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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 550
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 550 on page 1, by
3 inserting after line 15 the following:
4 "(a-10) A unit of local government may exercise
5 "quick-take" powers to acquire real property or an interest
6 in real property under this Article only with respect to real
7 property lying within the limits of its territorial
8 jurisdiction. Before the General Assembly may consider any
9 amendment of this Section that adds an authorization for a
10 unit of local government to acquire real property or an
11 interest in real property under this Section, all of the
12 following must occur:
13 (1) The governing body of the unit of local
14 government shall hold at least one public hearing on the
15 matter of the proposed acquisition. The governing body
16 must give notice of the hearing by publication in a
17 newspaper published in the territory under the
18 jurisdiction of the unit of local government or, if no
19 newspaper is published in that territory, in a newspaper
20 of general circulation in that territory. At the hearing
21 the governing body shall give members of the public an
22 opportunity to ask questions and offer comments orally or
23 in writing or both.
24 (2) After the conclusion of the public hearing
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1 process required under paragraph (1), and not on the same
2 day as a hearing conducted under that paragraph, the
3 governing body of the unit of local government shall
4 adopt by recorded vote a resolution requesting an
5 authorization to exercise "quick-take" powers to acquire
6 the property or interest in property under this Article.
7 (3) After adopting a resolution under paragraph
8 (2), the governing body of the unit of local government
9 shall file with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
10 of the House of Representatives all of the following:
11 (A) A copy of the resolution.
12 (B) The legal description of the property or
13 interest in property sought to be acquired by the
14 exercise of "quick-take" powers under this Article.
15 (C) An appraisal of the fair market value of
16 the property or interest in property sought to be
17 acquired by the unit of local government. The
18 appraisal must be prepared by an independent
19 qualified real estate appraiser.
20 (D) An explanation of the public purposes that
21 the unit of local government intends to further by
22 the acquisition of the property or interest in
23 property.
24 This subsection (a-10) applies only to authorizations to
25 acquire real property or an interest in real property under
26 this Section that take effect after the effective date of
27 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.".