Bill Text: IL HB3450 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends Public Act 94-653. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to convey and quitclaim certain property to the Chicago Park District. Amends Public Act 101-361. Changes the description of property transferred to the City of Wyoming by the Department of Natural Resources. Changes the description of property exchanged between Pulaski County and the Department of Natural Resources. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3450 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3450-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3450 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5
P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15
P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30
Amends Public Act 94-653. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to convey and quitclaim certain property to the Chicago Park District. Amends Public Act 101-361. Changes the description of property transferred to the City of Wyoming by the Department of Natural Resources. Changes the description of property exchanged between Pulaski County and the Department of Natural Resources. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning property.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. "An Act concerning civil law", approved August
22, 2005 (Public Act 94-653), as amended by "An Act concerning
civil law, approved December 13, 2019 (Public Act 101-607), is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5)
Sec. 5. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Human
Services is hereby authorized to grant and convey and
quitclaim any and all rights held under the terms of a Grant of
Conservation Right and Easement dated May 7, 2008 and recorded
August 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817631024 in the
Recorder's Office of Cook County, Illinois permanent
conservation easement to the Chicago Park District, a park
district organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources or to the
Chicago Park District on a parcel containing 30 acres, more or
less, that is located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range
13 East of the third principal meridian, Cook County,
Illinois, situated to the West and South of the Chicago Read
Mental Health Center, for the purpose of preserving and
protecting the wetlands and forested area for the benefit of

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the patients of the facility, the community, and the general
public.
(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)
Section 10. "An Act concerning property", approved August
9, 2019, Public Act 101-361, is amended by changing Sections
15 and 30 as follows:
(P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15)
Sec. 15. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized
to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality
organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in
consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim
deed to the following described real property, to wit:
A tract conveyed to the State of Illinois, Department of
Conservation (now Department of Natural Resources) by deed
dated February 10, 1969, and recorded July 17, 1969, as
(Document Number 53205 in the Recorder's Office of Stark
County, Illinois and ) described as:
All of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Company's abandoned right of way in Lot 1, Block 10; and
part of Lot 3, Block 9 of Giles C. in Dana's Addition to

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Town City of Wyoming lying 50 feet on each side of the
Railroad Company's main track centerline as formerly
located.
Situated in Section l, Township 12 North, Range 6 East, of
the 4th 46 Principal Meridian, Stark County, Illinois.
(b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject
to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and
any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants,
and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that
if the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
Resources.
(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
(P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30)
Sec. 30. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized
to exchange certain real property in Pulaski County, Illinois,
hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 1, for
certain real property of equal or greater value in Pulaski
County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as
Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:
PARCEL 1:

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The North 86 106 feet of the following described tract of
land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois,
Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, IL., by
Warranty Deed dated June 19, 2009, recorded June 25, 2009,
Document No. 24582, in Book 257, Page 816, described as
follows to-wit:
"A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of
the 3rd P.M., more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter, thence South along the West
Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section, a distance
of 20 feet for a point of beginning; thence East a distance
of 272 feet along a line parallel to the Northerly Section
line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South a
distance of 320 feet and 3 inches on a line parallel to the
West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence
West a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the
North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest
Quarter; thence North a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches
following the Westerly line of said Quarter-Quarter
Section to the point of beginning, containing 2 acres,
more or less, situated in the County of Pulaski and State
of Illinois."

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PARCEL 2:
The South 86 106 feet of the North 426.25 feet of the West
272 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd
P.M., situated in the County of Pulaski and State of
Illinois.
(b) The transaction under this Section will be to the
mutual advantages of both parties. Each party shall be
responsible for any and all title costs associated with their
respective properties.
(c) The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by this
Section shall be made subject to existing public utilities,
existing public roads, and any and all reservations,
easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of
record.
(d) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources
shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney General
certifying that the State of Illinois will receive
merchantable title to the real property in this Section
referred to as Parcel 2.
(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.