Sen. Randall M. Hultgren

Filed: 6/6/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1926

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1926 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 16-6.1 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/16-6.1 new)
7     Sec. 16-6.1. Immediate Possession of Lands for School
8 Purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
9 or the provisions of any other law, a unit school district
10 shall, upon written motion, be vested with the fee simple title
11 to the real property which is the subject of an eminent domain
12 proceeding filed pursuant to Section 10-22.35A and Section 16-6
13 and be authorized to take possession of and use such property
14 immediately for the construction of a high school building, and
15 facilities ancillary thereto, if all of the following
16 conditions are met:

 

 

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1         (1) the school district has an equalized assessed
2     valuation for calendar year 2006 of at least $4,500,000,000
3     and an enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year of at least
4     28,000;
5         (2) at least 58% of those voting in a general primary
6     election held prior to November 2006 approved a proposition
7     for the construction of the high school building and the
8     issuance of $124,660,000 general obligation bonds for the
9     purpose of paying the costs thereof;
10         (3) the eminent domain proceeding was filed on or
11     before December 23, 2005 for the acquisition of a vacant
12     parcel of land containing approximately 55 acres in a
13     county contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more
14     inhabitants;
15         (4) the circuit court in which such proceeding is
16     pending entered its order, on or before November 17, 2006,
17     denying defendants' traverse motion and motion to dismiss
18     and finding, among other things, that the board of
19     education made a bona fide attempt to agree with the
20     property owner on the compensation to be paid to acquire
21     the subject property, but was unable to do so, thereby
22     authorizing the filing of a condemnation action;
23         (5) the school district waives its right to dismiss the
24     complaint, or to abandon the proceeding, as to all or any
25     part of the property so taken; and
26         (6) the school district deposits the sum of $500,000

 

 

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1     per acre with the county treasurer who shall invest the
2     deposit in an interest-bearing account for the benefit of
3     the parties to the action. The deposit and accrued interest
4     shall be held by the treasurer until entry of a final and
5     non-appealable order by the circuit court determining the
6     just compensation to be paid for the property. Upon entry
7     of such final and non-appealable order, the treasurer shall
8     disburse the just compensation to the owners and any excess
9     deposit to the school district. Interest accrued on the
10     deposit shall be disbursed to the owners and the school
11     district in the same proportion as the principal deposit is
12     disbursed to the owners and the school district. In the
13     event the deposit and all accrued interest are insufficient
14     to satisfy the award of just compensation determined in
15     such final and non-appealable order, then the school
16     district shall pay such deficiency, together with judgment
17     interest accruing from the date of such final and
18     non-appealable order within 30 days. In no event shall the
19     amount of the deposit be admissible as evidence in the
20     eminent domain proceeding.
21     In all other respects, said eminent domain proceeding shall
22 be governed by applicable law.
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.".