Ill. Admin. Code tit. 86, § 200.195
The Administrative Record
Effective Jan 1, 199620 Ill. Reg. 888AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 8, 9, 10 and 12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act [35 ILCS 120/8, 9, 10 and 12] and Sections 908, 909, 910, 914, 915, 916 and 918 of the Illinois Income Tax Act [35 ILCS 5/908, 909, 910, 914, 915, 916 and 918] and Sections 17, 18, 19, 21 and 25 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act [35 ILCS 135/16, 17, 18, 21 and 25] and Sections 7, 8, 9a, 9b, 10 and 10a of the Cigarette Tax Act [35 ILCS 130/7, 8, 9a, 9b, 10 and 10a] and Sections 8-5, 8-6, 8-7 and 8-8 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 [235 ILCS 5/8-5, 8-6, 8-7 and 8-8] and authorized by Section 12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act [35 ILCS 120/12] and Section 1401 of the Illinois Income Tax Act [5 ILCS 5/1401] and Section 21 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act [35 ILCS 135/21] and Section 8 of the Cigarette Tax Act [35 ILCS 130/8] and Section 8-13 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 [235 ILCS 5/8-13] and Section 39b20.1 of the Civil Administrative Code [20 ILCS 2502/39b20.1].DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
a) Upon the filing of a complaint in the Circuit Court of any county in this State for the judicial review of a final administrative decision of the Department, the record of administrative proceedings before the Department on that decision shall constitute the Department's Answer. In accordance with Section 10-35 of the Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100/10-35], the record in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, shall consist of the following matters:
- 1) All pleadings (including all notices and responses thereto), motions, and rulings;
- 2) All evidence received;
- 3) A statement of matters officially noticed;
- 4) Any offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;
- 5) Any proposed findings and exceptions;
- 6) Any decision, opinion, or report by the Administrative Law Judge;
- 7) All staff memoranda or data submitted to the Administrative Law Judge;
- 8) Any communication prohibited by Section 10-60 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
- b) No document of any nature shall be considered to be part of the administrative record unless it has been marked and offered or received in evidence during the course of a hearing or has otherwise been filed with the Administrative Clerk and bears an appropriate stamp as a certification of such filing. Any document not comporting with this requirement shall not be considered nor have any legal effect before this agency.
- c) The parties shall be under a duty to keep the record to a reasonable minimum wherever possible. In all cases, the record shall be limited to issues which are legitimately in dispute. Documents or other items which pertain to factual matters which are not being contested nor challenged, or which may be redundant or repetitive, should be excluded from the record. Copies of tax returns, unless they are necessary for proving a contested factual issue, should also be excluded.
(Source: Added at 20 Ill. Reg. 888, effective January 1, 1996)