Bill Text: IL HB1292 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to convey real and personal property to the Forest Park Foundation and the Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0013 [HB1292 Detail]

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1292 Introduced , by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to convey real and personal property to the Forest Park Foundation and the Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria. 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. Return of real property. Upon the payment of the
sum of $10 to the State of Illinois, and subject to the
conditions set forth in Sections 10, 15, and 20 of this Act,
the Director of Natural Resources is authorized to return the
land referred to as the Wildlife Prairie State Park including
that real property that was initially conveyed to the State of
Illinois from the Forest Park Foundation by a corporate special
warranty deed executed September 5, 2000 and by a warranty deed
executed on September 4, 2001, by conveying by quitclaim deed
all right, title, and interest in and to the following
described land in Peoria County, Illinois (referred to
hereafter as "Wildlife Prairie State Park") to the Forest Park
Foundation, a not-for-profit Illinois corporation (referred to
hereafter as "Forest Park Foundation"):
Tract 1: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of
the Fourth Principal Meridian, more particularly bounded
and described as follows, to-wit: From the Southeast corner
of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 30, and running thence South 89°21'30" West along

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the South line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 180 feet; thence
North 427.69 feet; thence South 87°39' West, 200 feet to
the Point of Beginning; thence South 87°39' West, 403.76
feet; thence on a curve to the right with a radius of
228.35 feet and a central angle of 52°34' an arc distance
of 209.5 feet; thence North 39°47' West, 340.18 feet;
thence South 76°54' East, 117.99 feet; thence North 89° 21'
East, 327.56 feet; thence North 82°11' East, 256.39 feet;
thence North 84°49' East to the Northwest corner of the
tract described in the deed from the First National Bank of
Peoria to Forest Park Foundation, dated November 14, 1969,
and recorded November 21, 1969, as Document Number
69-16464; thence South along the Westerly line of tract so
conveyed to Forest Park Foundation to the Point of
Beginning; situated in the County of Peoria and the State
of Illinois. (Permanent Index Number: 13-30-200-004.)
Tract 2: A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter and a part of the East Half of the Southwest
Quarter, all in Section 19, Township 9 North, Range 7 East
of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois,
more particularly bounded and described as follows and
bearings are for the purposes of description only:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 19; thence North 0 degrees 36 minutes 04

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seconds East along the West line of the Southwest Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 19, 1333.50 feet
to the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 19; thence South 89
degrees 30 minutes 48 seconds East along the North line of
the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 19, 1287.74 feet to the Northeast corner of the
Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
19; thence North 0 degrees 23 minutes 51 seconds East along
the West line of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of
said Section 19, 448.37 feet; thence North 87 degrees 27
minutes 51 seconds East, 350.43 feet; thence South 87
degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East, 221.96 feet; the last
two named courses being along the Southerly right-of-way
line of Illinois State Route 8; thence South 40 degrees 00
minutes 48 seconds East, 53.37 feet; thence on a
non-tangent curve to the left having a radius of 1547.39
feet, said curve having a chord whose bearing is South 4
degrees 49 minutes 22 seconds East, an arc distance of
272.85 feet; thence South 8 degrees 07 minutes 38 seconds
East, 1147.95 feet; thence South 9 degrees 56 minutes 50
seconds East, 196.75 feet to the approximate center of
Kickapoo Creek; the last four named courses being along the
Westerly right-of-way of County Highway No. 18; thence
North 82 degrees 19 minutes 00 seconds West, 105.62 feet;
thence North 85 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West, 1570.00

