(225 ILCS 235/26)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)

Sec. 26. Continuation of Act; validation.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1) Public Act 94-754, which became effective on May 10, 2006, changed the repeal date set for the Structural Pest Control Act within the Regulatory Sunset Act from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008.

(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 95th General Assembly manifests the intention of the General Assembly to remove the current repealer of the Structural Pest Control Act set forth in the Regulatory Sunset Act and have the Structural Pest Control Act continue in effect beyond January 1, 2008.

(4) The Structural Pest Control Act was originally enacted to protect, promote, and preserve the public health and general welfare. Any construction of subsection (a) of Section 4.18 of the Regulatory Sunset Act that results in the repeal of the Structural Pest Control Act on January 1, 2008 would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly and repugnant to the context of the Regulatory Sunset Act and the Structural Pest Control Act, and would create serious potential risks to the health and safety of the people of Illinois.

(b) It is hereby declared to have been the intent of the General Assembly that the Structural Pest Control Act not be subject to repeal on January 1, 2008.

(c) The Structural Pest Control Act shall be deemed to have been in continuous effect since May 10, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-754), and it shall continue to be in effect henceforward until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously enacted amendments to the Act taking effect on or after January 1, 2008, are hereby validated.

(d) All actions taken in reliance on or pursuant to the Structural Pest Control Act by the Department of Public Health or any other person or entity are hereby validated.

(e) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of the Structural Pest Control Act, it is set forth in full and re-enacted by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. This re-enactment is intended as a continuation of the Act. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to the Act that is enacted by the 95th General Assembly.

(f) The Structural Pest Control Act applies to all claims, civil actions, and proceedings pending on or filed on or before the effective date of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 95-786, eff. 8-7-08.)