(a) The Rivers of Illinois Coordinating Council created by Executive Order 2013-5 and implemented by this Act is the successor to: (i) the Illinois River Coordinating Council; (ii) the Mississippi River Coordinating Council; and (iii) the Wabash and Ohio River Coordinating Council.
     (b) All rights, powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the entities specified under subsection (a), or any office, division, council, committee, bureau, board, commission, officer, employee, or associated individual, person, or entity thereof, and all rights, powers, and duties incidental to those entities, including funding mechanisms, are consolidated in and transferred to the Rivers of Illinois Coordinating Council.