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1 | AN ACT concerning eminent domain.
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 7-102.4, 7-102.6, 7-102.7, 7-102.8, 7-102.9, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 7-102.10, 7-102.11, and 7-900 and by changing Section 7-121 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | follows:
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8 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.4 new)
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9 | Sec. 7-102.4. Limitations on the exercise of the power of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | eminent domain.
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11 | (a) In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Condemning authority" means the State, any unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | government, or any school district.
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14 | "Unit of local government" means that term as it is defined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | in Section 1 of Article 7 of the Illinois Constitution.
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16 | (b) In addition to any other statutory requirements, any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | unit of local government, other than a municipality or a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | county, seeking to acquire property shall not enter into | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | negotiations or commence any condemnation proceedings, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | including quick-take proceedings, to acquire property under | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the power of eminent domain without first having obtained the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | approval by ordinance of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (1) the corporate authorities of the municipality in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | which the property is located, if the property is located | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | entirely within a municipality; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | (2) the county board of the county in which the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | property is located, if the property is located entirely | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | within an unincorporated area of the county; or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | (3) the governing bodies of all municipalities and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | counties in which the property is located, if the property | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | is not located entirely within a municipality or entirely | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | within an unincorporated area of a county. |
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1 | The ordinance must include a requirement that the unit of | ||||||
2 | local government must initiate negotiations to purchase the | ||||||
3 | property within the time period specified in the ordinance, | ||||||
4 | which shall not exceed one year after the date on which the | ||||||
5 | ordinance is adopted. | ||||||
6 | (c) No unit of local government or school district may | ||||||
7 | condemn property under the power of eminent domain, including | ||||||
8 | under quick-take proceedings, unless it has complied with all | ||||||
9 | of the following procedures: | ||||||
10 | (1) As soon as practical after making any public | ||||||
11 | announcement regarding its intention to acquire property, | ||||||
12 | the unit of local government or school district must notify | ||||||
13 | the landowners of all subject properties of its intentions | ||||||
14 | to acquire the property and its actions and anticipated | ||||||
15 | actions in furtherance of those intentions.
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16 | (2) The unit of local government or school district | ||||||
17 | must notify each owner of an interest in the property, by | ||||||
18 | certified mail, at least 5 days before commencing | ||||||
19 | negotiations, of its intention to enter into negotiations | ||||||
20 | to acquire the property. The notice must advise the owner | ||||||
21 | that the owner may wish to seek legal or other counsel | ||||||
22 | prior to negotiations. | ||||||
23 | (3) The unit of local government or school district | ||||||
24 | must cause notice of its intent to acquire the property by | ||||||
25 | condemnation to be published in a newspaper of general | ||||||
26 | circulation in the territory in which the property is | ||||||
27 | located. Publication must be made at least 10 days prior to | ||||||
28 | the public hearing required under item (4) and must give | ||||||
29 | notice of the time and place of the public hearing. | ||||||
30 | (4) After providing the notices required under items | ||||||
31 | (1) through (3), the unit of local government or school | ||||||
32 | district must hold at least one public hearing, at the | ||||||
33 | place at which it normally holds its business meetings, on | ||||||
34 | the question of its acquisition of the property by | ||||||
35 | condemnation. | ||||||
36 | (5) After the unit of local government or school |
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1 | district has held a least one public hearing under item | ||||||
2 | (4), in order to proceed with the acquisition of the | ||||||
3 | property, the chief elected official of the municipality or | ||||||
4 | county must submit to all owners of an interest in the | ||||||
5 | property to be acquired and to their respective legal | ||||||
6 | counsel a sworn, notarized affidavit that contains, or has | ||||||
7 | attached as an incorporated exhibit, all of the following | ||||||
8 | items: | ||||||
9 | (A) The legal description of the property. | ||||||
10 | (B) The street address of the property. | ||||||
11 | (C) The current name, address, and telephone | ||||||
12 | number of each owner of an interest in the property. | ||||||
13 | (D) A statement of the date and location of each | ||||||
14 | public hearing held under item (4). | ||||||
15 | (E) A statement, with supporting documentation and | ||||||
16 | illustrations, of the public use for which the unit of | ||||||
17 | local government or school district seeks to acquire | ||||||
18 | the property. | ||||||
19 | (F) A map of the area in which the property to be | ||||||
20 | acquired is located, showing the location of the | ||||||
21 | property. | ||||||
22 | (G) A certified appraisal of the property by a real | ||||||
23 | estate appraiser who is certified or licensed under the | ||||||
24 | Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002. | ||||||
25 | (H) A copy of the ordinance adopted by the | ||||||
26 | municipality or county under subsection (b). | ||||||
27 | (I) A copy of each notice sent to any person with | ||||||
28 | an interest in the property under items (1) and (2). | ||||||
29 | (J) The summary of rights and remedies published by | ||||||
30 | the Illinois Attorney General in accordance with | ||||||
31 | Section 7-102.7.
