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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COB #310246
AMENDMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS ORDINANCE
Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by Larry Suffredin, County Commissioner.
The following is a synopsis of the Proposed Ordinance Amendment:
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Section 2-911 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-911. Administrative hearings.
(a) Any administrative adjudication proceeding conducted by the department of administrative hearings shall afford the parties an opportunity for a hearing before an administrative law officer.
(b) An attorney who appears on behalf of any person shall file with the administrative law officer a written appearance on a form provided by the department of administrative hearings for such purpose.
(c) In no event shall the case for the County be presented by an employee of the department of administrative hearings; provided, however, that documentary evidence, including the notice of violation, which has been prepared by another department, agency, board or commission of the County, may be presented at the hearing by the administrative law officer.
(d) The administrative law officer may grant continuances only upon a finding of good cause.
(e) All testimony shall be given under oath or affirmation.
(f) The administrative law officer may issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and testimony of relevant witnesses and the production of relevant documents. Issuance of subpoenas shall be subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2-913 (relating to subpoenas).
(g) Subject to subsection (j) of this section, the administrative law officer may permit witnesses to submit their testimony by affidavit or by telephone.
(h) The formal and technical rules of evidence shall not apply in the conduct of the hearing. Evidence, including hearsay, may be admitted only if it is of a type co...
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