Bill Text: IL HB1694 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0229 [HB1694 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1694-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0229 [HB1694 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1694-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1-1-5 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 30/1-1-5)
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7 | Sec. 1-1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act, except with | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | with respect to the acquisition or damaging of property | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | authorized under the O'Hare Modernization Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Acquisition of property", unless the context otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | requires, includes the acquisition, damaging, or use of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | property or any right to or interest in property. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Blighted area", "blight", and "blighted" have the same | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | meanings as under the applicable statute authorizing the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | condemning authority to exercise the power of eminent domain | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | or, if those terms have no defined meaning under the applicable | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | statute, then the same meanings as under Section 11-74.4-3 of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the Illinois Municipal Code. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Condemning authority" means the State or any unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | government, school district, or other entity authorized to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | exercise the power of eminent domain.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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