20 ILCS 801/80-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH|20 ILCS 801/ - Department of Natural Resources Act.|Article 80 - Transition Provisions

Sec. 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.       (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)