(65 ILCS 5/11-123-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-8)
Sec. 11-123-8.
Every city and village may acquire the land, whether of
natural or artificial formation, property, and property rights, including
riparian rights, of any owner or claimant, other than a city or village, on
the shores of public waters in, upon, or near which it is proposed to
construct any utility.
Every city and village may also acquire the title of such an owner or
claimant to the land lying beneath, adjacent to or adjoining the specified
public waters, without other compensation, by agreeing with the owner or
claimant upon a boundary line dividing the land, whether of natural or
artificial formation, to be acquired by the municipality, and the adjacent,
adjoining, submerged, or other land, whether of natural or artificial
formation, to be taken and acquired by the owner or claimant. The rights
and property to be taken and acquired, respectively, by the city or village
and by the owner or claimant, shall be specifically described and set forth
in the judgment to be entered by the court as provided in Section 11-123-9.
(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)
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