Bill Text: IL SB3704 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbonna Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa [SB3704 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3704-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3704 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbonna Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. 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. Property. In consideration of the lands
reserved for Chief Shab-eh-nay by the Treaty of Prairie du
Chien of July 29, 1829, as well as the Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation's historic connection to those lands and the
surrounding area, the Director of the Department of Natural
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, shall convey to
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation a quit claim deed to the
Shabbonna Lake State Park located in DeKalb County, to wit:
Parcels 13-22-200-008, 13-22-200-009, 13-22-200-010,
13-23-300-008, 13-23-400-012, 13-25-100-014,
13-26-100-015, 13-26-100-016, 13-27-200-004, so long as
the conveyance to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation does
not violate any federal funding restrictions, nor violate
the terms of any federal grant, nor require the Department
to reimburse, refund, or provide replacement land to the
federal government (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, or the U.S. Department of the
Interior) for federal grant funds awarded to the
Department to acquire property, construct infrastructure,
and enhance the natural habitat or provide recreational

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opportunities for public use at the Shabbona Lake State
Park.
Section 10. The conveyance of real property authorized by
Section 5 shall be made subject to existing public utilities,
existing public roads, and any and all reservations,
easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of
record.
Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain
a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its effective
date. The Department shall ensure that a certified copy of
this Act and any quit claim deed executed pursuant to this Act
that is provided to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation shall
be recorded by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in the
recorder's office in the county in which the land is located.