The following provisions of law may include express grants of the power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain: (
45 ILCS 30/3); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for the purposes of the Authority. (
45 ILCS 35/40); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for metropolitan facilities. (
45 ILCS 110/1); Bi-State Development Powers Act; Bi-State Development Agency; for the purposes of the Bi-State Development Agency. (
50 ILCS 20/14); Public Building Commission Act; public building commissions; for general purposes. (
50 ILCS 30/6.4); Exhibition Council Act; exhibition councils; for council purposes. (
50 ILCS 605/4); Local Government Property Transfer Act
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The following provisions of law may include express grants of the power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain: (45 ILCS 30/3); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for the purposes of the Authority. (45 ILCS 35/40); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for metropolitan facilities. (45 ILCS 110/1); Bi-State Development Powers Act; Bi-State Development Agency; for the purposes of the Bi-State Development Agency. (50 ILCS 20/14); Public Building Commission Act; public building commissions; for general purposes. (50 ILCS 30/6.4); Exhibition Council Act; exhibition councils; for council purposes. (50 ILCS 605/4); Local Government Property Transfer Act; State of Illinois; for the removal of any restriction on land transferred to the State by a municipality. (55 ILCS 5/5-1095); Counties Code; counties; for easements for community antenna television systems. (55 ILCS 5/5-1119); Counties Code; any county that is bordered by the Mississippi River and that has a population in excess of 62,000 but less than 80,000; for the operation of ferries. (55 ILCS 5/5-11001); Counties Code; counties; for motor vehicle parking lots or garages. (55 ILCS 5/5-15007); Counties Code; counties; for water supply, drainage, and flood control, including bridges, roads, and waste management. (55 ILCS 5/5-15009); Counties Code; counties; for water supply, drainage, and flood control. (55 ILCS 5/5-30021); Counties Code; county preservation commissions; for historic preservation purposes. (55 ILCS 85/9); County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act; counties; for the objectives of the economic development plan. (55 ILCS 90/60); County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991; counties; for the objectives of the economic development project. (60 ILCS 1/115-20, 1/115-30, 1/115-35, 1/115-40, 1/115-55, and 1/115-120); Township Code; townships with a population over 250,000; for an open space program. (60 ILCS 1/120-10); Township Code; townships; for park purposes. (60 ILCS 1/130-5); Township Code; townships; for cemeteries. (60 ILCS 1/130-30); Township Code; any 2 or more cities, villages, or townships; for joint cemetery purposes. (60 ILCS 1/135-5); Township Code; any 2 or more townships or road districts; for joint cemetery purposes. (60 ILCS 1/205-40); Township Code; townships; for waterworks and sewerage systems. (65 ILCS 5/Art. 9, Div. 2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for local improvements. (65 ILCS 5/11-11-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of blighted areas and urban community conservation areas. (65 ILCS 5/11-12-8); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for acquiring land for public purposes as designated on proposed subdivision plats. (65 ILCS 5/11-13-17); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for nonconforming structures under a zoning ordinance and for areas blighted by substandard buildings. (65 ILCS 5/11-19-10); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for waste disposal purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-28-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for municipal hospital purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-29.3-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for senior citizen housing. (65 ILCS 5/11-42-11); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for easements for community antenna television systems. (65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for establishing cultural centers. (65 ILCS 5/11-48.2-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for historical preservation purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for cemeteries. (65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-3); Illinois Municipal Code; any 2 or more cities, villages, or townships; for joint cemetery purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-61-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for municipal purposes or public welfare. (65 ILCS 5/11-61-1a); Illinois Municipal Code; municipality with a population over 500,000; quick-take power for rapid transit lines (obsolete). (65 ILCS 5/11-63-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for community buildings. (65 ILCS 5/11-65-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for municipal convention hall purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-66-10); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for a municipal coliseum. (65 ILCS 5/11-68-4); Illinois Municipal Code; board of stadium and athletic field commissioners; for a stadium and athletic field. (65 ILCS 5/11-69-1); Illinois Municipal Code; any 2 or more municipalities with the same or partly the same territory; for their joint municipal purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-71-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for parking facilities. (65 ILCS 5/11-71-10); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for the removal of a lessee's interest in the leased space over a municipally-owned parking lot. (65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-8); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for carrying out a final commercial redevelopment plan. (65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-9); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for commercial renewal and redevelopment areas. (65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for business district development or redevelopment. (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for redevelopment project areas. (65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-15); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for projects under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. (65 ILCS 5/11-75-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for the removal of a lessee's interest in a building erected on space leased by the municipality. (65 ILCS 5/11-80-21); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for construction of roads or sewers on or under the track, right-of-way, or land of a railroad company. (65 ILCS 5/11-87-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for non-navigable streams. (65 ILCS 5/11-87-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for improvements along re-channeled streams. (65 ILCS 5/11-92-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for harbors for recreational use. (65 ILCS 5/11-93-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for bathing beaches and recreation piers. (65 ILCS 5/11-94-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities with a population of less than 500,000; for recreational facilities. (65 ILCS 5/11-97-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for driveways to parks owned by the municipality outside its corporate limits. (65 ILCS 5/11-101-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for public airport purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities with a population over 500,000; for public airport purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-103-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities with a population under 500,000; for public airport purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-110-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for drainage purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-112-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for levees, protective embankments, and structures. (65 ILCS 5/11-117-1, 5/11-117-4, 5/11-117-7, and 5/11-117-11); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for public utility purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-5, 5/11-119.1-7, and 5/11-119.1-10); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal power agencies; for joint municipal electric power agency purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-5 and 5/11-119.2-7); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal natural gas agencies; for joint municipal natural gas agency purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-121-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for constructing and operating subways. (65 ILCS 5/11-122-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for street railway purposes. (65 ILCS 5/1-123-4 and 5/11-123-24); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for harbor facilities. (65 ILCS 5/11-125-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for waterworks purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-126-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for water supply purposes, including joint construction of waterworks. (65 ILCS 5/11-130-9); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for waterworks purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-135-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal water commission; for waterworks purposes, including quick-take power. (65 ILCS 5/11-136-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal sewer or water commission; for waterworks and sewer purposes. (65 ILCS 5/11-138-2); Illinois Municipal Code; water companies; for pipes and waterworks. (65 ILCS 5/11-139-12); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for waterworks and sewerage systems. (65 ILCS 5/11-140-3 and 5/11-140-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for outlet sewers and works. (65 ILCS 5/11-141-10); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for sewerage systems. (65 ILCS 5/11-148-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for sewage disposal plants. (65 ILCS 20/21-19 and 20/21-21); Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941; City of Chicago; for municipal purposes or public welfare. (65 ILCS 100/3); Sports Stadium Act; municipality with a population over 2,000,000; for sports stadium purposes, including quick-take power (obsolete). (65 ILCS 110/60); Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995; municipalities; for economic development projects.