Ill. Admin. Code tit. 14 § 130.1120

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section 130.1120 - Hearings

The sequence to be followed for each contested case is as follows:

a) Pre-Hearing Conference - Optional. The purposes of which are set out in Section 130.1118 of this Part; and

b) Hearings

1) Preliminary matters - Motions, attempts to narrow issues or limit evidence;

2) Opening Statements - The party initiating the hearing proceeds first;

3) Case in Chief - Evidence and witnesses are presented by the party initiating the hearing. As a witness' testimony is completed, he or she is subject to cross-examination;

4) Defense (including affirmative defense) - Evidence and witnesses may be presented by the opposing parties;

5) Rebuttal;

6) Closing Statements - The party bearing the burden of proof proceeds first, then the opposing party, then a final reply by the party bearing the burden of proof; and

7) Hearing Officer's Report consisting of: a statement of matters officially noticed, proposed findings of fact, proposed conclusions of law, and proposed recommendation as to disposition by the hearing officer.

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 130.1120

Added at 14 Ill. Reg. 5188, effective March 26, 1990