Section 620 ILCS 75/2-100 - Property acquisition(a) In addition to any other powers the Department may have under Sections 72 and 74 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act or any other applicable law, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department may acquire by gift, grant, lease, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, any right, title, or interest in any private property, property held in the name of or belonging to any public body or unit of government, or any property devoted to a public use, or any other rights or easements, including any property, rights, or easements owned by the State, units of local government, or school districts, including forest preserve districts, for purposes related to the South Suburban Airport. The powers given to the Department under this Section include the power to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, any property used for cemetery purposes within or outside of inaugural airport boundary, and to require that the cemetery be removed to a different location. The powers given to the Department under this Section include the power to condemn or otherwise acquire, and to convey, substitute property when the Department reasonably determines that monetary compensation will not be sufficient or practical just compensation for property acquired by the Department in connection with the South Suburban Airport. The acquisition of substitute property is declared to be for public use. The powers given by this Section to the Department to condemn property include the power of condemnation by quick-take under Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act. Property acquired under this Section includes property that the Department reasonably determines will be necessary for future use, regardless of whether final regulatory or funding decisions have been made; provided, however, that quick-take of such property is subject to Section 25-5-45 of the Eminent Domain Act.(b) With respect to any land acquired or sought to be acquired by the Department by condemnation for the South Suburban Airport pursuant to the powers granted by Section 72 or 74 of the Aeronautics Act, the phrase "within the limitation of available appropriations" shall be deemed to require that the Department have, on the date of filing the condemnation complaint, unexpended appropriations equal to the amount of the Department's most recent offer to purchase the property.(c) No property owned by the Department may be subject to taking by condemnation or otherwise by any unit of local government, any other airport authority, or by any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the State.Added by P.A. 098-0109,§ 2-100, eff. 7/25/2013.