Section 240 ILCS 40/85-5 - Prior law(a) A provision of this Code that is the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law.(b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Section of an Act that is continued in this Code shall be construed to be a citation to that continued provision in this Code.P.A. 89-287, eff. 1/1/1996.