EMINENT DOM TRANS EXCLUSIONS

Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that as to the exercise of power of eminent domain under the O'Hare Modernization Act, Illinois Aeronautics Act, or the Illinois Highway Code's provisions concerning the relocation of a railroad or public utility for a State highway, or for the development or redevelopment of a publicly owned airport (instead of the O'Hare Modernization Act), (1) certain provisions of the Eminent Domain Act concerning the acquisition or damaging of property do not apply to acquisitions of property for public ownership and control or to acquisitions of property for private ownership and control for a public purpose, to eliminate blight, to create a low income residential area, or to create a specific type of use that benefits the public; (2) a condemning authority may exercise the power for any purpose as provided for by law in effect prior to the effective date of the Act; (3) the valuation date shall be the date of the filing of the complaint to condemn; and (4) the portions of the Act concerning the sale of property acquired by condemnation and offers of settlement, attorney's fees, and litigation expenses do not apply to the acquisition of property. Effective immediately.