Illinois Statutes Chapter 735. Civil Procedure § 30/10-5-65. Reimbursement; inverse condemnation

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when the condemning authority is required by a court to initiate condemnation proceedings for the actual physical taking of real property, the court rendering judgment for the property owner and awarding just compensation for the taking shall determine and award or allow to the property owner, as part of that judgment or award, further sums as will, in the opinion of the court, reimburse the property owner for the owner's reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees actually incurred by the property owner in those proceedings.

(b) When the condemning authority is required to initiate condemnation proceedings of property impacted directly or indirectly by the Chicago Transit Authority Red-Purple Modernization Project, the court rendering judgment for the property owner and awarding just compensation for the taking shall determine and award or allow to the property owner, as part of that judgment or award, further sums as will, in the opinion of the court, reimburse the property owner for the owner's reasonable costs, disbursements, diminution, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees actually incurred by the property owner in those proceedings.