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32 | (d) Each affidavit submitted by a unit of local government | ||||||
33 | or school district pursuant to this Section and all documents | ||||||
34 | and other items submitted with the affidavit must be made | ||||||
35 | available to the public, upon request, for inspection and | ||||||
36 | copying at the business office of the unit of local government |
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1 | or school district during regular business hours. | ||||||
2 | (e) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th | ||||||
3 | General Assembly to Article 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure | ||||||
4 | apply only to cases commenced and complaints filed on or after | ||||||
5 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
6 | Assembly.
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7 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.6 new)
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8 | Sec. 7-102.6. Reimbursement of appraisal costs, legal | ||||||
9 | fees, and relocation expenses. | ||||||
10 | (a) If a condemning authority acquires property by purchase | ||||||
11 | under threat of eminent domain or exercises the power of | ||||||
12 | eminent domain to acquire property by verdict or judgment, | ||||||
13 | including under quick-take proceedings, each person with an | ||||||
14 | interest in the property shall be reimbursed, as a part of just | ||||||
15 | compensation, for related appraisal costs and reasonable | ||||||
16 | attorney's fees. | ||||||
17 | (b) If a condemning authority acquires property by purchase | ||||||
18 | under threat of eminent domain or exercises the power of | ||||||
19 | eminent domain to acquire property by verdict or judgment, | ||||||
20 | including under quick-take proceedings, each person with an | ||||||
21 | interest in the property may be reimbursed, as a part of just | ||||||
22 | compensation, for related relocation expenses, in the same | ||||||
23 | manner as provided in the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance | ||||||
24 | and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. | ||||||
25 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.7 new)
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26 | Sec. 7-102.7. Published summary of rights and remedies. The | ||||||
27 | Office of the Attorney General shall publish a summary of the | ||||||
28 | rights and remedies available for property owners subject to | ||||||
29 | acquisition by a unit of local government or school district | ||||||
30 | under the power of eminent domain. The summary shall include, | ||||||
31 | but not be limited to, the processes and requirements outlined | ||||||
32 | in Section 7-102.4. Each unit of local government or school | ||||||
33 | district seeking to acquire property under the power of eminent | ||||||
34 | of domain shall include this information with the notification |
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1 | required to be sent to each owner of an interest in the | ||||||
2 | property under item (1) of subsection (d) of Section 7-102.4 of | ||||||
3 | this Article. | ||||||
4 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.8 new)
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5 | Sec. 7-102.8. Regulations adversely affecting just | ||||||
6 | compensation. The court may dismiss a complaint for | ||||||
7 | condemnation, including under quick-take proceedings, if it | ||||||
8 | finds that the condemning authority or any other governmental | ||||||
9 | entity has exercised or failed to exercise a regulatory power | ||||||
10 | for the purpose of holding down
or diminishing just | ||||||
11 | compensation for the property that the condemning authority | ||||||
12 | seeks to obtain. | ||||||
13 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.9 new)
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14 | Sec. 7-102.9. Sale of property to private party.
