Article 900 - Codification Provisions - Illinois Statutes

      (70 ILCS 200/Art. 900 heading)ARTICLE 900. CODIFICATION PROVISIONS

(70 ILCS 200/900‑1)     Sec. 900‑1. Prior law.     (a) A provision of this Code that is a continuation of a prior law shall not be construed as a new or different law.     (b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Section of an Act that is continued in this Code shall be construed to be a citation to that continued provision in this Code. (Source: P.A. 90‑328, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

(70 ILCS 200/900‑5)     Sec. 900‑5. Other Acts of the General Assembly. If any Act of the General Assembly changes, adds, or repeals a provision of prior law that is continued in this Code, then that change, addition, or repeal in the other Act shall be construed together with this Code. (Source: P.A. 90‑328, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

(70 ILCS 200/900‑10)     Sec. 900‑10. Home rule; mandates. Nothing in this Code as initially enacted (i) is a denial or limitation on home rule powers if no denial or limitation existed under prior law or (ii) creates a State mandate under the State Mandates Act if no mandate existed under prior law. (Source: P.A. 90‑328, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

(70 ILCS 200/900‑15)     Sec. 900‑15. Titles; Articles; captions. The language contained in the Titles, Article headings, and Section and subsection captions in this Code:         (1) is intended only as a general description that

is not a part of the substantive provisions of this Code;

(2) does not take precedence over the content of the

substantive provisions of this Code; and

(3) shall not be used in construing the meaning of

the substantive provisions of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 90‑328, eff. 1‑1‑98.)