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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 802

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 802  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  1.  Short  Title.  This Act may be cited as the
 5    O'Hare Modernization Act.

 6        Section 5.  Findings and purposes.
 7        (a)  The Illinois General Assembly Finds and determines:
 8             (1)  The reliability and efficiency of the State and
 9        national air transportation systems significantly  depend
10        on  the  efficiency  of  the Chicago O'Hare International
11        Airport.  O'Hare   has   an   essential   role   in   air
12        transportation for the State of Illinois. The reliability
13        and  efficiency  of  air transportation for residents and
14        businesses  in  Illinois  and  other  States  depend   on
15        efficient air traffic operations at O'Hare.
16             (2)  O'Hare  cannot  efficiently perform its role in
17        the State and national air transportation systems  unless
18        it is reconfigured with multiple parallel runways.
19             (3)  The  O'Hare  Modernization Program will enhance
20        the economic welfare of the State  of  Illinois  and  its
21        residents  by  creating  thousands  of  jobs and business
22        opportunities.
 
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 1             (4)  O'Hare provides, and will continue to  provide,
 2        unique   air  transportation  functions  that  cannot  be
 3        replaced by any other airport in Illinois.
 4             (5)  Public  roadway  access  through  the  existing
 5        western boundary of  O'Hare  to  passenger  terminal  and
 6        parking  facilities located inside the boundary of O'Hare
 7        and reasonably accessible to that western  access  is  an
 8        essential  element  of  the O'Hare Modernization Program.
 9        That western access to O'Hare is needed  to  realize  the
10        full   economic   opportunities  created  by  the  O'Hare
11        Modernization   Program    and    to    improve    ground
12        transportation in the O'Hare area. It is important to the
13        State  that  the  western access be constructed not later
14        than the time existing runway  14R-32L  is  removed  from
15        service.
16             (6)  For  the reasons stated in paragraphs (1), (2),
17        (3), (4), and  (5),  it  is  essential  that  the  O'Hare
18        Modernization   Program   be  completed  efficiently  and
19        without unnecessary delay.
20             (7)  For the reasons stated in paragraphs (1),  (2),
21        (3),  (4),  and  (5), it is essential that acquisition of
22        property as required for the O'Hare Modernization Program
23        be completed as expeditiously as practicable.
24             (8)  The  General  Assembly  recognizes   that   the
25        planning,   construction,  and  use  of  O'Hare  and  the
26        planning,   construction,   and   use   of   the   O'Hare
27        Modernization  Program  will  be  subject  to   intensive
28        regulatory  scrutiny  by  the  United  States and that no
29        purpose would  be  served  by  duplicative  or  redundant
30        regulation  of  the  safety and impacts of the airport or
31        the O'Hare Modernization Program.
32        (b)  It is the intent of the General  Assembly  that  all
33    agencies  of this State and its subdivisions shall facilitate
34    the  efficient  and  expeditious  completion  of  the  O'Hare
 
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 1    Modernization  Program  to  the   extent   not   specifically
 2    prohibited   by  law,  and  that  legal  impediments  to  the
 3    completion of the project be eliminated.

 4        Section 10.  Definitions. As used in this Act:
 5        "Airport property" means (i) any property or an  interest
 6    in  property  that  is,  or hereafter becomes, part of O'Hare
 7    International Airport and (ii) any property or an interest in
 8    property that is not part of  O'Hare  International  Airport,
 9    but  that  is acquired by the City of Chicago for purposes of
10    air navigation or air safety  in  accordance  with  standards
11    established  by the Federal Aviation Administration. "Airport
12    property", however, shall not include any substitute property
13    acquired pursuant  to  Section  15  of  this  Act,  including
14    property acquired for cemetery purposes.
15        "O'Hare   Modernization   Program"  means  the  plan  for
16    modernization  of  O'Hare  International   Airport   by   (1)
17    construction  and  reconfiguration  of runways, taxiways, and
18    facilities  for   movement   and   servicing   of   aircraft;
19    construction  of western airport access and related roadways;
20    construction  and  reconfiguration  of  roadways,  terminals,
21    passenger transportation facilities, parking facilities,  and
22    cargo  facilities;  construction  of  drainage and stormwater
23    management facilities; and related projects, within the  area
24    bounded  on  the  north  by  Touhy Avenue; on the east by the
25    eastern boundary of O'Hare existing on January  1,  2003;  on
26    the southeast by the southeastern boundary of O'Hare existing
27    on January 1, 2003; on the south between the eastern boundary
28    of  O'Hare  and  the  Union  Pacific Railroad by the southern
29    boundary of O'Hare existing on January 1, 2003; on the south,
30    between the Union Pacific Railroad and the west  boundary  of
31    York  Road  by the Canadian Pacific railroad yard; and on the
32    west by the west boundary of York Road; and (2) provision for
33    air navigation and air safety outside that area in accordance
 
