    (305 ILCS 5/5A-2.1)
    Sec. 5A-2.1. Continuation of Section 5A-2 of this Code; validation.
    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
        (1) Public Act 101-650, which took effect on July 7, 2020, contained provisions that

would have changed the repeal date for Section 5A-2 of this Act from July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022.

(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 101st General Assembly manifests the intention of the

General Assembly to extend the repeal date for Section 5A-2 of this Code and have Section 5A-2 of this Code, as amended by Public Act 101-650, continue in effect until December 31, 2022.

(b) Any construction of this Code that results in the repeal of Section 5A-2 of this Code on July 1, 2020 would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly and repugnant to the context of this Code.

(c) It is hereby declared to have been the intent of the General Assembly that Section 5A-2 of this Code shall not be subject to repeal on July 1, 2020.

(d) Section 5A-2 of this Code shall be deemed to have been in continuous effect since July 8, 1992 (the effective date of Public Act 87-861), and it shall continue to be in effect, as amended by Public Act 101-650, until it is otherwise lawfully amended or  repealed. All previously enacted amendments to the Section taking effect on or after July 8, 1992, are hereby validated.

(e) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of Section 5A-2 of this Code, that Section is set forth in
full and reenacted by this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly. In this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the base text of the reenacted Section is set forth as amended by Public Act 101-650.

(f) All actions of the Illinois Department or any other person or entity taken in reliance on or pursuant to Section 5A-2 of this Code are hereby validated.

(Source: P.A. 101-655, eff. 3-12-21.)