(20 ILCS 4116/27)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on August 1, 2025)

Sec. 27. Continuation of Act; validation.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1) Public Act 102-1129, which took effect on February 10, 2023, changed the repeal date set for the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act from February 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023.

(2) The Statute on Statutes sets forth general rules on the repeal of statutes and the construction of multiple amendments, but Section 1 of that Act also states that these rules will not be observed when the result would be "inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute".

(3) This amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly manifests the intention of the General Assembly to extend the repeal of the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act and have the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act continue in effect until February 1, 2024.

(4) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act was originally enacted to protect, promote, and preserve the general welfare. Any construction of this Act that results in the repeal of this Act on February 1, 2023, would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly and repugnant to the context of the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act.

(b) It is hereby declared to have been the intent of the General Assembly that the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act not be subject to repeal on February 1, 2023.

(c) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act shall be deemed to have been in continuous effect since May 27, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-998), and it shall continue to be in effect until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously enacted amendments to the Act taking effect on or after February 1, 2023, are hereby validated.

(d) All actions taken in reliance on or pursuant to the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act by any person or entity are hereby validated.

(e) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act, it is set forth in full and reenacted by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Striking and underscoring are used only to show changes being made to the base text. This reenactment is intended as a continuation of the Act. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to the Act that is enacted by the 103rd General Assembly.

(f) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act applies to all claims, civil actions, and proceedings pending on or filed on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 103-461, eff. 8-4-23.)