Bill Text: IL HB1452 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Eminent Domain Act concerning quick-take procedures. Provides that at any time after the plaintiff has taken possession of the property, but no later than 2 years after the plaintiff has taken possession of the property, the court shall notify the interested parties of their right to apply for authority to withdraw any just compensation due to them.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1452 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1452-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1452 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 30/20-5-20 was 735 ILCS 5/7-106
Amends the Eminent Domain Act concerning quick-take procedures. Provides that at any time after the plaintiff has taken possession of the property, but no later than 2 years after the plaintiff has taken possession of the property, the court shall notify the interested parties of their right to apply for authority to withdraw any just compensation due to them.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing
Section 20-5-20 as follows:
(735 ILCS 30/20-5-20) (was 735 ILCS 5/7-106)
Sec. 20-5-20. Withdrawal by persons having an interest. At
any time after the plaintiff has taken possession of the
property pursuant to the order of taking, if an appeal has not
been and will not be taken from the court's order described in
subsection (b) of Section 20-5-10 of this Act, or if such an
appeal has been taken and has been determined in favor of the
plaintiff, any party interested in the property may apply to
the court for authority to withdraw, for his or her own use,
his or her share (or any part thereof) of the amount
preliminarily found by the court to be just compensation and
deposited by the plaintiff, in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (a) of Section 20-5-15 of this Act, as that share
is determined by the court. The court shall then fix a date for
a hearing on the application for authority to withdraw and
shall require due notice of the application to be given to each
party whose interests would be affected by the withdrawal.
After the hearing, the court may authorize the withdrawal

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