Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Property Tax Appeal Board

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal, before us for the second time (see 67 Ill. App. 3d 428), essentially questions whether a letter placed in a mail bag immediately adjacent to a United States Mail Box is a deposit in the “United States Mail” as required by the statute pertaining to service of an administrative decision. We conclude, under the circumstances of this case, that it is.

Section 4 of the Administrative Review Act requires a party to file a complaint for administrative review “within 35 days from the date that a copy of the decision sought…