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90_HB2753
65 ILCS 5/11-61-1 from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-1
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that for
the purposes of making surveys and determining the amount of
property necessary to be taken or damaged in connection with
any highway project, the municipality may enter upon the
lands or waters of any person or corporation, after notice to
the owner, by certified or registered mail, 7 days before the
entry and subject to responsibility for all damages occurring
as a result of the entry.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
2 Section 11-61-1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-61-1 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/11-61-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-1)
8 Sec. 11-61-1. The corporate authorities of each
9 municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain by
10 condemnation proceedings in conformity with the provisions of
11 the constitution and statutes of the State of Illinois for
12 the acquirement of property useful, advantageous or desirable
13 for municipal purposes or public welfare including property
14 in unincorporated areas outside of but adjacent and
15 contiguous to the municipality where required for street or
16 highway purposes by the municipality.
17 For the purposes making surveys and determining the
18 amount of property necessary to be taken or damaged in
19 connection with any highway project, the municipality,
20 through its officers, agents, or employees, may enter upon
21 the lands or waters of any person or corporation, after
22 notice to the owner, by certified or registered mail, 7 days
23 before the entry and subject to responsibility for all
24 damages occurring as a result of the entry.
25 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2425.)