The following provisions of law may include express grants of the power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain:
 

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 30/15-5-5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

(5 ILCS 220/3.1); Intergovernmental Cooperation Act;
    
cooperating entities; for Municipal Joint Action Water Agency purposes.
(5 ILCS 220/3.2); Intergovernmental Cooperation Act;
    
cooperating entities; for Municipal Joint Action Agency purposes.
(5 ILCS 585/1); National Forest Land Act; United States of
    
America; for national forests.
(15 ILCS 330/2); Secretary of State Buildings in Cook County
    
Act; Secretary of State; for office facilities in Cook County.
(20 ILCS 5/5-675); Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; the
    
Secretary of Transportation, the Director of Natural Resources, and the Director of Central Management Services; for lands, buildings, and grounds for which an appropriation is made by the General Assembly.
(20 ILCS 620/9); Economic Development Area Tax Increment
    
Allocation Act; municipalities; to achieve the objectives of the economic development project.
(20 ILCS 685/1); Particle Accelerator Land Acquisition Act;
    
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; for a federal high energy BEV Particle Accelerator.
(20 ILCS 835/2); State Parks Act; Department of Natural
    
Resources; for State parks.
(20 ILCS 1110/3); Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond
    
Act; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; for coal projects.
(20 ILCS 1920/2.06); Abandoned Mined Lands and Water
    
Reclamation Act; Department of Natural Resources; for reclamation purposes.
(20 ILCS 1920/2.08); Abandoned Mined Lands and Water
    
Reclamation Act; Department of Natural Resources; for reclamation purposes and for the construction or rehabilitation of housing.
(20 ILCS 1920/2.11); Abandoned Mined Lands and Water
    
Reclamation Act; Department of Natural Resources; for eliminating hazards.
(20 ILCS 3105/9.08a); Capital Development Board Act; Capital
    
Development Board; for lands, buildings and grounds for which an appropriation is made by the General Assembly.
(20 ILCS 3110/5); Building Authority Act; Capital Development
    
Board; for purposes declared by the General Assembly to be in the public interest.
(40 ILCS 5/15-167); Illinois Pension Code; State Universities
    
Retirement System; for real estate acquired for the use of the System.