(735 ILCS 30/90-5-20)
    Sec. 90-5-20. Home rule. The authorization of the use of eminent domain proceedings to take or damage property is an exclusive power and function of the State. No condemning authority, including a home rule unit, may exercise the power of eminent domain otherwise than as provided in this Act. This Act is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)