When must the agency file the Illinois direct-review record?

Confirm the statutory direct-review proceeding under Rule 335.

Obtain the petition’s actual Appellate Court file mark and any record-extension orders.

Prepare the record required by paragraph (d), including its arrangement, numbering and certification.

1. Confirm the statutory direct-review proceeding under Rule 335.
2. Exclude the independently established triggering day and count intermediate calendar days under 5 ILCS 70/1.11. A filing, entry, effective service or previously established due date must come from its actual record. Do not substitute one event for another.
3. Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. File the agency record with the Appellate Court in the required form and preserve its actual file mark. Paragraph (d) incorporates Rules 321 through 325 and electronic record standards. Retain any omission stipulation and later request or order for omitted portions. File with the proper clerk in the required format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires civil electronic filing, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily requires submission before midnight in the court time zone unless a statute, rule or actual order specifies a different time. A submission on a closed clerk day ordinarily receives the next open-day stamp. Preserve the actual electronic file mark, receipt and any filing-relief order. Filing and service are distinct acts.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The direct-review petition was actually filed and no extension changes the ordinary agency record period. The established event is August 2, 2027. No additional local closure or different court direction is assumed.

Fictitious facts. The civil procedure classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

Record content and omitted portions need their actual record

Paragraph (d) ordinarily includes the entire agency record. The agency and petitioner may stipulate to omit portions, which must later be transmitted on a served request by a stated party or court order. Follow the stated arrangement and certification requirements.

Late extension relief is qualified and discretionary

Paragraph (e) allows the reviewing court or a judge to grant an extension on motion before original or extended expiration, or within 35 days afterward with reasonable excuse for not filing the motion earlier. Preserve the actual ruling.

Briefing starts from the record’s actual filing

Paragraph (f) starts Rule 343 briefing time from the record filing day. Paragraph (i)(1) excludes Rule 326 while applying other listed appellate provisions insofar as appropriate.

• The calculator does not decide the applicable civil procedure, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
• Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical case’s timetable.

• Confirm the statutory direct-review proceeding under Rule 335.
• Obtain the petition’s actual Appellate Court file mark and any record-extension orders.
• Prepare the record required by paragraph (d), including its arrangement, numbering and certification.
• Paragraph (d) ordinarily includes the entire agency record. The agency and petitioner may stipulate to omit portions, which must later be transmitted on a served request by a stated party or court order. Follow the stated arrangement and certification requirements.
• Paragraph (e) allows the reviewing court or a judge to grant an extension on motion before original or extended expiration, or within 35 days afterward with reasonable excuse for not filing the motion earlier. Preserve the actual ruling.
• Paragraph (f) starts Rule 343 briefing time from the record filing day. Paragraph (i)(1) excludes Rule 326 while applying other listed appellate provisions insofar as appropriate.
• File the agency record with the Appellate Court in the required form and preserve its actual file mark. Paragraph (d) incorporates Rules 321 through 325 and electronic record standards. Retain any omission stipulation and later request or order for omitted portions. File with the proper clerk in the required format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires civil electronic filing, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily requires submission before midnight in the court time zone unless a statute, rule or actual order specifies a different time. A submission on a closed clerk day ordinarily receives the next open-day stamp. Preserve the actual electronic file mark, receipt and any filing-relief order. Filing and service are distinct acts.