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15 | (a) If a condemning authority that has acquired property | ||||||
16 | either (i) as a result of a verdict or judgment under this | ||||||
17 | Article or (ii) voluntarily from a property owner after the | ||||||
18 | owner was notified of the intention to exercise the power of | ||||||
19 | eminent domain, then the a condemning authority shall not | ||||||
20 | resell that property to a private party
unless each property | ||||||
21 | owner that held title to an interest in the subject property is | ||||||
22 | first allowed a reasonable opportunity to repurchase his or her | ||||||
23 | interest in the subject property on the same terms on which the | ||||||
24 | condemning authority acquired it. | ||||||
25 | (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) property owners | ||||||
26 | whose property was acquired as part of a comprehensive | ||||||
27 | long-range plan for the redevelopment of a blighted area and | ||||||
28 | who received notice of that purpose prior to the transfer of | ||||||
29 | the property; and (ii) property owners whose property was taken | ||||||
30 | by a public utility pursuant to a grant of authority to | ||||||
31 | exercise the power of eminent domain authorized in Article VIII | ||||||
32 | of the
Public Utilities Act. | ||||||
33 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.10 new)
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1 | Sec. 7-102.10. Dismissal; abandonment. | ||||||
2 | (a) This Section applies to all condemnation proceedings, | ||||||
3 | including quick take proceedings. | ||||||
4 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), at no | ||||||
5 | time after a complaint for condemnation has been filed shall | ||||||
6 | the plaintiff have the right to dismiss the complaint or to | ||||||
7 | abandon the proceedings as to all or any part of the property | ||||||
8 | taken, except upon the consent of all parties to the proceeding | ||||||
9 | whose interests would be affected by the dismissal or | ||||||
10 | abandonment. | ||||||
11 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), if | ||||||
12 | the plaintiff is a public utility authorized by a grant of | ||||||
13 | authority issued pursuant to Article VII of the Public | ||||||
14 | Utilities Act, the plaintiff shall not have the right to | ||||||
15 | dismiss the complaint or to abandon the proceeding, as to all | ||||||
16 | or any part of the property taken, until after taking | ||||||
17 | possession of the property pursuant to an order of taking, | ||||||
18 | except upon the consent of all parties to the proceeding whose | ||||||
19 | interests would be affected by the dismissal or abandonment.
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20 | (735 ILCS 5/7-102.11 new)
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21 | Sec. 7-102.11. Late payment by condemning authority. If a | ||||||
22 | verdict, judgment, or agreed judgment is entered by the
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23 | regarding a complaint for condemnation filed under this
Article | ||||||
24 | and if the condemning authority fails to deposit the
final | ||||||
25 | compensation within the time provided in the order, the
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26 | condemning authority shall be liable for the costs, expenses,
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27 | and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the landowner in
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28 | obtaining deposit of the amount specified in the verdict, | ||||||
29 | judgment, or agreed judgment.
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30 | (735 ILCS 5/7-121) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-121)
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31 | Sec. 7-121. Value. | ||||||
32 | (a) Except as to property designated as possessing a | ||||||
33 | special use and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) , | ||||||
34 | the
fair cash market value of property in a proceeding in |
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1 | eminent domain
shall be the amount of money which a purchaser, | ||||||
2 | willing but not
obligated to buy the property, would pay to an | ||||||
3 | owner willing but not
obliged to sell in a voluntary sale, | ||||||
4 | which amount of money shall be
determined and ascertained as of | ||||||
5 | the date of filing the complaint to
condemn. In the | ||||||
6 | condemnation of property for a public
improvement there shall | ||||||
7 | be excluded from such amount of money any
appreciation in value | ||||||
8 | proximately caused by such improvement, and any
depreciation in | ||||||
9 | value proximately caused by such improvement. However,
such | ||||||
10 | appreciation or depreciation shall not be excluded
where | ||||||
11 | property is condemned for a separate project conceived
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12 | independently of and subsequent to the original project.
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13 | (b) Sales of comparable property that were initiated prior | ||||||
14 | to filing the complaint and were completed after the complaint | ||||||
15 | for condemnation of the subject property has been filed under | ||||||
16 | this Article are admissible as evidence in the condemnation | ||||||
17 | proceeding on the same terms as sales of comparable property | ||||||
18 | completed before the complaint for condemnation is filed. | ||||||
19 | (c) In addition to sales of comparable property, bona fide | ||||||
20 | offers to purchase the subject property or comparable adjacent | ||||||
21 | properties, including options to purchase, that were made or | ||||||
22 | offered within a reasonable time prior to filing the complaint | ||||||
23 | for condemnation of the subject property are admissible as | ||||||
24 | evidence in a condemnation proceeding.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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26 | (735 ILCS 5/7-900 new)
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27 | Sec. 7-900. Home rule. The authorization of the use of | ||||||
28 | eminent domain proceedings to take or damage property is an | ||||||
29 | exclusive power and function of the State. Neither the State, a | ||||||
30 | unit of local government, including a home rule unit, nor a | ||||||
31 | school district may exercise the power of eminent domain | ||||||
32 | otherwise than as provided in this Article. This Article is a | ||||||
33 | denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under | ||||||
34 | subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
35 | Constitution.
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1 | (735 ILCS 5/7-110 rep.)
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2 | Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | ||||||
3 | repealing Section 7-110.
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4 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 8.30 as
follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
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7 | Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
8 | of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
9 | implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
10 | the 94th General Assembly.
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11 | Section 900. Applicability. The changes made by this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly to Article 7 of the | ||||||
13 | Code of Civil Procedure apply only to cases commenced and | ||||||
14 | complaints filed on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
15 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. | ||||||
16 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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