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70 ILCS 2605/16

(70 ILCS 2605/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 336)

Sec. 16.

Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district shall pass an
ordinance for the making of any improvement which such district is
authorized to make, the making of which will require that private property
should be taken or damaged, such district may cause compensation therefor
to be ascertained, and condemn and acquire possession thereof in the same
manner as nearly as may be as is provided for the exercise of the right
of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act. However, proceedings to ascertain
the compensation to be paid for
taking or damaging private property shall in all cases, be instituted in
the county where the property sought to be taken or damaged is situated and
all damages to property whether determined by agreement or by final
judgment of court shall be paid out of the annual district tax, prior to
the payment of any other debt or obligation. In the event the board of
trustees of such sanitary district shall determine that negotiations for
the acquisition property for flood control projects or easements for sewers
or sewer improvement over, under or upon certain parcels or tracts of land
necessary for the right of way for any improvement which such District is
authorized to make have proven unsuccessful and the Board of Trustees shall
have by resolution adopted a schedule or plan of operation for the
execution of the project and therein made a finding that it is necessary to
take such property immediately or at some specified later date in order to
comply with the schedule, the Board may commence proceedings to acquire
such property or easements in the same manner provided in Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act (quick-take procedure).

(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)