Section 176.1000 Definitions

Section 176.1000  Definitions

"Act" means the Illinois

Notary Public Act [5 ILCS 312].

"Contested case"

means

an adjudicatory proceeding

conducted by the Department of Administrative

Hearings

in which the individual legal rights, duties, or privileges of a

party are required by law to be determined by

the Secretary of State

only after an opportunity for a hearing.

[5 ILCS 100/1-30]

"Continue a hearing"

means to reschedule a hearing to another date certain. A decision to continue a

hearing is a continuance.

"Department of Administrative

Hearings" means the Department of Administrative Hearings of the Office of

the Secretary of State of Illinois.

"Director" means the

Director or Acting Director of the Department of Administrative Hearings.

"Formal Hearing" means a

hearing authorized to be held by the Department of Administrative Hearings under

the Act or this Part.

"Hearing Officer" means

any person designated by the Secretary of State to preside at any hearing

conducted under this Subpart.

"Order of Default" means

an Order entered by the Department of Administrative Hearings which denies all

relief because a petitioner fails to appear for a hearing at the time, date,

and place specified in the Notice of Hearing or Notice of a continued hearing

date without prior notification to the Department of the petitioner's inability

to appear.

"Party" means any person

named or admitted as a participant in any hearing conducted under this Subpart,

including the Secretary and the Department of Administrative Hearings.

"Person" includes any

individual, corporation, partnership, association, or firm legally capable of

either seeking the action of the Office of the Secretary of State or being the

subject of the action.

"Petitioner" is the

party who by written request seeks or applies for any relief from the Secretary

under the Act or this Part

uding the Secretary and the Department of Administrative Hearings.

"Person" includes any

individual, corporation, partnership, association, or firm legally capable of

either seeking the action of the Office of the Secretary of State or being the

subject of the action.

"Petitioner" is the

party who by written request seeks or applies for any relief from the Secretary

under the Act or this Part.

"Respondent" means a

person against whom a complaint or petition is filed, or who, because of

interest in the subject matter of a petition or application or the relief

sought in the petition or application, is made a respondent or to whom an order

or complaint is directed by the Department of Administrative Hearings.

"Secretary" means the

Illinois Secretary of State.

"Withdrawal from a hearing"

means to terminate a hearing upon the motion or at the request of the

petitioner.