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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 20-5-5 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 30/20-5-5) (was 735 ILCS 5/7-103)
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7 | Sec. 20-5-5. Quick-take. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) This Section applies only to to proceedings under this | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article that are
authorized in this Article and in Article 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of this Act.
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11 | (b) In a proceeding subject to this Section,
the plaintiff, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | at any time after the complaint has been filed and before
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13 | judgment is entered in the proceeding, may file a written | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | motion requesting
that, immediately or at some specified later | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | date, the plaintiff either: (i) be
vested with the fee simple | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | title (or such lesser estate, interest, or
easement, as may be | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | required) to the real property, or a specified portion
of that | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | property, which is the subject of the proceeding, and be | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | authorized to take
possession of and use the property; or (ii) | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | only be authorized to take
possession of and to use the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | property, if possession and use, without
the vesting of title, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | are sufficient to permit the plaintiff to proceed
with the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | project until the final ascertainment of compensation. No
land |
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1 | or interests in land now or hereafter owned, leased, | ||||||
2 | controlled, or
operated and used by, or necessary for the | ||||||
3 | actual operation of, any common
carrier engaged in interstate | ||||||
4 | commerce, or any other public utility subject
to the | ||||||
5 | jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, shall be | ||||||
6 | taken or
appropriated under this Section by the State of | ||||||
7 | Illinois, the Illinois Toll Highway
Authority, the sanitary | ||||||
8 | district, the St. Louis Metropolitan Area Airport
Authority, or | ||||||
9 | the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois without
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10 | first securing the approval of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
11 | Commission.
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12 | Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the motion | ||||||
13 | for taking shall
state: (1) an accurate description of the | ||||||
14 | property to which the motion
relates and the estate or interest | ||||||
15 | sought to be acquired in that property; (2)
the formally | ||||||
16 | adopted schedule or plan of operation for the execution of
the | ||||||
17 | plaintiff's project; (3) the situation of the property to which | ||||||
18 | the
motion relates, with respect to the schedule or plan; (4) | ||||||
19 | the necessity
for taking the
property in the manner requested | ||||||
20 | in the motion; and (5)
if the property (except property | ||||||
21 | described in Section 3 of the Sports
Stadium Act or property | ||||||
22 | described as Site B in Section 2 of the
Metropolitan Pier and | ||||||
23 | Exposition Authority Act) to be taken is owned,
leased, | ||||||
24 | controlled, or operated and used by, or necessary for the | ||||||
25 | actual
operation of, any interstate common carrier or other | ||||||
26 | public utility subject
to the jurisdiction of the Illinois |
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1 | Commerce Commission, a statement to the
effect that the | ||||||
2 | approval of the proposed taking has been secured from the
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3 | Commission, and attaching to the motion a certified copy of the | ||||||
4 | order of
the Illinois Commerce Commission granting approval. If | ||||||
5 | the schedule or plan of
operation is not set forth fully in the | ||||||
6 | motion, a copy of the schedule or
plan shall be attached to the | ||||||
7 | motion.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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