A home rule unit which is a financially distressed city to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4 may not employ financial or fiscal accounting or budgetary procedures or systems, nor place into effect any Financial Plan or Budget, nor enter into any contract or make any expenditure, nor otherwise conduct its financial and fiscal affairs or take other action in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Division, until such time as the powers and responsibilities of the Authority are terminated as provided in Section 8-12-22. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units which are financially distressed cities to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4 of powers and functions exercised by the State.
65 ILCS 5/8-12-24