Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HR0105 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/04/2025

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1  HOUSE RESOLUTION
2  RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3  HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4  the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General
5  Assembly are amended by changing Rule 41 as follows:
6  (House Rule 41)
7  41. Note Requests; Quick Takes.
8  (a) The House shall comply with all Illinois laws
9  requiring fiscal or other notes. The notes shall be filed with
10  the Clerk, who shall affix each note with a time stamp
11  endorsing the date and time received, and attached to the
12  original of the bill and available for inspection by the
13  members. As soon as practical, the Clerk shall provide a copy
14  of the note to the Legislative Reference Bureau, which shall
15  provide an informative summary of the note in subsequent
16  issues of the Legislative Digest.
17  A motion to have any note request deemed inapplicable may
18  be made by the Principal Sponsor of the bill, or by a chief
19  co-sponsor with the consent of the Principal Sponsor, at any
20  time and shall be adopted by a majority of those voting on the
21  motion. No member, except the Principal Sponsor of the bill,
22  may file a request for a note with the Clerk during debate of
23  the legislative measure to which the note relates. At the

 

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1  request of the Principal Sponsor of a bill, or by a chief
2  co-sponsor with the consent of the Principal Sponsor, a note
3  request for the bill as introduced into the House or received
4  from the Senate shall be automatically deemed inapplicable if
5  (i) one or more House amendments to the bill have been adopted,
6  and (ii) a note of the same type for the bill as amended by
7  each adopted House amendment has been filed with the Clerk. If
8  any such adopted House amendment is later tabled, the note
9  request for the bill as introduced into or received by the
10  House shall immediately become applicable. A note request
11  deemed inapplicable under this Rule shall not be further
12  considered and shall not prevent the bill from advancing.
13  (b) No bill authorizing or directing the conveyance by the
14  State of any particular interest in real estate to any
15  individual or entity other than a governmental unit or agency
16  may be voted upon in committee or upon Second Reading unless a
17  certified appraisal of the value of the interest has been
18  filed. The appraisal shall be filed with the Clerk of the
19  House, and shall be part of the permanent record for that bill.
20  (c) No bill authorizing the State or a unit of local
21  government to acquire property by eminent domain using
22  "quick-take" powers under the Eminent Domain Act may be voted
23  upon in committee or on Second Reading unless the State or the
24  unit of local government, as applicable, has complied with all
25  of the following procedures:
26  (1) The State or the unit of local government must

 

 

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1  notify each owner of an interest in the property, by
2  certified mail, of the intention of the State or the unit
3  of local government to request approval of legislation by
4  the General Assembly authorizing the State or the unit of
5  local government to acquire the property by eminent domain
6  using "quick-take" powers under Section 20-5-5 of the
7  Eminent Domain Act.
8  (2) The State or the unit of local government must
9  cause notice of its intention to request authorization to
10  acquire the property by eminent domain using "quick-take"
11  powers to be published in a newspaper of general
12  circulation in the territory sought to be acquired by the
13  State or the unit of local government.
14  (3) Following the notices required under paragraphs
15  (1) and (2), the State or the unit of local government must
16  hold at least one public hearing, at the place where the
17  unit of local government normally holds its business
18  meetings (or, in the case of property sought to be
19  acquired by the State: (i) at a location in the county in
20  which the property sought to be acquired by the State is
21  located, or (ii) if the property is located in Cook
22  County, at a location in the township in which the
23  property is located, or (iii) if the property is located
24  in 2 adjacent counties other than Cook County or in 2
25  adjacent townships in Cook County, at a location in the
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1  majority of the property is located, or (iv) if the
2  property is located in Cook County and an adjacent county,
3  at a location in the other county or in the township in
4  Cook County in which the majority of the property is
5  located), on the question of the acquisition of the
6  property by the State or the unit of local government by
7  eminent domain using "quick-take" powers.
8  (4) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a
9  unit of local government, following the public hearing or
10  hearings held under paragraph (3), the unit of local
11  government must adopt, by recorded vote, a resolution to
12  request approval of legislation by the General Assembly
13  authorizing the unit of local government to acquire the
14  property by eminent domain using "quick-take" powers under
15  the Eminent Domain Act. The resolution must include a
16  statement of the time period within which the unit of
17  local government requests authority to exercise
18  "quick-take" powers, which may not exceed one year.
19  (5) Following the public hearing or hearings held
20  under paragraph (3), the head of the appropriate State
21  office, department, or agency or the chief elected
22  official of the unit of local government, as applicable,
23  must submit to the Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson
24  of the House Executive Committee a sworn, notarized
25  affidavit that contains, or has attached as an
26  incorporated exhibit, all of the following:

 

 

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1  (A) The legal description of the property.
2  (B) The street address of the property.
3  (C) The name of each State Senator and State
4  Representative who represents the territory that is
5  the subject of the proposed taking.
6  (D) The date or dates on which the State or the
7  unit of local government contacted each such State
8  Senator and State Representative concerning the
9  intention of the State or the unit of local government
10  to request approval of legislation by the General
11  Assembly authorizing the State or the unit of local
12  government to acquire the property by eminent domain
13  using "quick-take" powers.
14  (E) The current name, address, and telephone
15  number of each owner of an interest in the property.
16  (F) A summary of all negotiations between the
17  State or the unit of local government and the owner or
18  owners of the property concerning the sale of the
19  property to the State or the unit of local government.
20  (G) A statement of the date and location of each
21  public hearing held under paragraph (3).
22  (H) A statement of the public purpose for which
23  the State or the unit of local government seeks to
24  acquire the property.
25  (I) The certification of the head of the
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1  chief elected official of the unit of local
2  government, as applicable, that (i) the property is
3  located within the territory under the jurisdiction of
4  the State or the unit of local government and (ii) the
5  State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire
6  the property for a public purpose.
7  (J) A map of the area in which the property to be
8  acquired is located, showing the location of the
9  property.
10  (K) Photographs of the property.
11  (L) An appraisal of the property by a real estate
12  appraiser who is certified or licensed under the Real
13  Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
14  (M) In the case of property sought to be acquired
15  by a unit of local government, a copy of the resolution
16  adopted by the unit of local government under
17  paragraph (4).
18  (N) Documentation of the public purpose for which
19  the State or the unit of local government seeks to
20  acquire the property.
21  (O) A copy of each notice sent to an owner of an
22  interest in the property under paragraph (1).
23  A request for quick-take authority shall not be considered
24  by a House committee fewer than 30 days after the date of the
25  notice to each property owner as required by paragraph (1).
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