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70 ILCS 2405/15 (2026)

Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district shall pass an ordinance for the making of any improvement which such district is authorized to make, the making of which will require that private property should be taken or damaged, such district may cause compensation therefor to be ascertained, and may condemn and acquire possession thereof in the same manner as nearly as may be as is provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, as amended, except that (i) proceedings to ascertain the compensation to be paid for taking or damaging private property shall in all cases be instituted in the county where the property sought to be taken or damaged is situated, and (ii) all damages to property, whether determined by agreement or by final judgment of court, shall be paid prior to the payment of any other debt or obligation

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(70 ILCS 2405/15) (from Ch. 42, par. 314)
    Sec. 15. Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district shall pass an ordinance for the making of any improvement which such district is authorized to make, the making of which will require that private property should be taken or damaged, such district may cause compensation therefor to be ascertained, and may condemn and acquire possession thereof in the same manner as nearly as may be as is provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, as amended, except that (i) proceedings to ascertain the compensation to be paid for taking or damaging private property shall in all cases be instituted in the county where the property sought to be taken or damaged is situated, and (ii) all damages to property, whether determined by agreement or by final judgment of court, shall be paid prior to the payment of any other debt or obligation.
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

    
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Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: Rock River Water Reclamation Dist. v. The Sanctuary Condos. of Rock Cut, 2014 IL App (2d) 130813 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
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Rock River Water Reclamation Dist. v. The Sanctuary Condos. of Rock Cut, 2014 IL App (2d) 130813 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 5× “Citing section 15 of the Sanitary Act (70 ILCS 2405/15 (West 2010)), the 2011 Complaint provided that “[p]laintiff may acquire by condemnation, all real property, right of way in privilege, either within or without its corporate limits, which may be required for its corporate…”
Rock River Water Reclamation Dist. v. The Sanctuary Condos. of Rock Cut, 2014 IL App (2d) 130813 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “The 2012 Complaint alleged that, pursuant to section 15 of the Sanitary Act (70 ILCS 2405/15 (West 2010)), plaintiff “may acquire by condemnation all real property, right of way in privilege, either within or without its corporate limits, which may be required for its corporate…”
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