years
31 as a city council or board of trustees member.
32 c. In the township officers electoral board by the
33 remaining eligible elected town trustees in the order of
34 the length of time each has served trustee who has had
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1 the second longest term of continuous service as a town
2 trustee.
3 d. In the education officers electoral board by the
4 remaining eligible elected school or community college
5 district board in the order of the length of time each
6 has served member who has had the second longest term of
7 continuous service as a board member.
8 For the purposes of this Section, a member is not a
9 candidate for the office as to which the objections were
10 filed if the member is running for the same office, but for a
11 different term length or different vacancy as the candidate
12 as to whom the objections were filed. Substitutions shall be
13 made only because the member is disqualified as set forth
14 above, and not because of absence or refusal to serve.
15 If In the event that the chairman of the electoral board
16 is ineligible to act because of the fact that he is a
17 candidate for the office with relation to which the
18 objector's petition is filed, then the substitute chosen
19 under the provisions of this Section shall be the chairman;
20 In this case, the officer or board with whom the objector's
21 petition is filed, shall transmit the certificate of
22 nomination or nomination papers as the case may be, and the
23 objector's petition to the substitute chairman of the
24 electoral board.
25 When 2 or more eligible individuals, by reason of their
26 terms of service on a city council or board of trustees,
27 township board of trustees, or school or community college
28 district board, qualify to serve on an electoral board, as
29 soon as practicable after the objections are filed the
30 chairman of the electoral board shall, by lot, select one to
31 serve shall be chosen by lot.
32 Any vacancies on an electoral board not otherwise filled
33 pursuant to this Section shall be immediately filled by
34 public members who shall be licensed attorneys-at-law of this
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1 State or persons with demonstrable experience and knowledge
2 of election law appointed by the Chairman of the State Board
3 of Elections Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the county
4 wherein the electoral board hearing is being held upon
5 notification to the Chairman Chief Judge of such vacancies.
6 The Chairman Chief Judge shall be so notified by a member of
7 the electoral board or the officer or board with whom the
8 objector's petition was filed. A public member appointed
9 under this paragraph is subject to disqualification on the
10 same grounds as regular members. If In the event that none of
11 the individuals designated by this Section to serve on the
12 electoral board are eligible, the chairman of an electoral
13 board shall be designated by the Chairman of the State Board
14 of Elections Chief Judge. Public members shall be paid
15 reasonable compensation for their services at a rate to be
16 determined by the State Board of Elections by rule.
17 (Source: P.A. 87-570.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
19 Sec. 10-10. Within 2 business days 24 hours after the
20 receipt of the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
21 or proposed question of public policy, as the case may be,
22 and the objector's petition, the chairman of the electoral
23 board other than the State Board of Elections shall send a
24 call by next-day express delivery service registered or
25 certified mail to each of the members of the electoral board,
26 and to the objector who filed the objector's petition, and
27 either to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
28 nomination papers are objected to or to the principal
29 proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of public
30 policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected to,
31 and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties in
32 which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
33 such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
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1 shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required
2 to meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations
3 made for the office, designating it, and shall state the day,
4 hour and place at which the electoral board shall meet for
5 the purpose, which place may shall be in the county court
6 house in the county, or in the principal office of the
7 county, municipality, township, school district, or community
8 college district, in the case of the County Officers
9 Electoral Board, the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
10 Township Officers Electoral Board or the Education Officers
11 Electoral Board. In those cases where the State Board of
12 Elections is the electoral board designated under Section
13 10-9, the chairman of the State Board of Elections shall,
14 within 2 business days 24 hours after the receipt of the
15 certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions
16 for a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or
17 proposed statewide question of public policy, send a call by
18 next-day express delivery service registered or certified
19 mail to the objector who files the objector's petition, and
20 either to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
21 nomination papers are objected to or to the principal
22 proponent or attorney for proponents of the proposed
23 Constitutional amendment or statewide question of public
24 policy and shall state the day, hour and place at which the
25 electoral board shall meet for the purpose, which place may
26 be in the Capitol Building or in the principal or permanent
27 branch office of the State Board. The day of the meeting
28 shall not be less than 3 nor more than 5 business days after
29 the receipt of the certificate of nomination or nomination
30 papers and the objector's petition by the chairman of the
31 electoral board.
32 Service on a party made by either method provided for in
33 this Section is sufficient to effect the board's jurisdiction
34 over the party. Service on a party may be made on any person
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1 over 13 years old living in the same household as the party.
