(805 ILCS 110/46f) (from Ch. 32, par. 181)
Sec. 46f. The trustees of any corporation formed for religious purposes under
Sections 46a to 46h, inclusive, of this Act, may receive land in the name
of such corporation by gift, legacy or purchase, and make,
erect and build
thereon, such houses, buildings, or other improvements, as may be necessary
for the convenience and comfort of such congregation, church, society, or
corporation, and may lay out and maintain thereon a burying ground, and may
maintain and build thereon schools, orphan asylums, or such other
improvements or buildings as may be necessary for the educational and
eleemosynary purposes of such congregation, church, society, or
corporation: but such property shall not be used except in the
manner expressed in the gift, grant or bequest. However, this limitation on
the disposition of real property does not apply to the extent that a
restriction imposed by a donor on the use of an institutional fund may be
released by the governing board of an institution under the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.
If no use or trust is so expressed, no such property shall be
used except for the benefit of the corporation, church, society, sect, or
denomination for which it was intended, or for any religious, educational
or eleemosynary purpose approved by such corporation, church, society, or
ecclesiastical body, diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer.
(Source: P.A. 96-29, eff. 6-30-09.)
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