Illinois Administrative Code
Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION
Part 2123 - BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL RULES FOR HEARINGS
Section 2123.160 - Hearings
Universal Citation: 41 IL Admin Code § 2123.160
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
The sequence to be followed for all contested cases is as follows:
a) Preliminary Hearing. The purpose is to set a date on which all parties expect to be prepared and to rule on any preliminary motions which are presented. This may be eliminated by agreement of the parties, by the Board, or by the hearing officer.
b) Prehearing Conference - Optional. The purposes are set out in Section 2123.150.
c) Hearings
1) Preliminary Matters - Motion, attempts to
narrow issues or limit evidence.
2)
Opening Statements - The party bearing the burden of proof proceeds
first.
3) Case in Chief - Evidence
and witnesses are presented by the party bearing the burden of proof. As
witnesses' testimony is completed, they are subject to
cross-examination.
4) Defense -
Evidence and witnesses may be presented by the opposing parties.
5) Closing Statements - The party bearing the
burden of proof proceeds first, then the opposing party, then a final word by
the party bearing the burden of proof.
6) Board Report - Described in Section
2123.240.
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