Section 5000.920  Business Hours and Public Access

a)         The public business hours of the JRTC are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

b)         The public business hours of the other buildings are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays declared by the Governor pursuant to Section 5-635 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 5/5-635].

c)         Entrance to any building other than during the times stated in subsection (a) of this Section is prohibited, except that the following persons who shall be admitted to office areas assigned to them for their use in carrying out their official duties:

1)         members of the General Assembly;

2)         employees of the General Assembly;

3)         employees of the executive departments whose offices are in the building;

4)         any authorized maintenance, repairer, contractor or other service employee, while performing duties that have been arranged for by the Department; and

5)         any person who is specially requested to enter into any building or office by an authorized individual listed in subsection (b)(1) through (4) of this Section.

d)         Proper identification of all persons, such as a press pass, government identity card, a driver's license or other document that shows the identity of the person, may be demanded by security personnel, and all persons will be required to sign in and out of a building after 6 p.m. and before 7 a.m.  Only one entrance shall be open after the public business hours.  Factors to be considered in which identification may be requested include, but are not limited to:  the security guard does not recognize the individual; the behavior of the individual; and accessibility to office areas, work areas and restricted access areas.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 14094, effective August 10, 2006)