093_SB1479
LRB093 08597 LCB 08825 b
1 AN ACT concerning eminent domain.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 7-122 as follows:
6 (735 ILCS 5/7-122) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-122)
7 Sec. 7-122. Reimbursement. Where the State of Illinois,
8 a political subdivision of the State,or a municipality, or a
9 public utility is required by a court to initiate
10 condemnation proceedings for the actual physical taking of
11 real property, the court rendering judgment for the property
12 owner and awarding just compensation for such taking shall
13 determine and award or allow to such property owner, as part
14 of such judgment or award, such further sums, as will in the
15 opinion of the court, reimburse such property owner for the
16 owner's reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses,
17 including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees
18 actually incurred by the property owner in such proceedings.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)