2 If the objector's petition is filed jointly by more than
3 one objector, the chairman need serve only the first-named
4 objector.
5 Failure of an electoral board, a member of an electoral
6 board, or an election authority to meet any deadline imposed
7 by this Article shall be remediable by mandamus but shall not
8 affect jurisdiction over a party or affect the validity of
9 any act done by the board, member, or election authority.
10 The electoral board shall have the power to administer
11 oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and at the
12 request of either party the chairman may issue subpoenas
13 requiring the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces
14 tecum requiring the production of such books, papers, records
15 and documents as may be evidence of any matter under inquiry
16 before the electoral board, in the same manner as witnesses
17 are subpoenaed in the Circuit Court. The education, township,
18 and municipal officers electoral boards, and a Board of
19 Election Commissioners sitting ex-officio as an electoral
20 board, shall have the authority to retain legal counsel to
21 advise it and represent its legal interests. All expenses of
22 electoral boards, other than the State Board of Elections or
23 a Board of Election Commissioners sitting ex-officio as an
24 electoral board, shall be paid as follows:
25 (a) For the county officers electoral board, by the
26 office of the County Clerk.
27 (b) For the education officers electoral board, by the
28 board of education or community college board of trustees.
29 (c) For the township officers electoral board, by the
30 township.
31 (d) For the municipal officers electoral board, by the
32 municipality.
33 Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
34 other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
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1 the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
2 law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who
3 causes the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so
4 served shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such
5 subpoena, or to testify, the electoral board shall at once
6 file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which
7 such hearing is to be heard, or has been attempted to be
8 heard, setting forth the facts, of such knowing refusal or
9 neglect, and accompanying the petition with a copy of the
10 citation and the answer, if one has been filed, together with
11 a copy of the subpoena and the return of service thereon, and
12 shall apply for an order of court requiring such person to
13 attend and testify, and forthwith produce books and papers,
14 before the electoral board. The Any circuit court of the
15 state, excluding the judge who is sitting on the electoral
16 board, upon such showing shall order such person to appear
17 and testify, and to forthwith produce such books and papers,
18 before the electoral board at a place to be fixed by the
19 court. If such person shall knowingly fail or refuse to obey
20 such order of the court without lawful excuse, the court
21 shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as the
22 nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases of
23 contempt of court.
24 The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
25 adopt rules of procedure and rules for the introduction of
26 evidence and the presentation of arguments and may, in its
27 discretion, provide for the filing of briefs by the parties
28 to the objection or by other interested persons. Only the
29 objectors and candidates may present evidence or arguments to
30 the electoral board. The proceedings shall be adversarial in
31 nature. The objector need not present evidence of his
32 standing to bring the objections. The candidate or proponent,
33 however, may attack the objector's standing collaterally. The
34 electoral board may appoint one or more administrative law
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1 judges to take evidence, hear arguments, and make a
2 recommended decision. Meetings of the electoral board,
3 including deliberations and the issuance of written decisions
4 and orders, are subject to the Open Meetings Act. The
5 electoral board shall have its meetings tape recorded or
6 recorded by a certified court reporter. All pleadings,
7 motions, and similar papers filed by a party before the
8 electoral board, including the objector's petition, must be
9 signed by an attorney whose name and address are stated on
10 the papers, or signed by the party himself. The signature of
11 an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him (i)
12 that he has read the pleading, motion, or other paper, (ii)
13 that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief,
14 formed after reasonable inquiry, the pleading, motion, or
15 paper is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing
16 law or a good-faith argument for the extension, modification,
17 or reversal of existing law, and (iii) that it is not
18 interposed for any purpose such as to harass or to cause
19 unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of the
20 ligation or a campaign. If a pleading, motion, or other paper
21 is signed in violation of this paragraph, an aggrieved party
22 may file a complaint in circuit court after the electoral
23 board has issued its written decision and the court, upon
24 finding a violation of this paragraph, shall impose by
25 judgment upon the violating party a sanction which may
26 include an order to pay to the aggrieved party the amount of
27 reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of the
28 pleading, motion, or other paper, including reasonable
29 attorney fees.
30 In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
31 objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of
32 the Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
33 Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public
34 policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
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1 certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
2 commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
3 signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
4 accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
5 valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed
6 in the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and
7 28-12 of this Code. Either party, however, may introduce
8 evidence at such hearing to dispute the findings as to
9 particular signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the
10 absence of competent evidence presented at such hearing by a
11 party substantially challenging the results of a random
12 sample, or showing a different result obtained by an
13 additional sample, this certificate of a county clerk or
14 board of election commissioners shall be presumed to
15 establish the ratio of valid to invalid signatures within the
16 particular election jurisdiction.
