Section 1001.210 Definitions

Section 1001

Section 1001.210  Definitions

"Administrative

hearing" means a proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, and

privileges of a petitioner are determined by the Secretary as required by the

Safety Responsibility Law.

"Code"

or "IVC" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5].

"Continue

a hearing" means to re-schedule a hearing to another date certain.

"Department"

means the Department of Transportation, State of Illinois.

"Hearing

officer" means the person appointed by the Secretary to conduct an

administrative hearing held pursuant to this Subpart.

"Interested

party" means an insured person, claimant, or parties suffering property

damages and/or personal injuries who is not the petitioner.

"Order of

Default" means an Order entered by the Department 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 his/her inability to appear.

"Party"

means any petitioner or interested party.

"Person"

means every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation.

"Petitioner"

means any person who could be or is being afforded a hearing pursuant to this

Subpart and who is the only party as defined in Sections 7-201 and 7-202 of the

Code, as being subject to the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law.

"Secretary"

means the Secretary of State, State of Illinois, through the Department of

Administrative Hearings.

"Withdraw

from a hearing" means to retract one's petition to contest the preliminary

finding that a reasonable possibility of a civil judgement exists against that

petitioner, upon the motion or at the request of the petitioner.