(20 ILCS 801/Art. 80 heading)

(20 ILCS 801/80-5) Sec. 80-5. Redesignation of Department. The Department of Conservation is redesignated as the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-10) Sec. 80-10. Director and Assistant Director. The persons serving as Director and Assistant Director of Conservation on the effective date of this Act shall continue to serve, respectively, as the Director and Assistant Director of Natural Resources for the remainder of their appointed terms and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-15) Sec. 80-15. Discontinued departments and offices. (a) The Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Mines and Minerals, the Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council, and the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Transportation are hereby abolished. (b) The following offices are abolished: the Director of Energy and Natural Resources, the Director of Mines and Minerals, and the Assistant Directors of Mines and Minerals. (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-20) Sec. 80-20. Transfer of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of Conservation or in any office, division, or bureau thereof are retained by the Department of Natural Resources. All of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of Conservation, or in any office, division, or bureau thereof, pertaining to the Lincoln Monument are transferred to the Historic Preservation Agency. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or in any office, division, or bureau thereof are transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. All of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, or in any office, division, or bureau thereof, pertaining to recycling programs and solid waste management, energy conservation and alternative energy programs, coal development and marketing programs, and Exxon overcharge matters are transferred to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). (c) All of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of Mines and Minerals or in any office, division, or bureau thereof are transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. (d) All of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council or in any office, division, or bureau thereof are transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. (e) All of the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Transportation or in any office, division, or bureau thereof are transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-25) Sec. 80-25. Transfer of personnel. (a) Personnel employed by the Department of Conservation to perform functions that are retained within the Department of Natural Resources shall continue their service within the renamed Department. (b) Personnel employed by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Mines and Minerals, the Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council, or the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Transportation to perform functions that are transferred by this Act to the Department of Natural Resources are transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. (c) Personnel employed by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources to perform functions that are transferred by this Act to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) are transferred to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). (d) Personnel employed by the abolished departments to perform functions that are not clearly classifiable within the areas referred to in this Section or who are employed to perform complex functions that are transferred in part to different departments under this Act shall be assigned and transferred to appropriate departments by the Director of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Director of Central Management Services. (e) The rights of State employees, the State, and its agencies under the Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements and retirement plans are not affected by this Act. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-30) (from 20 ILCS 801/35) Sec. 80-30. Transfer of property. (a) All books, records, documents, property (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Mines and Minerals, the Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council, and the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Transportation to the Department of Natural Resources shall be delivered and transferred to the Department of Natural Resources. All books, records, documents, property (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties retained from the Department of Conservation by the Department of Natural Resources shall be retained by the Department of Natural Resources. (b) All books, records, documents, property (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) shall be delivered and transferred to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). (c) All books, records, documents, property (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act from the Department of Conservation to the Historic Preservation Agency shall be delivered and transferred to the Historic Preservation Agency. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-35) Sec. 80-35. Savings provisions. (a) The rights, powers, and duties transferred to or retained in the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency by this Act shall be vested in and shall be exercised by them subject to the provisions of this Act. (b) An act done by a successor department or agency, or an officer or employee thereof, in the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act shall have the same legal effect as if done by the former department or division or the officers or employees thereof. (c) The transfer of rights, powers, and duties to the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency under this Act does not invalidate any previous action taken by or in respect to any of their predecessor departments or divisions or their officers or employees. References to these predecessor departments or divisions or their officers or employees in any document, contract, agreement, or law shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the successor department, agency, officer, or employee. (d) The transfer of powers and duties to the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency under this Act does not affect any person's rights, obligations, or duties, including any civil or criminal penalties applicable thereto, arising out of those transferred powers and duties. (e) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made or given or documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the departments or divisions, officers and employees transferred by this Act, they shall be made, given, furnished, or served in the same manner to or upon the successor department or agency, officer or employee. (f) This Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or cancelled, any right occurring or established, or any action or proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause before this Act takes effect. Any such action or proceeding still pending may be prosecuted and continued by the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), or the Historic Preservation Agency, as the case may be. (g) This Act does not affect the legality of any rules that are in force on the effective date of this Act that have been duly adopted by any of the agencies reorganized under this Act. Those rules shall continue in effect until amended or repealed, except that references to a predecessor department shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the successor department or agency under this Act. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), and the Historic Preservation Agency shall each propose and adopt under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act any rules that may be necessary to consolidate and clarify the rules of their predecessor departments relating to matters transferred to them under this Act. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(20 ILCS 801/80-40) Sec. 80-40. Effect on executive order. This Act supersedes the reorganization provided for in Executive Order No. 2 (1995). (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)