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 1    with  standards   established   by   the   Federal   Aviation
 2    Administration.
 3        "O'Hare" means Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
 4        "City" means the City of Chicago.

 5        Section  15.  Acquisition of property. In addition to any
 6    other powers the City may have, and notwithstanding any other
 7    law to the contrary, the City may  acquire  by  gift,  grant,
 8    lease,  purchase,  condemnation  (including  condemnation  by
 9    quick   take  under  Section  7-103  of  the  Code  of  Civil
10    Procedure), or otherwise any right, title, or interest in any
11    private property, property held in the name of  or  belonging
12    to  any  public  body  or unit of government, or any property
13    devoted to a public use, or any other  rights  or  easements,
14    including  any  property,  rights,  or easements owned by the
15    State,  units  of  local  government,  or  school  districts,
16    including forest preserve districts, for purposes related  to
17    the  O'Hare  Modernization  Program.  The powers given to the
18    City under this Section include  the  power  to  acquire,  by
19    condemnation  or  otherwise,  any  property used for cemetery
20    purposes within or outside of the City, and to  require  that
21    the  cemetery  be removed to a different location. The powers
22    given to the City under this Section  include  the  power  to
23    condemn  or  otherwise acquire (other than by condemnation by
24    quick  take  under  Section  7-103  of  the  Code  of   Civil
25    Procedure),  and to convey, substitute property when the City
26    reasonably determines that monetary compensation will not  be
27    sufficient   or  practical  just  compensation  for  property
28    acquired  by  the  City  in  connection   with   the   O'Hare
29    Modernization Program. The acquisition of substitute property
30    is  declared  to  be  for public use. Property acquired under
31    this Section  includes  property  that  the  City  reasonably
32    determines  will  be  necessary for future use, regardless of
33    whether final regulatory or funding decisions have been made.
 
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 1        Section 20.  Condemnation by other governmental units. No
 2    airport property may be subject to taking by condemnation  or
 3    otherwise by any unit of local government other than the City
 4    of  Chicago,  or by any agency, instrumentality, or political
 5    subdivision of the State.

 6        Section 25.  Jurisdiction over airport property.  Airport
 7    property  shall not be subject to the the laws of any unit of
 8    local government except as provided by ordinance of the City.
 9    Plans of all public  agencies  that  may  affect  the  O'Hare
10    Modernization  Program  shall  be  consistent with the O'Hare
11    Modernization Program, and to the extent that any plan of any
12    public  agency  or  unit  or  division  of  State  or   local
13    government  is  inconsistent  with  the  O'Hare Modernization
14    Program, that plan is and shall be void and of no effect.

15        Section 30.  Home Rule. It is declared to be the  law  of
16    this State, pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article
17    VII  of  the  Illinois  Constitution, that the regulation and
18    supervision of the City of Chicago's  implementation  of  the
19    O'Hare  Modernization  Program is an exclusive State function
20    that may not be exercised concurrently by any unit  of  local
21    government.

22        Section   90.  The   Archeological   and  Paleontological
23    Resources Protection Act is amended by adding Section 1.5  as
24    follows:

25        (20 ILCS 3435/1.5 new)
26        Sec.  1.5.  O'Hare  Modernization.  Nothing  in  this Act
27    limits the authority of the City of Chicago to  exercise  its
28    powers  under  the  O'Hare Modernization Act or requires that
29    City, or any person acting on behalf of that City, to  obtain
30    a  permit  under  this  Act  when exercising powers under the
 
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 1    O'Hare Modernization Act.

