Section 20 ILCS 801/80-35 - Savings provisions(a) The rights, powers, and duties transferred to or retained in the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency by this Act shall be vested in and shall be exercised by them subject to the provisions of this Act. (b) An act done by a successor department or agency, or an officer or employee thereof, in the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act shall have the same legal effect as if done by the former department or division or the officers or employees thereof. (c) The transfer of rights, powers, and duties to the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency under this Act does not invalidate any previous action taken by or in respect to any of their predecessor departments or divisions or their officers or employees. References to these predecessor departments or divisions or their officers or employees in any document, contract, agreement, or law shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the successor department, agency, officer, or employee. (d) The transfer of powers and duties to the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency under this Act does not affect any person's rights, obligations, or duties, including any civil or criminal penalties applicable thereto, arising out of those transferred powers and duties. (e) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made or given or documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the departments or divisions, officers and employees transferred by this Act, they shall be made, given, furnished, or served in the same manner to or upon the successor department or agency, officer or employee. (f) This Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or cancelled, any right occurring or established, or any action or proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause before this Act takes effect. Any such action or proceeding still pending may be prosecuted and continued by the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), or the Historic Preservation Agency, as the case may be. (g) This Act does not affect the legality of any rules that are in force on the effective date of this Act that have been duly adopted by any of the agencies reorganized under this Act. Those rules shall continue in effect until amended or repealed, except that references to a predecessor department shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the successor department or agency under this Act. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency shall each propose and adopt under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act any rules that may be necessary to consolidate and clarify the rules of their predecessor departments relating to matters transferred to them under this Act.
Amended by P.A. 094-0793, § 205, eff. 5/19/2006.P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.