Division 8. Property Acquisition and Disposition  

    (605 ILCS 5/6-801) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-801)
    Sec. 6-801. The highway commissioner may acquire any lands, rights or other property necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of any township or district road or necessary for the locating, relocating, widening, altering, extending or straightening thereof, by purchase or gift or, if the compensation or damages cannot be agreed upon, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the eminent domain laws of this State. The highway commissioner shall not be required to furnish bond in any eminent domain proceeding.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

    (605 ILCS 5/6-802) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-802)
    Sec. 6-802. When the highway commissioner deems it necessary to build, widen, alter, relocate or straighten any ditch, drain or watercourse in order to drain or protect any road or road structure he is authorized to construct, maintain or operate, or when he deems it necessary to acquire materials for the construction, maintenance or operation of any such road, he may acquire the necessary property, or such interest or right therein as may be required, by gift or purchase or, if the compensation or damages cannot be agreed upon, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the eminent domain laws of this State. The highway commissioner shall not be required to furnish bond in any eminent domain proceeding.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

    (605 ILCS 5/6-803) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-803)
    Sec. 6-803. For the purpose of making surveys and the determination of the amount of property necessary to be taken or damaged in connection with any township or district road project, the highway commissioner, his agents or employees, after notice to the owner, may enter upon the lands or waters of any person or corporation, but subject to responsibility for all damages that may be occasioned thereby.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

    (605 ILCS 5/6-803.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-803.1)
    Sec. 6-803.1. Surplus public real estate. A road district may sell surplus real estate owned by the district as provided in this Section.
    (a) In road districts in counties under township organization, at an annual or special township meeting the electors of the road district by resolution may authorize the sale of surplus public real estate owned by the road district. The value of the real estate shall be determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser. The appraisal shall be available for public inspection. The resolution may direct the sale to be conducted by the highway commissioner or a person designated by the highway commissioner or by listing the real estate with local licensed real estate agencies (in which case the terms of the agent's compensation shall be included in the resolution). The resolution shall be published at the first opportunity following passage in a newspaper published in the road district or, if there is none, then in a newspaper published in the county in which the road district is located. The resolution shall also contain pertinent information concerning the size, use, and zoning of the real estate and the terms of sale. The highway commissioner may accept any contract proposal he determines to be in the best interest of the township, but in no event shall the real estate be sold at a price less than 80% of its appraised value.
    (b) In road districts in counties not under township organization, the highway commissioner may sell surplus public real estate owned by the road district. The value of the real estate shall be determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser. The appraisal shall be available for public inspection. The sale may be conducted by the highway commissioner or a person designated by the highway commissioner or by listing the real estate with local licensed real estate agencies. A notice of the highway commissioner's intent to sell the real estate shall be published at the first opportunity in a newspaper published in the road district or, if there is none, then in a newspaper published in the county in which the road district is located. The notice shall also contain pertinent information concerning the size, use, and zoning of the real estate and the terms of sale (including the terms of the real estate agent's compensation, if applicable). The highway commissioner may accept any contract proposal he determines to be in the best interest of the road district, but in no event shall the real estate be sold at a price less than 80% of its appraised value.
(Source: P.A. 87-1208.)

    (605 ILCS 5/6-804) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-804)
    Sec. 6-804. When in any county a county unit road district has been created, the county has the powers provided in Division 8 of Article 5 of this Code to acquire property and rights therein for district road purposes.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

    (605 ILCS 5/6-805)
    Sec. 6-805. Township road districts. Township road districts may acquire the fee simple title, or any lesser interest the district desires, to any land, rights, or other property incidental to road district purposes by purchase or gift.
(Source: P.A. 90-439, eff. 8-16-97.)