Bill Text: IL SB1655 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0624 [SB1655 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1655-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning property.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. Conveyance to City of Morris.
5 (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
6on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
7and deliver to the City of Morris, a municipality organized
8and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the
9County of Grundy, State of Illinois, for and in consideration
10of $1 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following
11described real property:
12 That part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve
13 located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 33
14 North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City
15 of Morris, County of Grundy, State of Illinois, more
16 particularly described as follows:
17 Commencing at a PK Nail marking the Northwest corner of
18 said Section 9; thence South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09
19 seconds East along the West line of said Section 9, 147.22
20 feet (147.30 feet record)to a brass disk in concrete
21 marking the North Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve;
22 thence continuing South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09 seconds

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1 East along said West line, 251.80 feet (251.82 feet
2 record) to a brass disk in concrete marking the South
3 Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence South 88
4 degrees 02 minutes 40 degrees East along the South
5 Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve, 2335.20 feet to the
6 Point of Beginning; thence North 01 degrees 09 minutes 50
7 seconds East, 42.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 57
8 minutes 24 seconds East, 318.82 feet to the East line of
9 the Northwest Quarter of said Section 9; thence South 01
10 degrees 00 minutes 36 seconds East along the East line of
11 said Northwest Quarter, 52.97 feet to a point on the South
12 line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence
13 North 88 degrees 02 minutes 48 seconds West along the
14 South line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve,
15 320.80 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 15,221
16 square feet 0.349 acres, more or less.
17 (b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject
18to:
19 (1) Existing public utilities, existing public roads,
20 and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances,
21 covenants, and restrictions of record.
22 (2) The express condition that if the real property
23 ceases to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to
24 the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.
25 (3) The right, title, and interest of the United
26 States of America, if any, in and to any of the subject

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1 parcel as a reversionary interest or otherwise under
2 Congressional Acts of March 30, 1822, March 25, 1827, July
3 1, 1947 and any others, if applicable.
4 (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
5certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
6title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
7Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
8receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
9deliver to the City of Morris to record the certified document
10and quitclaim deed in the Recorder's Office in the county in
11which the land is located.
12 Section 10. Conveyance to the Forest Preserve District of
13Cook County.
14 (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
15on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
16and deliver to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, a
17forest preserve district organized and existing under the laws
18of the State of Illinois, of the County of Cook, State of
19Illinois, for and in consideration of $1 paid to said
20Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real
21property:
22 Tract 1
23 Part of "26th Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according
24 to the plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as

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1 document 9051579, in Book 218 of Plats, Page 8; and part of
2 "31st Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according to the
3 plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as document
4 9051580, in Book 218 of Plats, page 7, all in Fractional
5 Section 30, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third
6 Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois, described more
7 particularly as follows:
8 Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 30 also
9 being the platted intersection of the centerlines of 31st
10 Street and Wolf Road, thence North 02 degrees 37 minutes
11 22 seconds West , 664.10 feet along the centerline of Wolf
12 Road to the intersection of the centerline of 30th Street;
13 thence South 88 degrees 04 minutes 58 seconds West along
14 the centerline of 30th Street, 50.00 feet to the West
15 right of way line of Wolf Road, also being the Point of
16 Beginning; thence continuing South 88 degrees 04 minutes
17 58 seconds West along the centerline of 30th Street,
18 950.41 feet to the intersection of the centerline of
19 Woodlawn Avenue; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08
20 seconds West along the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue
21 663.77 feet to the intersection of the centerline of 29th
22 Street; thence North 88 degrees 03 minutes 53 seconds East
23 along the centerline of 29th Street, 333.17 feet to the
24 intersection of the centerline of Park Avenue; thence
25 North 02 degrees 34 minutes 50 seconds West along the