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feet; thence North 49 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds West,
40 feet; the last three courses being along the approximate
centerline of Kickapoo Creek; thence South 77 degrees 37
minutes 00 seconds West, 215.00 feet; thence South 18
degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West, 275.10 feet; the last
two courses being along the approximate centerline of
Johnson Run Creek; thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 00
seconds West along the South line of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 19, 135.00 feet to the Point of Beginning,
EXCEPT the coal and other minerals underlying the surface
of said land and all rights and easements in favor of the
estate of the coal and minerals; situated in the County of
Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent Index Number:
13-19-351-001.)
Tract 3: A part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, more particularly bounded and described as
follows: Commencing at an iron rod at the Southwest corner
of said Section 19 and running thence South 89 degrees 28
minutes East along the South line of said Section 19, a
distance of 135.0 feet to the Point of Beginning of the
tract to be described; and from said Point of Beginning
continuing South 89 degrees 28 minutes East along the South
line of said Section 19, a distance of 2055.3 feet to an
iron rod; thence North 9 degrees 40 minutes East, a

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distance of 50.6 feet to an iron rod; thence North 94.0
feet to the approximate centerline of Kickapoo Creek, the
last two named courses being along the Westerly
right-of-way line of a tract acquired by the State of
Illinois for the proposed relocation of County Highway No.
18 S.A. Right, #18 by a deed recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds of Peoria County, Illinois, in Book 382
at page 166; thence North 82 degrees 19 minutes West, 174.9
feet; thence North 85 degrees 08 minutes West, a distance
of 1570.0 feet; thence North 49 degrees 14 minutes West, a
distance of 40.0 feet, the last three named courses being
along the approximate centerline of Kickapoo Creek; thence
South 77 degrees 37 minutes West, 215.0 feet; thence South
18 degrees 10 minutes West, a distance of 275.1 feet to the
Point of Beginning, the last two named courses being along
the approximate centerline of Johnson Run Creek; situated
in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois (said tract
containing 10.54 acres). (Permanent Index Number:
13-19-352-001.)
Tract 4: A part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter
of Section 19, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois, more
particularly bounded and described as follows and bearings
are for the purposes of description only: Commencing at an
iron pipe at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter

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of said Section 19; thence South 0 degrees 13 minutes 23
seconds West, along the East line of said Section 19, a
distance of 364.40 feet to an iron rod at the point of
beginning for the tract to be described; thence continuing
South 0 degrees 13 minutes 23 seconds West, along the East
line of said Section 19, a distance of 752.67 feet to an
iron rod on the Northerly right of way line of IL Rt. #8
(also known as County Highway No. 11); thence in a Westerly
direction, along the arc of a curve to the right, the
radius of which is 1883.05 feet, a distance of 506.14 feet,
the long chord of which bears North 74 degrees 42 minutes
01 seconds West, 504.60 feet to an iron rod at a point of
tangency; thence North 67 degrees 00 minutes West, 198.85
feet to an iron rod; the last two named courses being along
the Northerly right of way line of said IL Rt. #8 (also
known as County Highway No. 11); thence North 6 degrees 07
minutes East, 218.4 feet to an iron rod; thence North 5
degrees 58 minutes 44 seconds East, 145.83 feet to an iron
rod; thence North 74 degrees 11 minutes 19 seconds East,
659.20 feet to the point of beginning, containing 8.635
acres, more or less, as appears as Tract D on Zumwalt &
Associates Plat No. 18032, dated August 27, 2001, and
recorded as Document No. 01-32206, on September 5, 2001;
situated in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois.
(Permanent Index Number: 13-19-426-004.)

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Tracts 5 & 6: Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois, being more particularly
described as follows: (Bearings assumed for descriptive
purposes only): Commencing at the Southwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, running thence South
89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds East along the South line
of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20; a distance of
100.00 feet to the Point of Beginning of the tract to be
described; from the Point of Beginning; running thence
North 00 degrees 00 minutes 52 seconds East along a line
100 feet East and parallel with the West line of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of 1333.76
feet (recorded 1333.98 feet) to a point on the North line
of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section
20; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 04 seconds East
along the North line of the South Half of said Section 20,
a distance of 1763.14 feet (recorded 1763.14 feet); thence
South 00 degrees 00 minutes 52 seconds West, parallel with
the West line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20,
a distance of 1333.52 feet (recorded 1334.27 feet) to a
point on the South line of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 20; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds
West along the South line of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 20, a distance of 1763.14 feet (recorded 1763.14
feet) to the point of beginning; situate, lying and being

