{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-1-9-3","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 5/1-9-3","heading":"","body":"The provisions of this Code insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior statute and not as a new enactment.\nIf in any other statute reference is made to an act of the General Assembly, or a section of such an act, which is continued in this Code, such reference shall be held to refer to the act or section thereof so continued in this Code.","path":["CHAPTER 65 MUNICIPALITIES","Illinois Municipal Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=802\u0026ChapterID=14\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:23Z","sha256":"3a0eb5424b3b7135478617055d0ea55b2580906c4774eaad3d77e2f14b819f6c","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-1-9-2","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-1-9-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}