(605 ILCS 10/9.45)

Sec. 9.45. Additional Payments for Dwelling and Rental of Dwelling.

(a) In addition to the amounts authorized to be paid under this Act by the Authority, the Authority may, as a part of the cost of construction, make a payment not to exceed $25,000 to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling acquired for a toll highway project actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than 180 days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The payment shall include the following elements:

(1) The amount, if any, which, when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling determined in accordance with standards established by the Authority to be a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate the displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment, and available on the private market.

(2) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the Authority was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than 180 days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling.

(3) Reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

(b) The additional payment authorized under subsection (a) shall not exceed $25,000 and shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling that meets the standards established by the Authority to be decent, safe and sanitary, not later than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he or she receives from the Authority final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he or she moves from the dwelling acquired for the highway project, whichever is the later date.

(c) Any displaced person who is not eligible to receive payment under subsection (a) and who is displaced from any dwelling which was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not less than 90 days before the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling, may be paid by the Authority either (1) an amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed 42 months, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and reasonably accessible to his or her place of employment, but not to exceed the sum of $5,250, or (2) the amount necessary to enable the person to make a down payment, including incidental expenses described in item (1) of this subsection (c), on the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed the amount payable under item (1) of this subsection (c), except that in the case of a homeowner who owned and occupied the displaced dwelling for at least 90 days but not more than 180 days immediately before the initiating of negotiations, the down payment shall not exceed the amount payable under this Act for persons who owned and occupied the property for 180 days before the initiation of negotiations.

(d) If comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available within the limitations of this Section, the Authority may make a payment in excess of the maximum payments authorized by this Section as required to provide replacement housing.

(Source: P.A. 90-681, eff. 7-31-98.)