Section 15 ILCS 505/0.06 - Savings provisions(a) The rights, powers, duties, and functions transferred to the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate by this amendatory Act of 1999 shall be vested in and exercised by the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate subject to the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1999. An act done by the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate or an officer, employee, or agent of the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate in the exercise of the transferred rights, powers, duties, or functions shall have the same legal effect as if done by the Department of Financial Institutions or an officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Financial Institutions prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999.(b) The transfer of rights, powers, duties, and functions to the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate under this amendatory Act of 1999 does not invalidate any previous action taken by or in respect to the Department of Financial Institutions or its officers, employees, or agents. References to the Department of Financial Institutions or its officers, employees or agents in any document, contract, agreement, or law shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate or the officers, employees, or agents of the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate.
(c) The transfer of rights, powers, duties, and functions from the Department of Financial Institutions to the State Treasurer or the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate under this amendatory Act of 1999 does not affect the rights, obligations, or duties of any other person or entity, including any civil or criminal penalties applicable thereto, arising out of those transferred rights, powers, duties, and functions.(d) With respect to matters that pertain to a right, power, duty, or function transferred to the State Treasurer under this amendatory Act of 1999: (1) Beginning July 1, 1999, any report or notice that was previously required to be made or given by any person to the Department of Financial Institutions or any of its officers, employees, or agents under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act) or rules promulgated pursuant to that Act shall be made or given in the same manner to the State Treasurer or his or her appropriate officer, employee, or agent.(2) Beginning July 1, 1999, any document that was previously required to be furnished or served by any person to or upon the Department of Financial Institutions or any of its officers, employees, or agents under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act) or rules promulgated pursuant to that Act shall be furnished or served in the same manner to or upon the State Treasurer or his or her appropriate officer, employee, or agent.(e) This amendatory Act of 1999 does not affect any act done, ratified, or canceled, any right occurring or established, or any action or proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause before July 1, 1999. Any such action or proceeding that pertains to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act) or rules promulgated pursuant to that Act and that is pending on that date may be prosecuted, defended, or continued by the State Treasurer.Amended by P.A. 100-0022,§ 17-25, eff. 1/1/2018. P.A. 91-16, eff. 6/4/1999.