(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-1a)
Sec. 11-61-1a. Any municipality with a population of over 500,000 may
utilize the quick-take procedures if such procedures are commenced on or
before January 1, 1990, for exercising the power of eminent domain under Section
7-103 of the Code of Civil Procedure (now Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act) for the purpose of
constructing or extending rapid transit lines within the area bounded by a
line beginning at the intersection of East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue
in the City of Chicago, running South on South Michigan Avenue to East
Pershing Road, then West on East Pershing Road and West Pershing Road to
South Ashland Avenue, then South on South Ashland Avenue to West Garfield
Boulevard, then West on West Garfield Boulevard and West 55th Street to
South Pulaski Road, then South on South Pulaski Road to West 63rd Street,
then West on West 63rd Street to South Central Avenue, then North on South
Central Avenue to West 55th Street, then East on West 55th Street to South
Cicero Avenue, then North on South Cicero Avenue to West 47th Street, then
East on West 47th Street to South Kedzie Avenue, then North on South Kedzie
Avenue to West Cermak Road, then East on West Cermak Road to South Halsted
Street, then North on South Halsted Street to West Jackson Boulevard, then
East on West Jackson Boulevard and East Jackson Boulevard to the place of beginning.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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