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in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois;
AND
Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 9
North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian;
Peoria County, Illinois, being more particularly described
as follows: (Bearings assumed for descriptive purposes
only) Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest
Quarter of said Section 20, and running thence South 89
degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds East along the North line of
the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of
100.00 feet to the Point of Beginning of the tract to be
described: From the Point of Beginning continuing thence
South 89 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds East along the North
line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, a
distance of 1265.89 feet to the Northeast corner of the
West Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20;
thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 07 seconds West along
the East line of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of
said Section 20, a distance of 180.05 feet (recorded 180.05
feet); thence South 84 degrees 56 minutes 27 seconds East,
a distance of 1371.05 feet (recorded 1370.76 feet) to a
point on the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 20; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes 22 seconds
West along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said

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Section 20, a distance of 2366.79 feet to the Southeast
corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence
North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds West along the South
line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, a
distance of 866.70 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes
52 seconds East, a distance of 1333.52 feet (recorded
1334.27 feet) to a point on the North line of the South
Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence
North 89 degrees 58 minutes 04 seconds West along the North
line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 20, 1763.14 feet (recorded 1763.14 feet); thence
North 00 degrees 00 minutes 52 seconds East along a line
100.00 feet East and parallel with the West line of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of 1333.76
feet to the Point of Beginning; situate, lying and being in
the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent
Index Numbers:13-20-100-004 and 13-20-100-003.)
Tract 7: Part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois, being more particularly
described as follows (Bearings assumed for descriptive
purposes only): Commencing at the Northeast corner of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 20, and running thence
South 00 degrees 18 minutes 30 seconds West along the East
line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20, a

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distance of 912.29 feet (recorded 912.1 feet); thence South
09 degrees 22 minutes 08 seconds West, a distance of 343.25
feet (recorded 344.2 feet); thence South 12 degrees 04
minutes 20 seconds West, a distance of 200.25 feet
(recorded 199.8 feet) to a point on the Northerly right of
way line of State Route 8 (the next 3 courses are along the
Northerly right of way line of State Route 8) thence North
82 degrees 16 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance of 216.23
feet; thence North 88 degrees 55 minutes 36 seconds West, a
distance of 302.03 feet; thence North 82 degrees 16 minutes
20 seconds West, a distance of 677.93 feet; thence North 00
degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 1125.13
feet; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds West, a
distance of 80.21 feet to a point on the West line of the
East Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20;
thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds East, along
the West line of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of
said Section 20, a distance of 196.32 feet to the Northwest
corner of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 20; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds
East along the North line of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 20, a distance of 1364.92 feet to the point of
beginning, situate, lying and being in the County of
Peoria, and State of Illinois;
EXCEPTING a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20,

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Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West half of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence South 0
degrees, 15 minutes, 32 seconds West, along the East line
of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
20, a distance of 196.32 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58
minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 80.21 feet to the
Point of Beginning of the tract to be described; thence
South 0 degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of
1125.13 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of
State Route No. 8; thence South 82 degrees 16 minutes 20
second East, along the North right-of-way line of State
Route No. 8, a distance of 302.57 feet; thence North 0
degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 1165.69
feet; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds West, a
distance of 300.00 feet to the Point of Beginning,
containing 7.89 acres, more or less, situate, lying and
being in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois, as
appears as Tract A on Zumwalt & Associates plat #18032,
dated August 27, 2001 and recorded as Document No. 01-32206
on September 5, 2001, situate, lying and being in the
County of Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent Index
Number: Part of 13-20-300-011.)
Part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 9

