(820 ILCS 310/26) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.61)
Sec. 26. No repeal of any Act or part thereof herein contained shall
extinguish or in any way affect any right of action thereunder, existing at
the time this Act takes effect. No employer shall be liable for
compensation or damages under this Act in any case in which the
disablement on which claim is predicated shall have occurred prior to the
date this Act becomes effective. Any claims, disagreement or controversy
existing or arising under "An Act to promote the general welfare of the
people of this state by providing remedies for injuries suffered or death
resulting from occupational diseases incurred in the course of employment;
providing for enforcement and administration thereof, and to repeal an Act
and a part of a certain Act herein named", approved March 16, 1936, as
amended, shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of said Act,
notwithstanding the repeal thereof, or may by agreement of the parties be
adjusted in accordance with the method of procedure provided in this Act
for the adjustment of differences, jurisdiction to adjust such differences
so submitted by the parties being hereby conferred upon the Commission.
Nothing in this section
shall affect any case in which exposure as defined in this Act shall have
taken place after the effective date of this Act.
The Attorney General and the State's Attorney of each county, upon
request of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, shall enforce any penalties set forth
in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
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