Article VIII
(110 ILCS 805/Art. VIII heading) ARTICLE VIII
(110 ILCS 805/8‑1) (from Ch. 122, par. 108‑1)
Sec. 8‑1.
All acts and proceedings relating to the organization, maintenance and operation of a junior college which have been performed before February 16, 1967 by a common school board, by a junior college board or by a city council in a city having over 500,000 inhabitants and which could have been performed in any community college district are hereby validated. Any acts and proceedings which have been initiated or performed by a board governing a junior college in existence before February 16, 1967, shall be deemed to be in accordance with, and in compliance with, the requirements of this Act, as amended.
(Source: P. A. 78‑669.) |
(110 ILCS 805/8‑2) (from Ch. 122, par. 108‑2)
Sec. 8‑2.
The Sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this Act are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them may be excised by any court of competent jurisdiction if this Act would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. It is the intention of this Act to confer upon community college districts the whole or any part of the powers in this Act provided for, and if any one or more Sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this Act shall for any reason be questioned in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any Section, clause, sentence or part of this Act in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice its applicability or validity in any other instance.
(Source: P.A. 78‑669.) |