Section 240.200  Definitions

a)         The terms and definitions found in 1 Ill. Adm. Code 210.100 are incorporated into this Part.

b)         Conditions that preclude compliance with the general rulemaking requirements imposed by Section 5-40 of the Act include only those conditions that make it impossible to comply with the notice or hearing requirements of the Act.  A federal law, federal rule or regulation, or court order that merely makes it more difficult to comply or prescribes the content of such rulemaking does not make it impossible to comply.

c)         Federal rules and regulations means those rules published in the Code of Federal Regulations or those rules published as adopted rules in the Federal Register.

d)         Peremptory rule means a rule adopted pursuant to the rulemaking process provided in Section 5-50 of the Act.

e)         Peremptory rulemaking means the process of adopting a rule as provided in Section 5-50 of the Act.

(Source:  Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 4745, effective March 14, 1994)