2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH › 20 ILCS 1135/ - Superconducting Super Collider Act.

(20 ILCS 1135/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 2751)
Sec. 1. 
		
		This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
Superconducting Super Collider Act.
(Source: P.A. 84-647.)
(20 ILCS 1135/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 2752)
Sec. 2. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 85-1200.  Repealed by P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
(20 ILCS 1135/2a) (from Ch. 127, par. 2752a)
Sec. 2a. 
		
		The Department's Superconducting Super Collider land acquisition
program may provide for compensation in excess of fair market value to the
owner of any farmland, as defined in Section 1-60 of the Property Tax Code,
which farmland is acquired by the Department
for purposes of constructing the Superconducting Super Collider.  However, only
farmland which has been used as a farm for the 2 years immediately preceding
acquisition of such farmland shall be subject to this Section. Farm dwellings
subject to Section 10-145 of the Property Tax Code and other buildings and
other improvements shall not be subject to
the provisions of this Section.  The Department in conjunction with the
Department of Revenue shall conduct a study of farmland values since 1970
for all counties through which the SSC shall pass.  The Department shall
complete its study by December 31, 1988 and report its findings to the
General Assembly.  Upon completion of its study the Department shall
develop guidelines by which it may compensate in excess of fair market
value the owners of farmland acquired for the construction of the SSC.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(20 ILCS 1135/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 2753)
Sec. 3. 
		
		The rights of way, easements and stratified fee
estates acquired shall not exceed 18,000 acres, and the land acquired
in fee simple shall not exceed
5,000 acres.
(Source: P.A. 85-226.)
(20 ILCS 1135/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2754)
Sec. 4. 
		
		The Department of Natural Resources is authorized
to lease, sell, give, donate, convey or otherwise transfer the property
acquired under this Act to the United States Department of Energy.  No
conveyance of real property or instrument transferring property by the
Department of Natural Resources to the United States Department
of Energy shall be executed without the prior written approval of the Governor.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
(20 ILCS 1135/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 2756)
Sec. 6. 
		
		The Superconducting Super Collider shall be exempt from the
laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, plans or licensing procedures of all
units of local government, including home-rule units, in the State.  This
exemption shall include but not be limited to, laws, ordinances, codes,
plans, regulations or licensing procedures related to building
construction, zoning and location, plumbing, life safety and environmental
protection.  The exemption shall extend only to those buildings or
facilities necessary for the actual construction, operation and maintenance
of the Superconducting Super Collider and which are part of the facility
built by the United States Department of Energy or the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 85-226.)
(20 ILCS 1135/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 2757)
Sec. 7. 
		
		Whenever in the judgment of the Department it is necessary
for construction or operation of the Superconducting Super Collider to
relocate existing facilities, wherever located, the cost of such facility
may be deemed a part of the Superconducting Super Collider project land
acquisition and the Department may, on behalf of the State, pay such costs.
 Existing facilities includes, public utilities, commercial or industrial
facilities, residential buildings, farm buildings, and such other private
or public owned buildings or facilities as the Department deems necessary
for relocation.
The Department is authorized to operate a relocation program to the
extent permitted by Illinois law and pay such costs of relocation as is
provided in the Federal "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act", Public Law 91-646, as hereinafter
amended.  The Department is authorized to exceed the maximum payment limits
of the Uniform Act when and where necessary to assure the provision of
decent, safe and sanitary housing or location.
(Source: P.A. 85-226.)
(20 ILCS 1135/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 2758)
Sec. 8. 
		
		There is hereby created the Superconducting Super Collider
Construction Insurance Fund, a special fund in the State treasury.
Appropriations from the Superconducting Super
Collider Construction Insurance Fund shall be made to the Department for
expenditure as provided in this Section.  The Department is authorized to
expend money appropriated from the Superconducting Super Collider
Construction Insurance Fund to compensate real property owners from whom it
has acquired a subsurface interest for actual damages caused by the
construction of the Superconducting Super Collider.  The Department shall
make available to such property owners a preconstruction inspection.
Such inspections shall be used to establish the preconstruction condition of all
real property in which a subsurface interest has been purchased for the
construction of the Superconducting Super Collider.
Any property owner who does
not consent to a Department inspection for the structural integrity of his property
prior to commencement of the construction of the
Superconducting Super Collider
shall be deemed to have waived his claim to any compensation for actual
damages from the Superconducting Super Collider Construction Insurance Fund.
Any real property owner who has obtained a preconstruction inspection
of his property shall be eligible to file a claim for actual damages to his
real property caused by Superconducting Super Collider
construction.  Claims must be filed, on forms provided by the Department,
within one year of the completion of the Superconducting Super Collider
tunnel.  The Department shall establish guidelines for the settlement
of claims, and maximum awards for actual damages.  Nothing contained in
this Section is, or shall be construed to be, a waiver by the State of
Illinois or the Department of any rights, claims, or causes of
action the State of Illinois may have against any person, persons, or
corporation, who may be liable or judged liable for actual damages
sustained during the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider.
(Source: P.A. 85-1200.)