(65 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 6033)
Sec. 3. In order to accomplish the purposes of this Act, a municipality with a population in excess of 2,000,000 may acquire by eminent domain, by a complaint filed before July 1, 1992, pursuant to Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure (now the Eminent Domain Act), and such municipality may acquire by immediate vesting of title, commonly referred to as "quick take," pursuant to Sections 7-102 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure (now Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act), real or personal property or interests in real or personal property located within any of the following described parcels for the purpose of facilitating the construction of an indoor stadium for professional sports and amusement events having a seating capacity of less than 28,000: PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF SECTIONS 7 AND 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET, ON THE EAST BY THE EAST LINE OF PAULINA STREET, ON THE SOUTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF ADAMS STREET AND ON THE WEST BY THE WEST LINE OF DAMEN AVENUE (BUT EXCEPTING THE BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET, ON THE EAST BY THE WEST LINE OF HERMITAGE AVENUE, ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF WARREN BOULEVARD AND ON THE WEST BY THE EAST LINE OF WOOD STREET; ALSO EXCEPTING THE BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF MONROE STREET, ON THE EAST BY THE WEST LINE OF WOOD STREET, ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF ADAMS STREET AND ON THE WEST BY THE EAST LINE OF HONORE STREET; ALSO EXCEPTING LOTS 17 AND 18 IN BLOCK 5 OF ASHLANDS SECOND ADDITION TO CHICAGO, A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTH EAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 18, IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTH EAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALSO EXCEPTING THE BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, ON THE EAST BY THE WEST LINE OF WOLCOTT AVENUE, ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF WARREN BOULEVARD AND ON THE WEST BY THE EAST LINE OF DAMEN AVENUE; ALSO EXCEPTING LOTS 43 THROUGH 48 IN H. H. WALKER'S RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 12 AND 13 IN S.F. SMITH'S SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS). PARCEL 2: LOTS 14 THROUGH 24 AND LOTS 33 THROUGH 48, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 61 OF CANAL TRUSTEES' SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: THE BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF MADISON STREET, BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE WEST LINE OF DAMEN AVENUE, BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF MONROE STREET, BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE EAST LINE OF SEELEY AVENUE IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTH WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
However, such municipality shall not have the power to acquire by eminent domain any property located within the foregoing parcels which is owned, leased, used or occupied by the Chicago Board of Education, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Park District, or any unit of local government, and which was also so owned, leased, used or occupied on January 1, 1989.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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