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735 ILCS 5/3-110 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 5/3-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 3-110)
    Sec. 3-110. Scope of review. Every action to review any final administrative decision shall be heard and determined by the court with all convenient speed. The hearing and determination shall extend to all questions of law and fact presented by the entire record before the court. No new or additional evidence in support of or in opposition to any finding, order, determination or decision of the administrative agency shall be heard by the court. The findings and conclusions of the administrative agency on questions of fact shall be held to be prima facie true and correct.
(Source: P.A. 88-1.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 523 cases (137 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Marconi v. Chicago Heights Police Pension Bd., 870 N.E.2d 273 (Ill. 2007).
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Marconi v. Chicago Heights Police Pension Bd., 870 N.E.2d 273 (Ill. 2007). · cites it 4× “735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2002); International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 148 v.”
City of Belvidere v. Illinois State Labor Relations Bd., 692 N.E.2d 295 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to the Act, judicial review *302 of the Board's decision is limited and governed by the Administrative Review Law (735 ILCS 5/3-110; 5 ILCS 315/11(e) (West 1994)).”
Scatchell v. Bd. of Fire & Police Commissioners for Melrose Park, 2022 IL App (1st) 201361 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 4× “at 531-32 ; 735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2020). We may not consider new or additional evidence beyond what was originally presented to the Board.”
Carpetland U.S.A., Inc. v. Illinois Dep't of Emp. Sec., 776 N.E.2d 166 (Ill. 2002). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2000); City of Belvidere, 181 Ill.”
Lopez v. Dart, 2018 IL App (1st) 170733 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “In addition, the Sheriff argues that the Taylor decision is not relevant to the issue before us because the final decision issued by the Merit Board, from which the plaintiff now appeals, was never signed by or presided over by Rosales.”
Exelon Corp. v. Dep't of Revenue, 917 N.E.2d 899 (Ill. 2009). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 1994). The proper standard of review depends on whether the question presented is one of fact, one of law, or a mixed question of fact and law.”
Bd. of Educ., Joliet Tp. v. Bd. of Educ., 897 N.E.2d 756 (Ill. 2008). · cites it 3× “" 735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2006). The appellate court reasoned that because section 7-2b limited the Board's authority to reviewing only the procedural requirements for a petition for detachment and annexation, the circuit court's authority on administrative review was similarly…”
Shachter v. City of Chicago, 2011 IL App (1st) 103582 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 3× “” 735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2008). Furthermore, our supreme court has stated: “The applicable standard of review–which determines the extent of deference afforded to the administrative agency’s decision–depends upon whether the question presented is a question of fact, a question…”
Medponics Illinois LLC v. Dept. of Agric., 2021 IL 125443 (Ill. 2021). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2014). ¶ 29 The applicable standard of review will determine the level of deference given to the administrative agency’s decision and is contingent on whether the question is one of fact, one of law, or a mixed question of law and fact.”
Williams v. Dep't of Human Servs. Div. of Rehab. Servs., 2019 IL App (1st) 181517 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “The agency’s factual findings are “prima facie true and correct” (735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2016)) and will not be disturbed on appeal unless they are against the manifest weight of the evidence (Woods v.”
People v. Johnson, 2022 IL App (1st) 201371 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “” 735 ILCS 5/3-110 (West 2018). Our supreme court has also made clear that “[i]n examining an administrative agency’s factual findings, a reviewing court does not weigh the evidence or substitute its judgment for that of the agency.”
Mireles v. Dart, 2023 IL App (1st) 221090 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “Section 3-7012 of the Code provides that the Administrative Review Law applies to and governs proceedings for review of the Board. 55 ILCS 5/3-7012 (West 2014). ¶ 54 Under the Administrative Review Law, our review extends to all questions of fact and law presented by the entire…”
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