20 ILCS 1305/80-35

(20 ILCS 1305/80-35)

Sec. 80-35.

Savings provisions.

(a) The rights, powers, duties, and functions transferred to the Department
of Human Services by this Act shall be vested in and exercised by the
Department subject to the provisions of this Act.  An act done by the
Department or an officer, employee, or agent of the Department in the exercise
of the transferred rights, powers, duties, or functions shall have the same
legal effect as if done by the predecessor agency or an officer, employee, or
agent of the predecessor agency.

(b) The transfer of rights, powers, duties, and functions to the Department
of Human Services under this Act does not invalidate any previous action taken
by or in respect to any of its predecessor agencies or their officers,
employees, or agents.  References to those predecessor agencies or their
officers, employees or agents in any document, contract, agreement, or law
shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the Department or its
officers, employees, or agents.

(c) The transfer of rights, powers, duties, and functions to the Department
of Human Services 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 rights, powers, duties, and
functions.

(d) With respect to matters that pertain to a right, power, duty, or
function transferred to the Department of Human Services under this Act:

(1) Beginning July 1, 1997, a report or notice that

was previously required to be made or given by any person to a predecessor agency or any of its officers, employees, or agents shall be made or given in the same manner to the Department or its appropriate officer, employee, or agent.

(2) Beginning July 1, 1997, a document that was

previously required to be furnished or served by any person to or upon a predecessor agency or any of its officers, employees, or agents shall be furnished or served in the same manner to or upon the Department or its appropriate officer, employee, or agent.

(e) 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 July 1, 1997.  Any such action
or proceeding that pertains to a right, power, duty, or function transferred to
the Department of Human Services under this Act and that is pending on that
date may be prosecuted, defended, or continued by the Department of Human
Services.

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)