(20 ILCS 1135/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 2758)

Sec. 8. There is hereby created the Superconducting Super Collider Construction Insurance Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Appropriations from the Superconducting Super Collider Construction Insurance Fund shall be made to the Department for expenditure as provided in this Section. The Department is authorized to expend money appropriated from the Superconducting Super Collider Construction Insurance Fund to compensate real property owners from whom it has acquired a subsurface interest for actual damages caused by the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider. The Department shall make available to such property owners a preconstruction inspection. Such inspections shall be used to establish the preconstruction condition of all real property in which a subsurface interest has been purchased for the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider. Any property owner who does not consent to a Department inspection for the structural integrity of his property prior to commencement of the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider shall be deemed to have waived his claim to any compensation for actual damages from the Superconducting Super Collider Construction Insurance Fund.

Any real property owner who has obtained a preconstruction inspection of his property shall be eligible to file a claim for actual damages to his real property caused by Superconducting Super Collider construction. Claims must be filed, on forms provided by the Department, within one year of the completion of the Superconducting Super Collider tunnel. The Department shall establish guidelines for the settlement of claims, and maximum awards for actual damages. Nothing contained in this Section is, or shall be construed to be, a waiver by the State of Illinois or the Department of any rights, claims, or causes of action the State of Illinois may have against any person, persons, or corporation, who may be liable or judged liable for actual damages sustained during the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider.

(Source: P.A. 85-1200.)