 2        Section 91.  The Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act is
 3    amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:

 4        (20 ILCS 3440/4.5 new)
 5        Sec. 4.5.  O'Hare  Modernization.  Nothing  in  this  Act
 6    limits  the  authority of the City of Chicago to exercise its
 7    powers under the O'Hare Modernization Act  or  requires  that
 8    City,  or any person acting on behalf of that City, to obtain
 9    a permit under this Act  when  exercising  powers  under  the
10    O'Hare Modernization Act.

11        Section  92.   The  Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
12    changing Sections 11-51-1, 11-102-2, and 11-102-4 as follows:

13        (65 ILCS 5/11-51-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-51-1)
14        Sec. 11-51-1.  Cemetery removal. Whenever any cemetery is
15    embraced  within  the  limits  of  any  city,   village,   or
16    incorporated  town, the corporate authorities thereof, if, in
17    their opinion, any good cause exists why such cemetery should
18    be removed, may cause the remains  of  all  persons  interred
19    therein  to be removed to some other suitable place. However,
20    the corporate authorities shall first obtain  the  assent  of
21    the trustees or other persons having the control or ownership
22    of  such  cemetery, or a majority thereof. When such cemetery
23    is  owned  by  one  or  more  private  parties,  or   private
24    corporation  or  chartered society, the corporate authorities
25    of such city may require the removal of such cemetery  to  be
26    done  at  the  expense  of  such  private parties, or private
27    corporation or chartered society, if such  removal  be  based
28    upon  their  application.  Nothing in this Section limits the
29    powers of the City  of  Chicago  to  acquire  property  under
30    Section 15 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-1153.)

 2        (65 ILCS 5/11-102-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-2)
 3        Sec.  11-102-2.  Every  municipality specified in Section
 4    11-102-1 may purchase,  construct,  reconstruct,  expand  and
 5    improve  landing  fields,  landing  strips,  landing  floats,
 6    hangers,  terminal  buildings  and  other structures relating
 7    thereto  and  may  provide  terminal  facilities  for  public
 8    airports; may construct, reconstruct and  improve  causeways,
 9    roadways,  and  bridges for approaches to or connections with
10    the landing fields, landing strips and  landing  floats;  and
11    may  construct and maintain breakwaters for the protection of
12    such  airports  with  a  water  front.  Before  any  work  of
13    construction is commenced in, over or upon any public  waters
14    of  the state, the plans and specifications therefor shall be
15    submitted to and approved by the Department of Transportation
16    of the state. Submission to and approval by the Department of
17    Transportation is not required for any work  or  construction
18    undertaken  as  part  of  the O'Hare Modernization Program as
19    defined in Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 81-840.)

21        (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4)
22        Sec. 11-102-4. Every municipality  specified  in  Section
23    11-102-1  may  contract  for the removal or relocation of all
24    buildings, railways, mains, pipes,  conduits,  wires,  poles,
25    and  all other structures, facilities and equipment which may
26    interfere with the location, expansion or improvement of  any
27    public airport, or with the safe approach thereto or take-off
28    therefrom by aircraft, and may acquire by gift, grant, lease,
29    purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise  any private property,
30    public property or property devoted  to  any  public  use  or
31    rights  or  easements  therein  for any purpose authorized by
32    this Section and Sections 11-102-1 through 11-102-3.  Nothing
 
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 1    in  this  Section limits the powers of the City of Chicago to
 2    acquire property under Section 15 of the O'Hare Modernization
 3    Act.
 4    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

 5        Section 93.  The Downstate Forest Preserve  District  Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 5e as follows:

 7        (70 ILCS 805/5e) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6308e)
 8        Sec.  5e.   Property  owned by a forest preserve district
 9    shall not  be  subject  to  eminent  domain  or  condemnation
10    proceedings,  except  as  otherwise provided in Section 15 of
11    the O'Hare Modernization Act.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-993.)

