(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-60)

Sec. 3-2.5-60. Savings provisions.

(a) The rights, powers, duties, and functions transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this Article shall be vested in and exercised by the Department subject to the provisions of this Article. An act done by the Department of 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 Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections or an officer, employee, or agent of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.

(b) The transfer of rights, powers, duties, and functions to the Department of Juvenile Justice under this Article does not invalidate any previous action taken by or in respect to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections or its officers, employees, or agents. References to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections or its 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 Juvenile Justice under this Article 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 Juvenile Justice under this Article:

(1) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, a report or notice that was previously required to be made or given by any person to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections 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 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, a document that was previously required to be furnished or served by any person to or upon the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections or any of its officers, employees, or agents shall be furnished or served in the same manner to or upon the Department of Juvenile Justice or its appropriate officer, employee, or agent.

(e) This Article 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 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. Any such action or proceeding that pertains to a right, power, duty, or function transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice under this Article and that is pending on that date may be prosecuted, defended, or continued by the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)