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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 26

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 26, AS AMENDED, by
 3    replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT regarding property, which may be referred  to  as
 5    the Property Owners Protection Amendments of 1999."; and

 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5.  The Downstate Forest Preserve  District  Act
 9    is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

10        (70 ILCS 805/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6309)
11        Sec.  6.  Any  such  District shall have power to acquire
12    lands and grounds for the aforesaid purposes by lease, or  in
13    fee  simple by gift, grant, legacy, purchase or condemnation,
14    or to acquire easements in land, and to construct,  lay  out,
15    improve  and  maintain wells, power plants, comfort stations,
16    shelter houses, paths, driveways, public roads, roadways  and
17    other  improvements and facilities in and through such forest
18    preserves as they shall deem necessary or desirable  for  the
19    use  of  such forest preserves by the public and may acquire,
20    develop, improve and maintain waterways in  conjunction  with
21    the district. No district with a population less than 600,000
 
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 1      shall have the power to purchase, condemn, lease or acquire
 2    an easement in property within  a  municipality  without  the
 3    concurrence of the governing body of the municipality, except
 4    where  such  district  is acquiring land for a linear park or
 5    trail not to exceed 100 yards in width or is  acquiring  land
 6    contiguous  to  that  District  an  existing  park  or forest
 7    preserve,  and no municipality shall annex any land  for  the
 8    purpose of defeating a District acquisition once the District
 9    has  given  notice of intent to acquire a specified parcel of
10    land.  No district with a population  of  less  than  500,000
11    shall  (i)  have  the  power to condemn property for a linear
12    park or trail within a municipality without  the  concurrence
13    of  the  governing  body of the municipality or (ii) have the
14    power to condemn property for a linear park or  trail  in  an
15    unincorporated  area without the concurrence of the governing
16    body of the township within which the property is located  or
17    (iii)  once  having commenced a proceeding to acquire land by
18    condemnation, dismiss or abandon that proceeding without  the
19    consent of the property owners. No district shall establish a
20    trail  surface  within  50 feet of an occupied dwelling which
21    was in existence prior to the approval of the acquisition  by
22    the  district  without  obtaining permission of the owners of
23    the premises or the concurrence of the governing body of  the
24    municipality   or  township  within  which  the  property  is
25    located.   All acquisitions of land  by  a  district  with  a
26    population  less  than  600,000  within  1  1/2  miles  of  a
27    municipality shall be preceded by a conference with the mayor
28    or president of the municipality or his designated agent.  If
29    a forest preserve district is in negotiations for acquisition
30    of  land  with owners of land adjacent to a municipality, the
31    annexation of that land shall be deferred for 6  months.  The
32    district  shall  have no power to acquire an interest in real
33    estate situated outside the district by the exercise  of  the
34    right  of  eminent domain, by purchase or by lease, but shall
 
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 1    have the power to acquire any such property, or  an  easement
 2    in  any such property, which is contiguous to the district by
 3    gift, legacy, or grant, subject to  approval  of  the  county
 4    board  of  the county, and of any forest preserve district or
 5    conservation district, within which the property is located.
 6    The district shall have the same control of  and  power  over
 7    land, an interest in which it has so acquired, as over forest
 8    preserves  within  the  district.  If  any  of  the powers to
 9    acquire lands and hold or improve the same  given  to  Forest
10    Preserve Districts, by Sections 5 and 6 of this Act should be
11    held  invalid,  such  invalidity  shall  not  invalidate  the
12    remainder of this Act or any of the other powers herein given
13    and conferred upon the Forest Preserve Districts. Such Forest
14    Preserve  Districts  shall  also  have  power to lease not to
15    exceed 40 acres of the lands and grounds acquired by it,  for
16    a  term  of not more than 99 years to veterans' organizations
17    as grounds for convalescing sick and disabled  veterans,  and
18    as  a  place upon which to construct rehabilitation quarters,
19    or to a county as  grounds  for  a  county  nursing  home  or
20    convalescent  home.  Any  such Forest Preserve District shall
21    also  have   power   to   grant   licenses,   easements   and
22    rights-of-way for the construction, operation and maintenance
23    upon,  under  or  across  any  property  of  such District of
24    facilities for water, sewage, telephone, telegraph, electric,
25    gas or other  public  service,  subject  to  such  terms  and
26    conditions as may be determined by such District.
27        Any such District may purchase, but not condemn, a parcel
28    of  land  and  sell  a portion thereof for not less than fair
29    market value pursuant  to  resolution  of  the  Board.   Such
30    resolution  shall  be  passed  by  the affirmative vote of at
31    least 2/3 of all members of the board within  30  days  after
32    acquisition by the district of such parcel.
33        Whenever  the  board  of  any  forest  preserve  district
34    determines  that  the  public  interest  will be subserved by
 
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 1    vacating any street, roadway, or driveway, or  part  thereof,
 2    located  within a forest preserve, it may vacate that street,
 3    roadway, or driveway, or part thereof, by an ordinance passed
 4    by the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of all the members of
 5    the board. This vote shall be taken  by  ayes  and  nays  and
 6    entered in the records of the board.
 7        The determination of the board that the nature and extent
 8    of  the public use or public interest to be subserved is such
 9    as to  warrant  the  vacation  of  any  street,  roadway,  or
10    driveway,  or part thereof, is conclusive, and the passage of
11    such  an   ordinance   is   sufficient   evidence   of   that
12    determination,  whether  so  recited in the ordinance or not.
13    The  relief  to  the   public   from   further   burden   and
14    responsibility   of   maintaining   any  street,  roadway  or
15    driveway, or part thereof, constitutes a public use or public
16    interest authorizing the vacation.
17        Nothing contained in this Section shall be  construed  to
18    authorize the board of any forest preserve district to vacate
19    any  street,  roadway,  or driveway, or part thereof, that is
20    part of any State or county highway.
21        When property is damaged by the vacation  or  closing  of
22    any  street,  roadway,  or  driveway, or part thereof, damage
23    shall be ascertained and paid as provided by law.
24        Except in cases  where  the  deed,  or  other  instrument
25    dedicating  a  street, roadway, or driveway, or part thereof,
26    has expressly provided for a specific devolution of the title
27    thereto upon the abandonment or vacation thereof, and  except
28    where  such  street, roadway or driveway, or part thereof, is
29    held by the district by lease, or where the district holds an
30    easement in the land included within the street,  roadway  or
31    driveway,  whenever any street, roadway, or driveway, or part
32    thereof is vacated under or by virtue of any ordinance of any
33    forest preserve district, the title to the land in fee simple
34    included within the street, roadway,  or  driveway,  or  part
 
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 1    thereof, so vacated vests in the forest preserve district.
 2        The  board  of any forest preserve district is authorized
 3    to sell at fair market price, gravel,  sand,  earth  and  any
 4    other  material  obtained  from the lands and waters owned by
 5    the district.
 6        For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  "acquiring  land"
 7    includes acquiring a fee simple, lease or easement in land.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-267; 86-1387; 87-847.)

 9        Section 10.  The Code of Civil Procedure  is  amended  by
10    changing  Sections  7-101,  7-109,  7-110,  and 7-121, and by
11    adding Sections 7-101.1, 7-111.1, 7-119.1, 7-130,  and  7-131
12    as follows:

13        (735 ILCS 5/7-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-101)
14        Sec. 7-101.  Compensation - Jury.  Private property shall
15    not   be  taken  or  damaged  for  public  use  without  just
16    compensation, and in all cases in which compensation  is  not
17    made  by  the state in its corporate capacity, or a political
18    subdivision of the state, or municipality in  its  respective
19    corporate capacity, such compensation shall be ascertained by
20    a  jury,  as hereinafter prescribed. Where compensation is so
21    made by the state, a political subdivision of the  state,  or
22    municipality,  any party upon application may have a trial by
23    jury to ascertain the just  compensation  to  be  paid.  Such
24    demand  on  the part of the state, a political subdivision of
25    the state, or municipality, shall be filed with the complaint
26    for condemnation of the state, a political subdivision of the
27    state,  or  municipality.  Where  the  state,   a   political
28    subdivision  of  the  state,  or municipality is plaintiff, a
29    defendant desirous of a trial by  jury  must  file  a  demand
30    therefor  on  or before the return date of the summons served
31    on him or  her  or  fixed  in  the  publication  in  case  of
32    defendants  served  by  publication. In the event no party in
 
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 1    the condemnation action demands a trial by jury  as  provided
 2    for by this Section, then the trial shall be before the court
 3    without a jury. The right to just compensation as provided in
 4    this  Article  applies to the owner or owners of any lawfully
 5    erected  off-premises  outdoor  advertising  sign   that   is
 6    compelled  to be altered or removed under this Article or any
 7    other statute, or under any ordinance or  regulation  of  any
 8    municipality  or  other  unit  of  local government, and also
 9    applies to the owner or owners of the property on which  that
10    sign is erected.
11        An owner-occupied residence, which qualifies as homestead
12    property under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code, shall
13    not  be taken for recreational purposes unless the condemning
14    authority establishes by clear and convincing  evidence  that
15    such  taking  is  for the public purpose of removing blighted
16    areas  for  redevelopment  and  is   indispensable   to   the
17    implementation  of  a  long  range  comprehensive plan.  Such
18    restriction shall not apply  to  takings  of  property  by  a
19    public  utility  authorized  by  a  grant of authority issued
20    pursuant to Article VIII of the Public Utilities Act.
21        If the State, a political subdivision of the State, or  a
22    municipality  is  the  plaintiff  in  a proceeding under this
23    Article and the court authorizes the  plaintiff  to  exercise
24    eminent  domain,  as  part  of  the just compensation for the
25    defendant the court  may  assess  the  costs,  expenses,  and
26    reasonable   attorney  fees  of  the  defendant  against  the
27    plaintiff, upon application by the defendant,  as  the  court
28    determines after a hearing.
29    (Source: P.A. 87-1205.)

30        (735 ILCS 5/7-101.1 new)
31        Sec. 7-101.1.  Notice; time limits.
32        (a)  As  soon  as  practicable  after  making  any public
33    announcement regarding a taking, a condemning authority shall
 
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 1    notify  the  landowner  of  the  subject  property   of   its
 2    intentions  to  acquire  the  property  and  its  actions  in
 3    furtherance  of those intentions.  Such restriction shall not
 4    apply to takings of property by a public  utility  authorized
 5    by  a  grant  of authority issued pursuant to Article VIII of
 6    the Public Utilities Act.
 7        (b)  Except as otherwise provided by  law,  a  condemning
 8    authority  shall  file  a complaint for condemnation within a
 9    reasonable  time  after  notifying  the  landowner   of   its
10    intention to acquire the subject property.

11        (735 ILCS 5/7-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-109)
12        Sec.  7-109.  Refund of excess of deposit.  If the amount
13    withdrawn from deposit by  any  interested  party  under  the
14    provision  of  Section  7-106  of this Act exceeds the amount
15    finally adjudged to be just compensation (or damages,  costs,
16    expenses,  and  attorney  fees)  due to such party, the court
17    shall order such party to refund such excess to the clerk  of
18    the court, and if refund is not made within a reasonable time
19    fixed  by  the court, shall enter judgment for such excess in
20    favor of the plaintiff and against such party.
21        If  a  landowner  who  did  not  contest  the  amount  of
22    preliminary compensation deposited by the plaintiff withdraws
23    that preliminary compensation under  Section  7-106  and  the
24    final  amount  of  just compensation is determined to be less
25    than  the  preliminary  compensation  withdrawn  causing  the
26    landowner to  owe  a  refund,  the  landowner  shall  not  be
27    required to pay interest on the refund amount owed.
28    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

29        (735 ILCS 5/7-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-110)
30        Sec.  7-110.  Dismissal - Abandonment.  At any time after
31    the complaint for  condemnation  has  been  filed  After  the
32    plaintiff  has  taken  possession of the property pursuant to
 
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 1    the order of taking, the plaintiff shall  have  no  right  to
 2    dismiss  the  complaint,  or to abandon the proceeding, as to
 3    all or any part of the property so  taken,  except  upon  the
 4    consent  of  all  parties  to  the proceeding whose interests
 5    would be affected by such  dismissal  or  abandonment.   Such
 6    restriction  shall  not  apply  to  takings  of property by a
 7    public utility authorized by  a  grant  of  authority  issued
 8    pursuant to Article VIII of the Public Utilities Act.  Such a
 9    public  utility,  after  taking  possession  of  the property
10    pursuant to an order  of  taking,  shall  have  no  right  to
11    dismiss  the  complaint,  or to abandon the proceeding, as to
12    all or any part of the property, so taken,  except  upon  the
13    consent  of  all  parties  to  the proceeding whose interests
14    would be affected by such dismissal or abandonment.
15    (Source: P.A. 83-707.)

16        (735 ILCS 5/7-111.1 new)
17        Sec. 7-111.1.  Late payment by condemning authority after
18    agreed judgment.  When an agreed judgment is entered  by  the
19    court regarding a complaint for condemnation filed under this
20    Article  and  the  condemning  authority fails to deposit the
21    final compensation within the time provided in the order, the
22    condemning authority shall be liable for the costs, expenses,
23    and reasonable attorney fees incurred  by  the  landowner  in
24    obtaining deposit of the agreed judgment amount.

25        (735 ILCS 5/7-119.1 new)
26        Sec.  7-119.1.  Illustrated proposal required for taking.
27    The court shall not enter  an  order  of  taking  under  this
28    Article  unless  the  plaintiff  has  provided an illustrated
29    proposal of the plaintiff's planned use for  the  land  being
30    taken.  "Illustrated proposal" means an outline or plan which
31    describes  the  property proposed to be taken and illustrates
32    the public purpose for such taking.  This provision shall not
 
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 1    apply to takings of property by a public  utility  authorized
 2    by  a  grant  of authority issued pursuant to Article VIII of
 3    the Public Utilities Act.

 4        (735 ILCS 5/7-121) (from Ch. 110, par. 7-121)
 5        Sec. 7-121.  Value.
 6        (a)  Except as to property  designated  as  possessing  a
 7    special  use,  the  fair  cash  market value of property in a
 8    proceeding in eminent domain shall be  the  amount  of  money
 9    which  a  purchaser,  willing  but  not  obligated to buy the
10    property, would pay to an owner willing but  not  obliged  to
11    sell  in  a  voluntary  sale,  which amount of money shall be
12    determined and ascertained as  of  the  date  of  filing  the
13    complaint  to condemn.  In the condemnation of property for a
14    public improvement there shall be excluded from  such  amount
15    of money any appreciation in value proximately caused by such
16    improvement, and any depreciation in value proximately caused
17    by   such   improvement.   However,   such   appreciation  or
18    depreciation  shall  not  be  excluded  where   property   is
19    condemned  for  a separate project conceived independently of
20    and subsequent to the original project.
21        (b)  Sales of comparable  property  that  were  initiated
22    prior  to  filing  the complaint and were completed after the
23    complaint for condemnation of the subject property  has  been
24    filed  under  this  Article are admissible as evidence in the
25    condemnation  proceeding  on  the  same  terms  as  sales  of
26    comparable  property  completed  before  the  complaint   for
27    condemnation is filed.
28        (c)  In  addition  to  sales of comparable property, bona
29    fide offers to purchase  the  subject  property  or  adjacent
30    properties,  including options to purchase, are admissible as
31    evidence in a condemnation proceeding.
32    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
 
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 1    (735 ILCS 5/7-130 new)
 2        Sec. 7-130.  Land  use  regulations  adversely  affecting
 3    value.  The court may dismiss a complaint for condemnation if
 4    it  finds  that the condemning authority has acted in concert
 5    with one or more other governmental entities for the exercise
 6    of land use regulatory powers for the purpose of holding down
 7    the market value of property that  the  condemning  authority
 8    seeks to obtain.

 9        (735 ILCS 5/7-131 new)
10        Sec.  7-131.   Condemning  authority's  ability to resell
11    property to private party limited.  A  condemning  authority,
12    which  has  acquired  property  either  by verdict under this
13    Article or voluntarily from a property owner after  notifying
14    the  owner  of its intention to exercise its power of eminent
15    domain, shall not resell that property  to  a  private  party
16    unless  the  property  owner  holding  title before the order
17    which transferred  title  is  allowed  first  opportunity  to
18    repurchase  the  property on the same terms as the condemning
19    authority acquired the property except where the property  is
20    acquired  as  part of a comprehensive long range plan for the
21    redevelopment of a blighted area and notice of  such  purpose
22    is  given  to  the  property  owner  prior  to the condemning
23    authority acquiring the  property.  This  Section  shall  not
24    apply  to  property taken by a public utility authorized by a
25    grant of authority issued pursuant to  Article  VIII  of  the
26    Public Utilities Act.

27        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
28    becoming law.".

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