17 The electoral board shall take up the question as to
18 whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
19 papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not
20 they were filed within the time and under the conditions
21 required by law, and whether or not they are the genuine
22 certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions
23 which they purport to be, and whether or not in the case of
24 the certificate of nomination in question it represents
25 accurately the decision of the caucus or convention issuing
26 it, and in general shall decide whether or not the
27 certificate of nomination or nominating papers or petitions
28 on file are valid or whether the objections thereto should be
29 sustained and the decision of a majority of the electoral
30 board shall be final subject to judicial review as provided
31 in Section 10-10.1. The electoral board must state its
32 findings in writing and must state in writing which
33 objections, if any, it has sustained. The electoral board
34 must issue its written findings within 2 business days after
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1 hearing the final evidence and arguments from the parties.
2 The electoral board must issue its written findings, signed
3 by the chairman and members, at an open session with
4 appropriate prior notice to the parties. At that session, the
5 electoral board shall provide copies of its written findings
6 to all parties if they are present, and if a party is not
7 present the electoral board shall immediately send a copy of
8 its written findings to the party by regular mail to the
9 party at the address shown on the objector's petition,
10 nomination papers, or certificate of nomination.
11 Upon the expiration of the period within which a
12 proceeding for judicial review must be commenced under
13 Section 10--10.1, The electoral board shall immediately,
14 unless a proceeding for judicial review has been commenced
15 within such period, transmit, by next-day express delivery
16 service registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its
17 ruling, together with the original certificate of nomination
18 or nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
19 petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate
20 of nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected
21 to, were on file, and such officer or board shall immediately
22 issue an amended ballot certification incorporating the
23 findings of the electoral board, if necessary, and abide by
24 and comply with the ruling so made to all intents and
25 purposes.
26 (Source: P.A. 85-293; 86-1348.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/10-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1)
28 Sec. 10-10.1. Except as otherwise provided in this
29 Section, a candidate or objector aggrieved by the decision of
30 an electoral board may secure administrative judicial review
31 of such decision in the circuit court of the county in which
32 the hearing of the electoral board was held in the circuit
33 court of any county in which the subject election will be
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1 held (if the election is not a statewide election), or in the
2 county of the candidate's or objector's residence. The party
3 seeking administrative judicial review must file a petition
4 for administrative review with the clerk of the court within
5 3 10 days after the decision of the electoral board. The
6 petition shall name the electoral board, all parties to the
7 electoral board proceedings, and any election authority that
8 will issue ballots for the subject election as respondents
9 and shall contain a brief statement of the reasons why the
10 decision of the board should be reversed. The petitioner
11 shall serve a copy of the petition upon the electoral board
12 and other parties to the proceeding by next-day express
13 delivery service, personal service, registered or certified
14 mail and shall file proof of service with the clerk of the
15 court. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law shall
16 govern the administrative review of electoral board
17 decisions, except that (i) any answer to the petition must be
18 filed within 5 business days after the petition was filed
19 with the court, and (ii) the court must dispose of the
20 petition within 15 business days after filing of the
21 petition. The electoral board shall file the administrative
22 record within 5 business days after filing of the petition.
23 Before ruling on the petition, the court may enter such
24 orders relating to ballot printing or issuance as it deems
25 appropriate. Any notice of appeal to the appellate court must
26 be filed within 3 business days, rather than 30 days, from
27 the circuit court's final order. Upon receipt of the
28 docketing statement, the appellate court shall enter an order
29 providing an expedited schedule for disposition of the case
30 calculated to resolve the matter, if possible, prior to the
31 subject election. No answer to the petition need be filed,
32 but any answer must be filed within 10 days after the filing
33 of the petition.
34 The court shall set the matter for hearing to be held
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1 within 30 days after the filing of the petition and shall
2 make its decision promptly after such hearing.
3 An objector or proponent aggrieved by the decision of an
4 electoral board regarding a petition filed pursuant to
5 Section 18-120 of the Property Tax Code may secure a review
6 of such decision by the State Board of Elections. The party
7 seeking such review must file a petition therefor with the
8 State Board of Elections within 10 days after the decision of
9 the electoral board. Any such objector or proponent may
10 apply for and obtain judicial review of a decision of the
11 State Board of Elections entered under this amendatory Act of
12 1985, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative
13 Review Law, as amended.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)