13        Section 93.5.   The  Vital  Records  Act  is  amended  by
14    changing Section 21 as follows:

15        (410 ILCS 535/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-21)
16        Sec.  21.  (1)  The  funeral director or person acting as
17    such who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus  shall
18    make  a  written  report  to the registrar of the district in
19    which death occurred or in which the body or fetus was  found
20    within  24 hours after taking custody of the body or fetus on
21    a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and in
22    accordance with the rules promulgated by the State Registrar.
23    Except as specified in paragraph (2)  of  this  Section,  the
24    written  report shall serve as a permit to transport, bury or
25    entomb the body or fetus within this State, provided that the
26    funeral director or person acting as such shall certify  that
27    the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness
28    or  condition  which resulted in death has been contacted and
29    has affirmatively  stated  that  he  will  sign  the  medical
30    certificate  of  death  or the fetal death certificate.  If a
 
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 1    funeral director fails to file  written  reports  under  this
 2    Section  in  a timely manner, the local registrar may suspend
 3    the funeral director's privilege of filing written reports by
 4    mail. In a county with a population greater  than  3,000,000,
 5    if  a  funeral  director  or  person acting as such inters or
 6    entombs a dead body  without having previously certified that
 7    the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness
 8    or condition that resulted in death has  been  contacted  and
 9    has affirmatively stated that he or she will sign the medical
10    certificate  of  death,  then that funeral director or person
11    acting as such  is responsible for payment  of  the  specific
12    costs incurred by the county medical examiner in disinterring
13    and reinterring or reentombing the dead body.
14        (2)  The  written report as specified in paragraph (1) of
15    this Section shall not serve as a permit to:
16             (a)  Remove body or fetus from this State;
17             (b)  Cremate the body or fetus; or
18             (c)  Make disposal of  any  body  or  fetus  in  any
19        manner  when death is subject to the coroner's or medical
20        examiner's investigation.
21        (3)  In accordance with the provisions of  paragraph  (2)
22    of this Section the funeral director or person acting as such
23    who  first  assumes  custody  of  a  dead body or fetus shall
24    obtain a permit for disposition of such dead human body prior
25    to final disposition or removal from the State of the body or
26    fetus.  Such permit shall be issued by the registrar  of  the
27    district where death occurred or the body or fetus was found.
28    No  such  permit  shall  be issued until a properly completed
29    certificate of death has been filed with the registrar.   The
30    registrar   shall   insure  the  issuance  of  a  permit  for
31    disposition within an expedited period of time to accommodate
32    Sunday or holiday burials of decedents whose  time  of  death
33    and religious tenets or beliefs necessitate Sunday or holiday
34    burials.
 
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 1        (4)  A  permit  which  accompanies  a  dead body or fetus
 2    brought  into  this  State  shall  be  authority  for   final
 3    disposition  of  the  body  or fetus in this State, except in
 4    municipalities where local ordinance requires the issuance of
 5    a local permit prior to disposition.
 6        (5)  A permit for disposition of a dead human body  shall
 7    be  required  prior  to disinterment of a dead body or fetus,
 8    and when the disinterred body is to be shipped  by  a  common
 9    carrier.   Such  permit shall be issued to a licensed funeral
10    director or person acting as such, upon  proper  application,
11    by  the local registrar of the district in which disinterment
12    is  to  be  made.  In  the  case  of   disinterment,   proper
13    application  shall include a statement providing the name and
14    address of any surviving spouse of the deceased, or, if none,
15    any surviving children of the deceased, or  if  no  surviving
16    spouse  or  children,  a  parent,  brother,  or sister of the
17    deceased.   The  application  shall  indicate   whether   the
18    applicant  is  one  of  these parties and, if so, whether the
19    applicant is a surviving spouse or a surviving child.   Prior
20    to  the  issuance  of  a  permit  for disinterment, the local
21    registrar shall, by  certified  mail,  notify  the  surviving
22    spouse,  unless he or she is the applicant, or if there is no
23    surviving spouse,  all  surviving  children  except  for  the
24    applicant,  of the application for the permit.  The person or
25    persons notified shall have 30 days from the mailing  of  the
26    notice  to  object  by  obtaining an injunction enjoining the
27    issuance of the permit.  After the 30-day period has expired,
28    the local registrar shall issue the permit unless he  or  she
29    has  been enjoined from doing so or there are other statutory
30    grounds for refusal.  The notice to the spouse  or  surviving
31    children shall inform the person or persons being notified of
32    the   right   to   seek   an   injunction   within  30  days.
33    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (5), a
34    court may order issuance of a permit for disinterment without
 
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 1    notice or prior to the expiration of the 30-day period  where
 2    the  petition  is  made by an agency of any governmental unit
 3    and good cause is shown for disinterment  without  notice  or
 4    for  the  early  order. Nothing in this subsection (5) limits
 5    the authority of the City of Chicago to exercise  its  powers
 6    under  the O'Hare Modernization Act or requires that City, or
 7    any person acting on behalf of that City, to obtain a  permit
 8    under  this  subsection  (5) when exercising powers under the
 9    O'Hare Modernization Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-261; 89-381, eff. 8-18-95.)

