Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that property belonging to a public utility that provides water or sewer service and that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission may not be taken or damaged by eminent domain without prior approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Excludes eminent domain actions commenced prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: In new provisions in the Eminent Domain Act about a requirement that the Illinois Commerce Commission must approve an eminent domain action relating to property belonging to a public utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, provides that the requirement does not apply to property to be acquired by a municipality with 140,000 or more inhabitants or a regional water commission formed under specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code or a municipality that is a member of such a regional water commission, only in furtherance of purposes authorized under the specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, and limited solely to interests in real property and not improvements to or assets on the real property belonging to a public utility that provides water or sewer service and that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 65 ILCS 5/11, 735 ILCS 30/10, 735 ILCS 5/7
Engrossed: 65 ILCS 5/11, 735 ILCS 30/10, 735 ILCS 5/7
Enrolled: 65 ILCS 5/11, 735 ILCS 30/10, 735 ILCS 5/7
Public Act: 65 ILCS 5/11, 735 ILCS 30/10, 735 ILCS 5/7