No part of any land conveyed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act to the State of Illinois, for the use of any benevolent institutions of the State (or to any such institutions), shall be entered upon, appropriated, or used by any railroad or other company for railroad or other purposes, without the previous consent of the General Assembly. No court or other tribunal shall have or entertain jurisdiction of any proceeding instituted or to be instituted for the purpose of appropriating any such land for any of the purposes stated in this Section , without that previous consent.
735 ILCS 30/10-5-100