11        Section 94.  The Illinois Aeronautics Act is  amended  by
12    changing  Sections 38.01 and 47 and by adding Section 47.1 as
13    follows:

14        (620 ILCS 5/38.01) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.38a)
15        Sec. 38.01.  Project applications.
16        (a)  No municipality or  political  subdivision  in  this
17    state,   whether   acting   alone  or  jointly  with  another
18    municipality or political  subdivision  or  with  the  state,
19    shall  submit any project application under the provisions of
20    the Airport and  Airway  Improvement  Act  of  1982,  or  any
21    amendment   thereof,  unless  the  project  and  the  project
22    application have been first approved by  the  Department.  No
23    such  municipality  or  political  subdivision shall directly
24    accept, receive, or disburse any funds granted by the  United
25    States  under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982,
26    but it shall designate the Department as its agent to accept,
27    receive, and disburse such funds, provided, however,  nothing
28    in   this   Section   shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  any
29    municipality or  any  political  sub-division  of  more  than
30    500,000  inhabitants  from  disbursing such funds through its
31    corporate authorities. It shall enter into an agreement  with
32    the  Department  prescribing the terms and conditions of such
 
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 1    agency in accordance with federal laws, rules and regulations
 2    and applicable laws of this state. This subsection  (a)  does
 3    not  apply to any project application submitted in connection
 4    with the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined  in  Section
 5    10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
 6        (b)  The City of Chicago may submit a project application
 7    under  the  provisions  of the Airport and Airway Improvement
 8    Act of 1982, as  now  or  hereafter  amended,  or  any  other
 9    federal law providing for airport planning or development, if
10    the  application  is  submitted in connection with the O'Hare
11    Modernization Program as defined in Section 10 of the  O'Hare
12    Modernization Act, and the City may directly accept, receive,
13    and disburse any such funds.
14    (Source: P.A. 92-341, eff. 8-10-01.)

15        (620 ILCS 5/47) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.47)
16        Sec.   47.  Operation  without  certificate  of  approval
17    unlawful; applications.)  An application for a certificate of
18    approval of an airport or restricted  landing  area,  or  the
19    alteration or extension thereof, shall set forth, among other
20    things, the location of all railways, mains, pipes, conduits,
21    wires,  cables,  poles and other facilities and structures of
22    public service corporations or municipal  or  quasi-municipal
23    corporations, located within the area proposed to be acquired
24    or  restricted,  and the names of persons owning the same, to
25    the  extent  that  such   information   can   be   reasonably
26    ascertained by the applicant.
27        It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  municipality  or other
28    political subdivision, or officer or employee thereof, or for
29    any person,  to  make  any  alteration  or  extension  of  an
30    existing  airport  or  restricted  landing area, or to use or
31    operate any airport or restricted landing area, for  which  a
32    certificate   of   approval   has  not  been  issued  by  the
33    Department; Provided, that no certificate of  approval  shall
 
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 1    be  required  for an airport or restricted landing area which
 2    was in existence and approved  by  the  Illinois  Aeronautics
 3    Commission,  whether or not being operated, on or before July
 4    1, 1945, or for the O'Hare Modernization Program  as  defined
 5    in Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act. The Department
 6    shall  supervise,  monitor,  and  enforce compliance with the
 7    O'Hare Modernization Act by all other departments,  agencies,
 8    and units of State and local government.
 9        Provisions  of  this  Section  do  not  apply  to special
10    purpose aircraft designated as such by  the  Department  when
11    operating  to  or  from uncertificated areas other than their
12    principal base of operations,  provided  mutually  acceptable
13    arrangements  are  made with the property owner, and provided
14    the owner or operator of  the  aircraft  assumes  liabilities
15    which may arise out of such operations.
16    (Source: P.A. 81-840.)

