Topic:
Administrative Review Law
(Kotowski, D-Park Ridge; Moylan, D-Des Plaines) amends the Administrative Review Law of the Code of the Civil Procedure to do two things: (1) Excludes as “parties of record” individuals who are not acting in an official capacity and whose participation in proceedings before an administrative agency is limited to attendance or testimony at a public hearing or submission of written statements to the agency. (2) Requires the plaintiff to send notice of filing of the action by certified mail to those individuals even though they are not party of record. The notice must be mailed within two days of the filing of the action for the decision from which the action to review is taken. The notice must inform the individual of his or her right to intervene as a defendant in the action by applying to the court within 30 days of the mailing of the notice. On third reading in the House and scheduled for action by the House at its next scheduled session in November.