HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the revisor's
notes and catchlines contained in this Act are not law and may
not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this Act.

SECTION 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this
Act affects the term of office of an appointed or elected member
of any department, board, commission, committee, agency, or other
unit. A person who is a member of a unit on the effective date
of this Act shall remain a member for the balance of the term to
which appointed or elected, unless the member sooner dies,
resigns, or is removed under provisions of law.

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as
expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, any transaction
affected by or flowing from any change of nomenclature or any
statute there amended, repealed, or transferred, and validly
entered into before the effective date and every right, duty, or
interest flowing from the statute remains valid after the
effective date and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or
enforced as required or permitted by any statute amended,
repealed, or transferred by this Act as though the repeal,
amendment, or transfer had not occurred. If the change in
nomenclature involves a change in name or designation of any
State agency, the successor agency shall be considered in all
respects as having the powers and obligations granted the former
agency.

SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the continuity
of every department, board, commission, committee, agency, or
other unit affected by this Act is retained. The personnel,
records, files, furniture, fixtures, and other properties and all
appropriations, credits, assets, liabilities, and obligations of
each retained unit are continued as the personnel, records,
files, furniture, fixtures, properties, appropriations, credits,
assets, liabilities, and obligations of the unit under the laws
enacted by this Act.

SECTION 24. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as
expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, any person
licensed, registered, or certified by any board established or
continued by any statute amended, repealed, or transferred by
this Act is considered for all purposes to be licensed,
registered, or certified by the appropriate board continued under
this Act for the duration of the term for which the license,
registration, or certification was issued, and may renew that
authorization in accordance with the appropriate renewal
provisions of this Act.

SECTION 25. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall