(50 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1032)
Sec. 2.
It is hereby found and declared that there exist in many county
seats and in many municipalities within this State inadequate and outmoded
public improvements, buildings and facilities for the furnishing of
essential governmental services and for use in the conduct of local
government by the various branches, departments and agencies thereof; that
in many cases, by reason of the age of such public improvements, buildings
and facilities and the increased activities on the part of both the citizen
and his local government, they are no longer adapted or adequate to meet
the needs of the growing population; that as a consequence thereof there
are many counties, cities, municipalities and other branches and agencies
of government within this State which are compelled to spend large sums of
money annually in the rental, operation and maintenance of additional
building space to house the various branches, departments and agencies of
government to meet this ever increasing need; that as a result thereof, in
many of the cities, counties, and other municipalities within this State,
the public buildings housing the various branches, departments, and
agencies of government are widely scattered and dispersed throughout the
locality, thereby creating confusion and considerable waste of time and
effort on the part of citizens conducting ordinary business with the
various branches and agencies of government, and thereby creating reduced
efficiency of operation in the necessary intergovernmental activities of
the various branches and agencies of government; that many public records,
wills, conveyances, vital records, court orders, and
other similar documents in use in the conduct of daily business, are now
filed in many poorly protected and overcrowded spaces and at widely
separated locations by reason of the lack of an adequate public building or
buildings; that the rendering of essential governmental, health, safety and
welfare services is adversely affected by reason thereof, to the detriment
of the citizens in many county seats and municipalities; that these
conditions impair the efficient, economical and indispensable governmental
functions of the various branches and agencies of government and the
rendering of essential governmental, health, safety and welfare services,
and that in order to eradicate these conditions, it is hereby found and
declared to be necessary and desirable to make possible the construction,
acquisition, or enlargement of public improvements, buildings and
facilities to be made available for use by governmental agencies with the
intent and purpose of centralizing, insofar as is practicable, the
activities of the different branches of government and to make possible the
construction, acquisition or enlargement of public improvements, buildings
and facilities at convenient locations within the county seats and
municipalities, for use by governmental agencies in the furnishing of
essential governmental, health, safety and welfare services to its
citizens; and that the eradication of these conditions and the
construction, acquisition or enlargement of such public improvements,
building or buildings and facilities, in the manner hereinafter provided in
this Act, is hereby declared to be a public use essential to the public
interest.
(Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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