(310 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 104)
Sec. 2. Where real property has been acquired for highway purposes by any
political subdivision or municipal corporation of the State and is improved
with a dwelling or dwellings which otherwise must be removed or demolished
in order to construct such highway, any such political subdivision or
municipal corporation may acquire other real property by purchase, gift,
legacy or pursuant to the provisions for the exercise
of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act for the purpose of providing a
site on which such
dwelling or dwellings may be relocated in order that it or they may
continue to be used for housing purposes and may cause any such dwelling to
be moved to such a site, provide it with a suitable foundation and restore
and rehabilitate the dwelling in its entirety.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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