605 ILCS 5/3-107.1c
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 3 - Federal Aid

 (from Ch. 121, par. 3-107.1c)Sec. 3-107.1c.         In addition to the amounts authorized to be paid in  Sections 3-107.1, 3-107.1a, and 3-107.1b of this Code by the Department or  any county, the Department or any county may, as a part of the cost of  construction, make a  payment not to exceed $22,500 to any displaced person who  is displaced from a dwelling acquired for a State highway or federal aid  highway project actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for  not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the  acquisition of such property.  Such payment shall include the following  elements:(A) The amount, if any, which, when added to the acquisition cost of the  dwelling acquired equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement  dwelling determined in accordance with standards established by the  Department to be a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to  accommodate the displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services  and places of employment and available on the private market.(B) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for  any increased interest costs which such person is required to pay for  financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling.  Such  amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the Department or any  county was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on  such dwelling for not less than 180 days prior to the  initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling.(C) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence  of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase  of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.The additional payment authorized by this Section, which shall not  exceed the sum of $22,500, shall be made only to such a displaced person  who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling that meets the standards  established by the Department to be decent, safe and sanitary, not later  than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he  receives from the Department or any county final payment of all costs of  the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he moves from the dwelling  acquired for the highway project, whichever is the later date.Any displaced person not eligible to receive such payment, who is  displaced from any dwelling which dwelling was actually and lawfully  occupied by such displaced person for not less than 90 days prior to the  initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling, may be paid by  the Department or any county, either (1) an amount necessary to enable such  displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed 42 months, a  decent, safe and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate  such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public  utilities and public and commercial facilities and reasonably accessible to  his place of employment, but not to exceed the sum of $5,250, or (2) the  amount necessary to enable such person to make a down payment (including  incidental expenses described in part (C) of this Section) on the purchase  of a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to  accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to  public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed  the amount payable under (1) of this paragraph except that in the case of  a homeowner who owned and occupied the displaced dwelling for at least 90  days, but not more than 180 days immediately prior to the initiating of  negotiations, the down payment cannot exceed the amount payable under  3-107.1c for the persons who owned and occupied the property for 180 days  prior to the initiation of negotiations.If comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available  within the limitations of this Section, the Department or any county may make  a payment in excess of the maximum payments authorized by this Section as  required to provide such replacement housing.    (Source: P.A. 85-1407.)