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§ 15-5-25. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Chapters 205 through 430. The following provisions of law may include express grants of the power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain:
(220 ILCS 5/8-509); Public Utilities Act; public utilities; for construction of certain improvements.
(220 ILCS 15/1); Gas Storage Act; corporations engaged in the distribution, transportation, or storage of natural gas or manufactured gas; for their operations.
(220 ILCS 15/2 and 15/6); Gas Storage Act; corporations engaged in the distribution, transportation, or storage of natural gas or manufactured gas; for use of an underground geological formation for gas storage.
(220 ILCS 30/13); Electric Supplier Act; electric cooperatives; for general purposes.
(220 ILCS 55/3); Telegraph Act; telegraph companies; for telegraph lines.
(220 ILCS 65/4); Telephone Company Act; telecommunications carriers; for telephone company purposes.
(225 ILCS 435/23); Ferries Act; ferry operators; for a landing, ferryhouse, or approach.
(225 ILCS 440/9); Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971; Department of Transportation; for removal of signs adjacent to highways.
(310 ILCS 5/6 and 5/38); State Housing Act; housing corporations; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 10/8.3); Housing Authorities Act; housing authorities; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 10/8.15); Housing Authorities Act; housing authorities; for implementation of conservation plans and demolition.
(310 ILCS 10/9); Housing Authorities Act; housing authorities; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 20/5); Housing Development and Construction Act; housing authorities; for development or redevelopment.
(310 ILCS 35/2); House Relocation Act; political subdivisions and municipal corporations; for relocation of dwellings for highway construction.
(315 ILCS 10/5); Blighted Vacant Areas Development Act of 1949; State of Illinois; for housing development.
(315 ILCS 20/9 and 20/42); Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Law; neighborhood redevelopment corporations; for general purposes.
(315 ILCS 25/4 and 25/6); Urban Community Conservation Act; municipal conservation boards; for conservation areas.
(315 ILCS 30/12); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961; municipal departments of urban renewal; for blighted area redevelopment projects.
(315 ILCS 30/20 and 30/22); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961; municipal departments of urban renewal; for implementing conservation areas.
(315 ILCS 30/24); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961; municipal departments of urban renewal; for general purposes.
(415 ILCS 95/6); Junkyard Act; Department of Transportation; for junkyards or scrap processing facilities.
(420 ILCS 35/1); Radioactive Waste Storage Act; Illinois Emergency Management Agency; for radioactive by-product and waste storage.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 735. Civil Procedure § 30/15-5-25. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Statutes Chapters 205 through 430 - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-735-civil-procedure/il-st-sect-735-30-15-5-25/
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