Illinois Statutes Chapter 15. Executive Officers § 330/2. Appropriation; method of acquiring the property; title

§ 2. The sum of $3,500,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Secretary of State from the Road Fund for the acquisition of land, cost of construction, cost of equipment, and including plans and specifications, and all necessary charges incident to the completion of the work. For the purpose of acquiring sites for said buildings, the Secretary of State may, on behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private property by lease, purchase, or eminent domain. Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of said buildings shall not be subject to the provisions of any law requiring that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the premises, if such expenditures are made in connection with and upon premises owned by another public entity.