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1 centerline of Park Avenue, 663.88 feet to the intersection
2 of the centerline of 28th Street; thence South 88 degrees
3 02 minutes 47 seconds West along the centerline of 28th
4 Street, 332.72 feet to the intersection of the centerline
5 of Woodlawn Avenue; thence North 02 degrees 32 minutes 47
6 seconds West along the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue,
7 623.77 feet to the South right of way line of Constitution
8 Drive (formerly 26th Street); thence North 88 degrees 01
9 minutes 41 seconds East along the South right of way line
10 of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street), 573.86 feet
11 to the Northwest corner of Lot 2 in Block 2; thence South
12 02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds East along the West line of
13 Lot 2 in Block 2 extended, 135.01 feet to the centerline of
14 an alley; thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds
15 East along the centerline of an alley, 91.28 feet to the
16 intersection of the centerline of Drake Avenue; thence
17 North 02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds West along the
18 centerline of Drake Avenue, 135.37 feet to the South right
19 of way line of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street);
20 thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds East along
21 the South right of way line of Constitution Drive
22 (formerly 26th Street), 282.57 feet to the West right of
23 way line of Wolf Road; thence South 02 degrees 37 minutes
24 22 seconds East along the West right of way line of Wolf
25 Road, 1952.25 feet to the Point of Beginning.

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1 Tract 2
2 Part of "31st Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according
3 to the plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as
4 document 9051580, in Book 218 of Plats, page 7, all in
5 Fractional Section 30, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of
6 the Third Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois,
7 described more particularly as follows:
8 Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 30 also
9 being the platted intersection of the centerlines of 31st
10 Street and Wolf Road, thence North along the centerline of
11 Wolf Road to the North right of way line of 31st Street
12 extended easterly; thence West along said North right of
13 way line of 31st Street to the Southeast corner of Lot 24
14 of Block 8, being the Point of Beginning; thence
15 continuing West along the North right of way line of 31st
16 Street to the Southwest corner of Lot 25 of Block 8; thence
17 North along the West line of Lot 25, Block 8 extended to
18 the centerline of a 20.00 wide alley; thence East along
19 the centerline of said alley to the intersection of the
20 East line of Lot 24 of Block 8 extended; thence South along
21 said East line to the Point of Beginning.
22 ALSO,
23 The West half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest

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1 Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
2 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
3 in Cook County, Illinois.
4 ALSO,
5 The South half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest
6 Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
7 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
8 in Cook County, Illinois.
9 ALSO,
10 The South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
11 Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
12 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
13 in Cook County, Illinois.
14 AND,
15 Tract 1:
16 The North half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
17 Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
18 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in
19 Cook County, Illinois.

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1 Tract 2:
2 Easement for the ingress and egress for the benefit of
3 Tract 1 aforesaid as created by Grant from Joseph C.
4 Steiner and Georgianna Steiner, his wife and Catholic
5 Bishop of Chicago to Albert B. Bunta dated October 11,
6 1966 and recorded December 21, 1966 as Document 20027273,
7 over and across the West 40.0 feet of the Southwest
8 Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
9 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
10 lying South of and adjoining above described property and
11 extending South to 31st Street, all in Cook County,
12 Illinois (EXCEPT that part falling in Tract 1 aforesaid).
13 (b) The conveyances of real property authorized by this
14Section shall be made subject to: (1) existing public
15utilities, existing public roads, and any and all
16reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and
17restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if
18the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
19shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
20Resources.
21 (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
22certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
23title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
24Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
25receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
26record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the

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1county in which the land is located.
2 Section 15. Conveyance to the City of Staunton.
3 (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
4on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
5and deliver to the City of Staunton, a municipality organized
6and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the
7County of Macoupin, State of Illinois, for and in
8consideration of $1 paid to said Department, a quitclaim deed
9to the following described real property:
10 Parcel #3 of the former Consolidation Coal Company #14,
11 being part of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section
12 30, Township 7 North, Range 6 West of the 3rd Principal
13 Meridian, Macoupin County, Illinois, more particularly
14 described as follows:
15 Commencing at the Northeast Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of
16 the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 30, Township 7 North,
17 Range 6 West; thence South 0 degrees 38 minutes East,
18 1826.72 feet along the Quarter-Quarter Section Line to the
19 true Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 0 degrees
20 38 minutes East, 9.10 feet; thence North 67 degrees 49
21 minutes West, 324.53 feet; thence North 53 degrees 35
22 minutes West, 437.20 feet; thence North 41 degrees 31
23 minutes West, 72.19 feet; thence North 41 degrees 18

