(220 ILCS 30/2.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 402.1)
    Sec. 2.1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, that, except as otherwise provided in this Act, any power or function set forth in this Act to be exercised by the State is an exclusive power or function and such power or function may not be exercised concurrently, either directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 78-936.)