70 ILCS 2305/16

Current through Public Act 103-1052
Section 70 ILCS 2305/16 - Power to take possession of property

When, in making any improvements which any district is authorized by this act to make, it shall be necessary to enter upon and take possession of any existing drains, sewers, sewer outlets, plants for the purification of sewage or water, or any other public property, or property held for public use, the board of trustees of such district shall have the power so to do and may acquire the necessary right of way over any other property held for public use in the same manner as is herein provided for acquiring private property, and may enter upon, and use the same for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, the public use thereof shall not be unnecessarily interrupted or interfered with, and that the same shall be restored to its former usefulness as soon as practicable.

70 ILCS 2305/16

Laws 1911, p. 299.