2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 775 - HUMAN RIGHTS › 775 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Human Rights Act. › Article 9 - Savings Provisions

(775 ILCS 5/Art. 9 heading)
ARTICLE 9.  
		SAVINGS PROVISIONS
(775 ILCS 5/9-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 9-101)
Sec. 9-101. 
		Transfer; savings.
(A) Personnel.
(1) All personnel previously assigned to the Fair     Employment Practices Commission, Department of Equal Employment Opportunity, and Human Relations Commission shall be transferred, in accordance with this Act to the Department or Commission.
(2) The rights of employees, the state, and its     executive agencies under the Personnel Code, any collective bargaining agreement, or any pension, retirement or annuity plan shall not be affected by this Act.
(B) Documents; Property. All books, records, papers, documents, and property
in the possession of the Fair Employment Practices Commission, Department
of Equal Employment Opportunity, and Human Relations Commission shall be
transferred, in accordance with this Act to the Department or Commission.
(C) Service of Documents; Response to Subpoenas.  Any report, notice, paper,
document or response to a subpoena which previously had to be made, given,
furnished or served to or upon the Fair Employment Practices Commission,
Department of Equal Employment Opportunity and Human Relations Commission
shall be made, given, furnished or served, in accordance with this Act to
the Department.
(D) Rules and Regulations. No rule or regulation promulgated by the Fair
Employment Practices Commission, Department of Equal Employment Opportunity,
or Human Relations Commission, including those now in effect and those filed
pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,  shall be abrogated
by this
Act. In accordance with this Act they shall be deemed rules and regulations
of the Department or the Commission.
(E) Completed Acts. This Act shall not affect any act completed, ratified
or confirmed or any action taken in a judicial proceeding by or any right
accrued or established under the authority of the Fair Employment Practices
Commission, Department of Equal Employment Opportunity, Human Relations
Commission. Such actions shall be continued, in accordance with this Act,
by the Department or Commission.
(F) Appropriations. Appropriations made to or for the use of the Fair
Employment Practices Commission, Department of Equal Employment Opportunity,
and Human Relations Commission shall be transferred, in accordance with
Section 9b of the State Finance Act,
to the Department or Commission.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(775 ILCS 5/9-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 9-102)
Sec. 9-102. Pending matters.
(A) Charges; Complaints; Causes of Action. This Act shall
not affect or abate any cause of action, charge, complaint or other
matter pending before or accrued under the jurisdiction of
the Fair Employment Practices Commission or the Department of Equal
Employment Opportunity. Each charge, complaint, or matter shall be
assumed by the Department or Commission, as provided in this Act, at the
same stage, or a parallel stage, of proceeding to which it had
progressed prior to the effective date of this Act.
(B) Special Cases. The Human Rights Act shall not in any way affect or
abate any right,
claim or cause of action under the "Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped
Act", approved August 23, 1971, as amended, which accrued or arose prior
to July 1, 1980.
(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)