225 ILCS 235/26

(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(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)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originally enacted to protect, promote, and preserve the public health and general welfare.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until  it  is  otherwise  lawfully  repealed.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.)