(620 ILCS 65/5)
Sec. 5.
Findings and purposes.
(a) The Illinois General Assembly finds and determines:
(1) The reliability and efficiency of the State and |
| national air transportation systems significantly depend on the efficiency of the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. O'Hare has an essential role in air transportation for the State of Illinois. The reliability and efficiency of air transportation for residents and businesses in Illinois and other States depend on efficient air traffic operations at O'Hare.
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(2) O'Hare cannot efficiently perform its role in the
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| State and national air transportation systems unless it is reconfigured with multiple parallel runways.
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(3) The O'Hare Modernization Program will enhance the
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| economic welfare of the State of Illinois and its residents by creating thousands of jobs and business opportunities.
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(4) O'Hare provides, and will continue to provide,
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| unique air transportation functions that cannot be replaced by any other airport in Illinois.
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(5) Public roadway access through the existing
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| western boundary of O'Hare to passenger terminal and parking facilities located inside the boundary of O'Hare and reasonably accessible to that western access is an essential element of the O'Hare Modernization Program. That western access to O'Hare is needed to realize the full economic opportunities created by the O'Hare Modernization Program and to improve ground transportation in the O'Hare area. It is important to the State that the western access be constructed not later than the time existing runway 14R-32L is removed from service.
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(6) For the reasons stated in paragraphs (1), (2),
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(7) For the reasons stated in paragraphs (1), (2),
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| (3), (4), and (5), it is essential that acquisition of property as required for the O'Hare Modernization Program be completed as expeditiously as practicable.
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(8) The General Assembly recognizes that the
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| planning, construction, and use of O'Hare and the planning, construction, and use of the O'Hare Modernization Program will be subject to intensive regulatory scrutiny by the United States and that no purpose would be served by duplicative or redundant regulation of the safety and impacts of the airport or the O'Hare Modernization Program.
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(9) The General Assembly recognizes that the City of
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| Chicago has enacted and successfully implemented ordinances that combat past and ongoing discrimination against minorities and women in the market that competes for contracts with the City of Chicago. These ordinances are among the strongest and most successful in the country, and have made significant progress in combatting discrimination against minorities and women throughout northeastern Illinois.
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(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that all agencies of this State
and its
subdivisions shall facilitate the efficient and expeditious completion of the
O'Hare
Modernization Program to the extent not specifically prohibited by law, and
that legal
impediments to the completion of the project be eliminated.
(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)
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(620 ILCS 65/10)
Sec. 10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
"Airport property" means (i) any property or an interest in property that is,
or
hereafter becomes, part of O'Hare International Airport and (ii) any property
or an
interest in property that is not part of O'Hare International Airport, but that
is acquired by
the City of Chicago for purposes of air navigation or air safety in accordance
with
standards established by the Federal Aviation Administration. "Airport
property",
however, shall not include any substitute property acquired pursuant to Section
15 of this
Act, including property acquired for cemetery purposes.
"O'Hare Modernization Program" means the plan for modernization of O'Hare
International Airport by (1) construction and reconfiguration of runways,
taxiways, and facilities
for movement and servicing of aircraft; construction of western airport access
and related
roadways; construction and reconfiguration of roadways, terminals, passenger
transportation
facilities, parking facilities, and cargo facilities; construction of drainage
and stormwater
management facilities; and related projects,
within the area
bounded on the north, between Carmen Drive and the Union Pacific/Canadian
Pacific Railroad, by Old Higgins Road, and between Old Higgins Road and Touhy
Avenue, by the Union Pacific/Canadian Pacific Railroad, and east of the Union
Pacific/Canadian Pacific Railroad by the northern boundary of O'Hare existing
on January 1, 2003; on the east by the eastern boundary of O'Hare existing on
January 1, 2003; on the southeast by the southeastern boundary of O'Hare
existing on January 1, 2003; on the south between the eastern boundary of
O'Hare and the Union Pacific Railroad by the southern boundary of O'Hare
existing on January 1, 2003; on the south, between the Union Pacific Railroad
and the east boundary of York Road by the Canadian
Pacific railroad yard; on the west, between the Canadian Pacific Railroad Yard
and the railroad spur intersecting York Road between Arthur and Pratt Avenues,
by the east boundary of York Road; and on the northwest, between York Road and
the Union Pacific/Canadian Pacific Railroad, by the railroad spur, and between
the
railroad spur and the point at which the extended eastern boundary of Carmen
Drive
intersects the Union Pacific/Canadian Pacific Railroad, by the Union
Pacific/Canadian Pacific Railroad, and between the Union Pacific/Canadian
Pacific Railroad and Old Higgins Road, by the extended eastern boundary of
Carmen Drive and by Carmen Drive;
and (2) provision for air navigation
and air safety
outside that area in accordance with standards established by the Federal
Aviation
Administration.
"O'Hare" means Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
"City" means the City of Chicago.
(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)
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(620 ILCS 65/15)
Sec. 15. Acquisition of property. In addition to any other powers the
City
may have, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the City may
acquire by
gift, grant, lease, purchase, condemnation (including condemnation by quick
take under
Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act), or otherwise any right,
title,
or
interest in
any private property, property held in the name of or belonging to any public
body or unit
of government, or any property devoted to a public use, or any other rights or
easements,
including any property, rights, or easements owned by the State, units of local
government, or school districts, including forest preserve districts, for
purposes related
to the O'Hare
Modernization Program. The powers given to the City under this Section include
the
power to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, any property used for cemetery
purposes within or outside of the City, and to require that the cemetery be
removed to a
different location. The powers given to the City under this Section include the
power to
condemn or otherwise acquire (other than by condemnation by quick take under
Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act), and to convey, substitute
property when the City
reasonably determines that monetary compensation will not be sufficient or
practical just
compensation for property acquired by the City in connection with the
O'Hare
Modernization Program. The acquisition of substitute property is declared to be
for
public use. Property acquired under this Section includes property that the
City
reasonably determines will be necessary for future use, regardless of whether
final
regulatory or funding decisions have been made; provided, however, that
quick-take of such property is subject to Section 25-7-103.149 of the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03; 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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