17        (620 ILCS 5/47.1 new)
18        Sec.  47.1.  Review by Department of O'Hare Modernization
19    Program. The Department shall monitor the  design,  planning,
20    financing,  and  construction  of  the  O'Hare  Modernization
21    Program  as defined in Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization
22    Act in order to ensure that the O'Hare Modernization  Program
23    proceeds  in  a timely, efficient, and safe manner, and shall
24    monitor the effects of the O'Hare  Modernization  Program  on
25    units   of   local   government  throughout  the  State.  The
26    Department shall file reports with the  General  Assembly  as
27    the  Department  deems  appropriate  concerning  the  design,
28    planning,   financing,   and   construction   of  the  O'Hare
29    Modernization Program as defined in Section 10 of the  O'Hare
30    Modernization   Act,   and   the   effects   of   the  O'Hare
31    Modernization Program on units of local government.

32        Section 95.  The Code of Civil Procedure  is  amended  by
 
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 1    changing  Section  2-103  and  adding  Section  7-103.149  as
 2    follows:

 3        (735 ILCS 5/2-103) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-103)
 4        Sec.  2-103.  Public corporations - Local actions - Libel
 5    - Insurance companies.
 6        (a)  Actions must be brought against a public, municipal,
 7    governmental or quasi-municipal corporation in the county  in
 8    which  its  principal  office  is located or in the county in
 9    which the transaction or some part thereof  occurred  out  of
10    which  the  cause  of  action  arose.    Except  as otherwise
11    provided in Section 7-102 of  this  Code,  if  the  cause  of
12    action  is  related  to  an  airport owned by a unit of local
13    government or the property or  aircraft  operations  thereof,
14    however,     including     an    action    challenging    the
15    constitutionality of this amendatory Act of the 93rd  General
16    Assembly,  the  action must be brought in the county in which
17    the unit of local government's principal office  is  located.
18    Actions  to  recover  damage  to  real  estate  which  may be
19    overflowed or otherwise damaged by reason of any act  of  the
20    corporation  may  be  brought  in  the  county where the real
21    estate or some part of it is situated, or in the county where
22    the corporation is  located,  at  the  option  of  the  party
23    claiming  to  be  injured.  Except  as  otherwise provided in
24    Section 7-102 of this Code,  any  cause  of  action  that  is
25    related  to  an  airport owned by a unit of local government,
26    and that is pending on or after the effective  date  of  this
27    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly in a county other
28    than  the  county  in  which  the  unit of local government's
29    principal office  is  located,  shall  be  transferred,  upon
30    motion  of any party under Section 2-106 of this Code, to the
31    county in which the  unit  of  local  government's  principal
32    office is located.
33        (b)  Any  action  to  quiet  title  to real estate, or to
 
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 1    partition or recover possession thereof  or  to  foreclose  a
 2    mortgage or other lien thereon, must be brought in the county
 3    in which the real estate or some part of it is situated.
 4        (c)  Any  action  which is made local by any statute must
 5    be brought in the county designated in the statute.
 6        (d)  Every action against any owner,  publisher,  editor,
 7    author  or  printer  of  a  newspaper  or magazine of general
 8    circulation for libel contained in that newspaper or magazine
 9    may be commenced only in the county in  which  the  defendant
10    resides  or  has his, her or its principal office or in which
11    the  article  was  composed  or  printed,  except  when   the
12    defendant  resides  or  the  article was printed without this
13    State, in either of which cases the action may  be  commenced
14    in any county in which the libel was circulated or published.
15        (e)  Actions  against  any insurance company incorporated
16    under the law of this State or doing business in  this  State
17    may  also  be brought in any county in which the plaintiff or
18    one of the plaintiffs may reside.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-887.)

20        (735 ILCS 5/7-103.149 new)
21        Sec. 7-103.149. Quick-take; O'Hare Modernization  Program
22    purposes.  Quick-take  proceedings under Section 7-103 may be
23    used by the City of Chicago  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring
24    property  for  the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined in
25    Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.

26        Section 96.  The Religious  Freedom  Restoration  Act  is
27    amended by adding Section 30 as follows:

28        (775 ILCS 35/30 new)
29        Sec.  30.  O'Hare  Modernization.  Nothing  in  this  Act
30    limits  the  authority of the City of Chicago to exercise its
31    powers under the O'Hare Modernization Act.
 
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 1        Section 98.  Severability. The provisions of this Act are
 2    severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

 3        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
 4    its becoming law, and Section 95 of this Act applies to cases
 5    pending on or after the effective date.".