SB 1968 — CIVIL LAW-TECH
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0660
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2005. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
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Summary
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the exercise of "quick-take" eminent domain powers.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
109 added · 10 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill SB 1968 introduces a new provision allowing Williamson County to acquire land for coal mining and transportation facilities, either through purchase, gift, or condemnation. It also permits the county to expedite this process, known as "quick-take," for the next 12 months specifically for constructing a railroad spur line. This change matters because it streamlines land acquisition for infrastructure development related to coal mining, which could enhance local economic growth and job creation in Williamson County.
SB1968 EngrossedEnrolled LRB094 11149 LCB 41785 b AN ACT concerning civil law.
The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changingadding Section 7-103.17-103.113 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/7-103.1)5/7-103.113 new) Sec.
7-103.1.7-103.113.
highwayWilliamson purposes.County.
Quick-takeThe proceedingscorporate underauthorities Sectionof 7-103Williamson mayCounty beare usedhereby authorized to acquire, singularly or jointly with other parties, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, any land or interest in land, necessary for the construction and development of a coal mine or transportation facilities to serve a coal mine, to improve or arrange for the Stateimprovement of Illinois,the land and, if deemed to be in the Illinoispublic Tollinterest, Highwayto Authorityconvey such land, or interest in land, so acquired and improved to a railroad or company developing the St.coal mine for fair market value.
LouisIn Metropolitanaddition, Areaquick-take Airportproceedings Authorityunder Section 7-103 may be used for a period of 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly by Williamson County for the acquisition of landthe orfollowing interestsdescribed thereinproperty for highwaythe purposes.purpose of constructing a railroad spur line:
(Source:PARCEL 1 As described by deed record book 162, page 337:
P.A.A triangular tract of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 8 South, Range 3 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian bounded and described as follows:
91-357,SB1968 eff.Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 11149 LCB 41785 b Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and running thence north, along the west line of said land, two hundred forty (240) feet more or less, to a point sixty-five (65) feet northwesterly from the located center line of the track to the Lake Creek Mine, measured at right angle thereto.
7-29-99.)Thence south fifty-seven (57) degrees east magnetic bearing, parallel to said center line four hundred (400) feet more or less, to a point in the south line of said land, thence west along said south line three hundred twenty (320) feet more or less, to a point of beginning, containing eighty-eight (0.88) of an acre more or less, excepting the coal underlying same which has heretofore been disposed of.
Parcel 1:
Containing an estimated 0.88 Acres.
PARCEL 2 As described by deed record book 162, page 336:
A strip of land one hundred thirty (130) feet wide, extending over and across the north half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section Seven (7), Township Eight (8) South, Range Three (3) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, said strip of land being sixty-five (65) feet in width on each side of the located center line of the track to Lake Creek Mine.
Said located center line intersects the north line of said land, at a point two hundred ten (210) feet east of the northwest corner of said land and run thence south fifty-seven (57) degrees east, magnetic bearing, eleven hundred fifty-three (1153) feet more or less, to a point in the south line of said land one hundred eighty-nine (189) feet west of the southeast corner of said land.
Said strip of land contains three and forty-five hundredths (3.45) acres more or less.
SB1968 Enrolled - 3 - LRB094 11149 LCB 41785 b Parcel 2:
Containing an estimated 3.45 Acres.
PARCEL 3 As described by deed record book 162, page 339:
A triangular tract of land located in the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section Seven (7), Township Eight (8) South, Range Three (3) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of said land, and running thence west two hundred seventy (270) feet more or less, to a point fifty (50) feet southwesterly from the located center line to the track to Lake Creek Mine, thence south fifty-seven (57) degrees east, magnetic bearing, parallel to said center line, three hundred thirty (330) feet more or less, to the point of beginning, containing sixty-three hundredths (0.63) of an acre more or less;
excepting the coal underlying same which has heretofore been disposed of.
Parcel 3:
Containing an estimated 0.63 Acres.
PARCEL 4 A parcel of land to the extent owned one hundred and thirty-five (135) feet wide located in and running across the South Half (S 1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Seven (7), Township Eight (8) South, Range Three (3) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of said South Half (S 1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Seven (7), Township Eight (8) South, Range Three (3) East and SB1968 Enrolled - 4 - LRB094 11149 LCB 41785 b running thence south along the west line of said land fifty-three (53) feet more or less to the point of beginning, thence south along the west line of the said land one hundred and fifty nine (159) feet thence south fifty-seven degrees (57) east, magnetic bearing eight hundred (800) feet more or less to a point on the south line of Section Seven (7), Township Eight (8) South, Range Three (3) East;
said point being six hundred seventy (670) feet east of the southeast corner of said Section Seven (7), thence east along the south line of said Section Seven (7) two hundred twenty-three (223) feet to a point being four hundred and forty-seven (447) feet east of the southeast corner of said Section Seven (7) thence north fifty-seven (57) degrees west one thousand and sixty-four (1064) feet more or less to the point of beginning;
containing 1.48 acres more or less.
Parcel 4:
Containing an estimated 1.48 Acres.
Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0660
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Effective Date August 22, 2005
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 045-010-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Gary Forby
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 31, 2005
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-046-000
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Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
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Consideration Postponed
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-002-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee
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Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
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Assigned to Executive Committee
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Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Assigned to Executive Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 033-021-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
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Second Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
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Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000
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Postponed - Executive
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Assigned to Executive
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby
Sponsors
- Gary Forby · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Gary Forby
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 76% | 17% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Nay |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Not Voting |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Nay |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Nay |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Nay |
| Demuzio | — | Not Voting |
| Winkel | — | Nay |
| Wojcik | — | Not Voting |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Nay |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Nay |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Not Voting |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 61 | 43 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 70 | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 59% | 39% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Schock | — | Nay |
| Sommer | — | Nay |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Nay |
| Mathias | — | Nay |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Nay |
| Bellock | — | Nay |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Nay |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Nay |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Nay |
| Coulson | — | Nay |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Nay |
| Gordon | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Nay |
| Jenisch | — | Nay |
| Osmond | — | Nay |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Nay |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Nay |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Nay |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Nay |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Nay |
| McCarthy | — | Nay |
| McKeon | — | Not Voting |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Nay |
| Sullivan | — | Nay |
| Munson | — | Nay |
| Myers | — | Nay |
| Parke | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Tryon | — | Nay |
| Washington | — | Nay |
| Chavez | — | Nay |
| Churchill | — | Nay |
| Cultra | — | Nay |
| D'Amico | — | Nay |
| Daniels | — | Nay |
| Flider | — | Nay |
| Franks | — | Nay |
| Froehlich | — | Nay |
| Hultgren | — | Nay |
| Jakobsson | — | Nay |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Not Voting |
| Pritchard | — | Nay |
| Reis | — | Nay |
| Ryg | — | Nay |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Nay |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Nay |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Nay |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 28 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 33 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 36% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Nay |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Nay |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Geo-Karis | — | Nay |
| Halvorson | — | Not Voting |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Not Voting |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Nay |
| Sieben | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Nay |
| Jones, J. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Nay |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Nay |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Nay |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Not Voting |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Nay |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Nay |
| Peterson | — | Nay |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Not Voting |
| Risinger | — | Nay |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Nay |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 1968 do?
- Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the exercise of "quick-take" eminent domain powers.
- Who sponsors SB 1968?
- SB 1968 is sponsored by Gary Forby.
- What is the current status of SB 1968?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2005. Enacted.
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