Rule 9 - Timing and Timeliness of Filings: General Provisions(a)Availability of Electronic Filing System. Electronic submission of a document may be made any day of the week, including weekends and holidays, and at any time of day that the electronic filing system is available. The expansive availability of the electronic filing system shall not affect the provisions for computation and extension of time set forth by statute or by Supreme Court Rule 27.(b)Timing of Electronic Filings. When a document is submitted through the electronic filing system, the electronic filing system shall issue to the filer an electronic notification that confirms the document's submission and shall issue to each other registered e-filer in the case an electronic notification that constitutes service of the submitted document. Following receipt of the submission, the clerk shall review the submitted document to determine whether the document should be docketed. If the clerk dockets the document, the electronic filing system shall issue an electronic notification to the filer that the submission has been so docketed, and the document shall be deemed to have been filed on the date that it was submitted, unless that date is a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or other day that the clerk's office is closed, in which case the document shall be deemed to have been filed on the next day that the clerk's office is open for business. If the clerk rejects the submitted document for docketing purposes, the clerk shall issue an electronic notification through the electronic filing system advising the filer that the submission has been so rejected, and the document shall be deemed not to have been filed.(c)Timing of Conventional Filings. A document that is filed conventionally in a case subject to these rules shall be governed by Supreme Court Rule 26(1) with respect to the timing of the filing.(d)Timeliness of Filings. A document that is electronically submitted through the court's electronic filing system and docketed by the clerk shall be deemed timely if it is filed, as measured by (b) above, at or before 11:59:59 p.m. on the date that the filing is due. A document that is filed conventionally in a case subject to these rules shall be deemed timely if it is filed, as measured by Supreme Court Rule 26(1), on or before the date that the filing is due.Adopted March 29, 2018, effective 3/29/2018.