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1 minutes East, 252.11 feet, thence South 30 degrees 53
2 minutes East, 496.13 feet; thence South 44 degrees 20
3 minutes East, 89.20 feet; thence South 59 degrees 39
4 minutes East, 251.10 feet to the true Point of Beginning;
5 comprising 2.13 acres, more or less.
6 (b) The conveyance of real property authorized by this
7Section shall be made subject to: (1) existing public
8utilities, existing public roads, and any and all
9reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and
10restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if
11said real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
12shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
13Resources.
14 (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
15certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
16title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
17Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
18receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
19record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the
20county in which the land is located.
21 Section 20. "An Act concerning civil law", approved August
2222, 2005 (Public Act 94-653), as amended by "An Act concerning
23civil law, approved December 13, 2019 (Public Act 101-607), is
24amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

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1 (P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5)
2 Sec. 5. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Human
3Services is hereby authorized to grant and convey and
4quitclaim any and all rights held under the terms of a Grant of
5Conservation Right and Easement dated May 7, 2008 and recorded
6June 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817531024 in the Recorder's
7Office of Cook County, Illinois permanent conservation
8easement to the Chicago Park District, a park district
9organized and existing under the laws of the State of
10Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources or to the
11Chicago Park District on a parcel containing 30 acres, more or
12less, that is located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range
1313 East of the third principal meridian, Cook County,
14Illinois, situated to the West and South of the Chicago Read
15Mental Health Center, for the purpose of preserving and
16protecting the wetlands and forested area for the benefit of
17the patients of the facility, the community, and the general
18public.
19(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)
20 Section 25. "An Act concerning property", approved August
219, 2019, Public Act 101-361, is amended by changing Sections
2215 and 30 as follows:
23 (P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15)
24 Sec. 15. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural

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1Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized
2to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality
3organized and existing under the laws of the State of
4Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in
5consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim
6deed to the following described real property, to wit:
7 A tract conveyed to the State of Illinois, Department of
8 Conservation (now Department of Natural Resources) by deed
9 dated February 10, 1969, and recorded July 17, 1969, as
10 (Document Number 53205 in the Recorder's Office of Stark
11 County, Illinois and ) described as:
12 All of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
13 Company's abandoned right of way in Lot 1, Block 10; and
14 part of Lot 3, Block 9 of Giles C. in Dana's Addition to
15 Town City of Wyoming lying 50 feet on each side of the
16 Railroad Company's main track centerline as formerly
17 located.
18 Situated in Section l, Township 12 North, Range 6 East, of
19 the 4th 46 Principal Meridian, Stark County, Illinois.
20 (b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject
21to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and
22any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants,

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1and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that
2if the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
3shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
4Resources.
5(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
6 (P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30)
7 Sec. 30. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural
8Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized
9to exchange certain real property in Pulaski County, Illinois,
10hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 1, for
11certain real property of equal or greater value in Pulaski
12County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as
13Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:
14 PARCEL 1:
15 The North 86 106 feet of the following described tract of
16 land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois,
17 Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, IL., by
18 Warranty Deed dated June 19, 2009, recorded June 25, 2009,
19 Document No. 24582, in Book 257, Page 816, described as
20 follows to-wit:
21 "A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest
22 Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of

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1 the 3rd P.M., more particularly described as follows:
2 Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter
3 of the Northwest Quarter, thence South along the West
4 Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section, a distance
5 of 20 feet for a point of beginning; thence East a distance
6 of 272 feet along a line parallel to the Northerly Section
7 line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South a
8 distance of 320 feet and 3 inches on a line parallel to the
9 West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence
10 West a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the
11 North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest
12 Quarter; thence North a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches
13 following the Westerly line of said Quarter-Quarter
14 Section to the point of beginning, containing 2 acres,
15 more or less, situated in the County of Pulaski and State
16 of Illinois."
17 PARCEL 2:
18 The South 86 106 feet of the North 426.25 feet of the West
19 272 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
20 of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd
21 P.M., situated in the County of Pulaski and State of
22 Illinois.
23 (b) The transaction under this Section will be to the

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1mutual advantages of both parties. Each party shall be
2responsible for any and all title costs associated with their
3respective properties.
4 (c) The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by this
5Section shall be made subject to existing public utilities,
6existing public roads, and any and all reservations,
7easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of
8record.
9 (d) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources
10shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney General
11certifying that the State of Illinois will receive
12merchantable title to the real property in this Section
13referred to as Parcel 2.
14(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.
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