50 ILCS 220/6: Ratification of previous adoptions by reference.

Any municipality which has heretofore enacted a code or public record by reference thereto shall not be required to re-enact such code or public record by reason of this act, and all previous incorporations by reference which would have been valid if this act had then been in effect, are hereby ratified and declared effective, provided, however, that the requisite number of copies are forthwith filed with the clerk of such municipality, if they have not already been so filed.