The Department is not required to certify any record or file any answer or otherwise appear in any proceeding for judicial review unless there is filed in the court with the complaint a receipt from the Department acknowledging payment of the costs of furnishing and certifying the record, which costs shall be computed at the rate of $1 per page of such record . Failure on the part of the plaintiff to make such deposit shall be grounds for dismissal of the action.
210 ILCS 125/20