(70 ILCS 3205/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 6012)
Sec. 12. Acquisition of property. The Authority may acquire in
its own name, by gift or purchase, any real or personal
property, or interests in real or personal property, necessary or
convenient to carry out its corporate purposes.
The Authority may acquire by eminent domain, by complaint filed
before July 1, 1991 pursuant to Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure (now the Eminent Domain Act),
and the Authority may acquire by
immediate vesting of title, commonly referred to as "quick take", pursuant
to Sections 7-103 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure (now Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act), real or personal property or interests in real or personal
property located within any of the following described parcels:
Parcel A:
That property located within the City of Chicago bounded by 33rd Street
on the North, Normal Street on the West, 35th Street on the South and the
Western most part of the right-of-way of the Chicago and Western Indiana
R.R. on the East.
Parcel B:
That property located within the City of Chicago bounded by 33rd Street on
the North, the Eastern most part of the right-of-way of the Conrail R.R. on
the West, 37th Street on the South and Wentworth Avenue on the East with
the exception of the following: Lots 1 to 10, inclusive, and Lot 13 in
Le Moyne's Subdivision of the South 1/2 of Block 19 of Canal Trustees'
Subdivision of Section 33, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third
Principal Meridian, together with those parts of the East 1/2 of the
vacated North and South 16 foot alley in said subdivision lying West of and
adjoining said lots;
also excepting
Lots 42, 43, 44 and 45 in Le Moyne's Subdivision aforesaid together with
the North 1/2 of the vacated East and West 16 foot alley in said
subdivision lying South of and adjoining said Lot 45, and also those parts
of the West 1/2 of the vacated North and South 16 foot alley in said
subdivision lying East of and adjoining said Lots 42, 43, 44 and 45 and the
North 1/2 of the vacated East and West 16 foot alley lying South of and
adjoining said Lot 45;
also excepting
Lots 14 to 23, inclusive, and Lot 24 (except the North 16 feet thereof)
in Le Moyne's Subdivision of the South 1/2 of Block 19 of Canal Trustees'
Subdivision of Section 33, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third
Principal Meridian, together with those parts of the East 1/2 of the
vacated North and South 16 foot alley in said subdivision lying West of and
adjoining said lots and part of lot;
also excepting
Lots 27 to 37, inclusive, in Le Moyne's Subdivision aforesaid together
with that part of the South 1/2 of the vacated East and West 8 foot alley
in said subdivision lying North of and adjoining said Lot 27, and also
those parts of the West 1/2 of the vacated North and South 16 foot alley
said subdivision lying East of and adjoining said Lots 28 to 37, inclusive,
and that part of said Lot 27 lying South of the South line of the North 16
feet of Lot 24 in said subdivision extended West, all in Cook County, Illinois.
Parcel C:
That property located within the City of Chicago bounded by 37th Street
on the North, the Eastern most part of the right-of-way of the Conrail R.R.
on the West, 39th Street on the South and Princeton Ave on the East.
Provided, however, that the Authority shall not have the power to acquire
by eminent domain any property located within Parcel A, Parcel B or Parcel
C which was, on January 1, 1987, owned, leased, used or occupied by
the City of Chicago, the Chicago Board of Education, the Chicago Housing
Authority, the Chicago Park District, or any other public body.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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