Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)
Updating the database of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is an ongoing process. Recent laws may not yet be included in the ILCS database, but they are found on this site as Public Acts soon after they become law. For information concerning the relationship between statutes and Public Acts, refer to the Guide.
Because the statute database is maintained primarily for legislative drafting purposes, statutory changes are sometimes included in the statute database before they take effect. If the source note at the end of a Section of the statutes includes a Public Act that has not yet taken effect, the version of the law that is currently in effect may have already been removed from the database and you should refer to that Public Act to see the changes made to the current law.


(720 ILCS 5/) Criminal Code of 2012.

    (720 ILCS 5/33G-10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027)
    Sec. 33G-10. Continuation and validation of Illinois Street Gang and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law.
    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares the following:
        (1) When Article 33G was added to this Code by Public
    
Act 97-686, it contained a Section 33G-9, which specified that Article 33G was repealed 5 years after June 11, 2012, the effective date of Public Act 97-686.
        (2) As a result of several subsequent enactments,
    
including Public Act 103-4, the repeal date of Article 33G was extended to June 1, 2025.
        (3) Senate Bill 2456 of the 104th General Assembly
    
included a provision that further extended the repeal date of Article 33G from June 1, 2025 to June 1, 2027, but Senate Bill 2456 did not become law until June 16, 2025.
        (4) The Statute on Statutes sets forth general rules
    
on the repeal of statutes, 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".
        (5) The actions of the General Assembly in passing
    
Senate Bill 2456 clearly manifested the intention of the General Assembly to extend the date for the repeal of Article 33G of this Code.
        (6) Any construction of Section 33G-9 that results in
    
the repeal of Article 33G of this Code on June 1, 2025 would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly.
    (b) It is hereby declared to be the intent of the General Assembly that Article 33G of this Code should not be subject to repeal on June 1, 2025 and that the repeal date of Article 33G of this Code should be further extended to July 1, 2027.
    (c) Article 33G, therefore, shall not be subject to repeal on June 1, 2025 and, instead, shall be deemed to have been in continuous effect since its original effective date and shall remain in effect until it is otherwise lawfully repealed.
    (d) All actions taken in reliance on or pursuant to Article 33G by any officer or agency of State government or any other person or entity are validated.
    (e) To ensure the continuing effectiveness of Article 33G of this Code, Article 33G is set forth in full and re-enacted by this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. This re-enactment is intended as a continuation of Article 33G. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to Article 33G that is enacted by the General Assembly.
    (f) In this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the base text of the reenacted Section is set forth as amended by Public Act 104-10. Striking and underscoring is used only to show additional changes being made to the base text.
    (g) This amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly applies to all claims, civil actions, and proceedings pending on or filed on, before, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-434, eff. 11-21-25.)


 
    (720 ILCS 5/Tit. IV heading)
TITLE IV. CONSTRUCTION, EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL


 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 34 heading)
ARTICLE 34. CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

    (720 ILCS 5/34-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 34-1)
    Sec. 34-1. Effect of headings. Section, Article, and Title headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of any Section, Article, or Title hereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

    (720 ILCS 5/34-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 34-2)
    Sec. 34-2. Partial invalidity.
    The invalidity of any provision of this Code shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Code.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

    (720 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 34-3)
    Sec. 34-3. Savings provisions; continuation of prior Statutes.
    The provisions of Sections 2, 3 and 4 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the construction of the Statutes", approved March 5, 1874, as amended, shall apply in all constructions of this Code.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

    (720 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 34-4)
    Sec. 34-4. Effective date.
    This Code shall take effect January 1, 1962.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)