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North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian,
Peoria County, Illinois, being more particularly described
as follows (Bearings assumed for descriptive purposes
only): Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 20, and running thence south 89
degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds East along the North line of
the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of
100.00 feet to the Point of Beginning of the parcel to be
described: From the point of beginning running thence South
89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds East along the North line
of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of
1264.92 feet to the Northeast corner to the West Half of
the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence South 00
degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds West along the East line of
the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20,
a distance of 196.32 feet; thence North 89 degrees 58
minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 316.40 feet; thence
South 00 degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of
1071.51 feet to a point on the Northerly right of way line
of State Route 8; thence North 82 degrees 16 minutes 20
seconds West along the Northerly right of way line of State
Route 8, a distance of 955.63 feet; thence North 00 degrees
12 minutes 34 seconds East along the A line 100.00 feet
East of and parallel with the West line of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 20, a distance of 1139.73 feet to
the Point of Beginning; situate, lying and being in the

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County of Peoria, and State of Illinois;
EXCEPTING a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West Half of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence South 0
degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds West, along the East line of
the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20,
a distance of 196.32 feet; thence North 89 degrees 58
minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 316.40 feet to the
Point of Beginning of the tract to be described; thence
South 0 degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of
1071.51 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of
State Route No. 8; thence North 82 degrees 16 minutes 20
seconds West along the North right-of-way line of State
Route No. 8, a distance of 176.50 feet; thence North 0
degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 1047.85
feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds East, a
distance of 175.00 feet to the Point of Beginning,
containing 4.26 acres, more or less, situate, lying and
being in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois, as
appears as Tract C on Zumwalt & Associates plat #18032,
dated August 27, 2001 and recorded as Document No. 01-32206
on September 5, 2001, situate, lying and being in the
County of Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent Index

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Number: Part of 13-20-300-011.)
Tract 8: A part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter
of Section 21, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, being more particularly described as
follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the
southwest Quarter of said Section 21; thence Easterly along
the North line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 21,
a distance of 550.00 feet to the Point of Beginning of the
tract to be described; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes
27 seconds West parallel to the West line of the southwest
Quarter of said Section 21, a distance of 400.00 feet;
thence Westerly parallel to the North line of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 21, a distance of 520 feet, more or
less, to a point being 30 feet normal distance Easterly
from the West line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
21; thence south 00 degrees 45 minutes 27 seconds West
parallel to the West line of the southwest Quarter of said
Section 21, a distance of 1203 feet, more or less, to the
Northerly right of way line of ILL. Route No. 8; thence
South 83 degrees 42 minutes 47 seconds East along the
Northerly right of way line of said ILL. Route No. 8, a
distance of 1200 feet, more or less, to a point lying 90.54
feet from the intersection of the Northerly right of way
line of ILL. Route No. 8 with the East line of the West
Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 21; thence

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North 00 degrees 00 minutes parallel with the East line of
the West Half of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of
469.69 feet; thence North 79 degrees 27 minutes 13 seconds
West, a distance of 38.37 feet; thence North 73 degrees 24
minutes West, a distance of 23.25 feet; thence North 00
degrees 00 minutes parallel to the East line of the West
Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 21, a
distance of 375.73 feet; thence West 00 degrees 00 minutes,
a distance of 29.90 feet; thence North 53 degrees 52
minutes West, a distance of 207.62 feet; thence North 65
degrees 33 minutes West, a distance of 15.00 feet; thence
Northeasterly, a distance of 750 feet, more or less, to the
North line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 21,
said point being 300 feet Westerly of the Northeast corner
of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
21; thence Westerly along the North line of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 21, a distance of 442 feet, more or
less, to the Point of Beginning, containing 36 acres, more
or less; situate, lying and being in the county of Peoria,
and State of Illinois; subject to an easement for ingress
and egress purposes over, across and through the above
described tract as shown on a plat filed on July 14, 2000
as Document No. 00-22306. (Permanent Index Number:
13-21-300-026.)
Tract 9: The Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and

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the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, in
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian; situated in the County of Peoria, and the State
of Illinois.
ALSO, ten (10) acres, being that part of the West Half of
the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section
29 lying South of Kickapoo Creek, in Township 9 North,
Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; situated in
the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois.
AND, ALSO, the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 29 and that part of the West Half of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 29 lying South of the centerline of
Kickapoo Creek, which centerline intersects the East line
of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29 at
a point 240 feet South of the North line thereof and
intersects the West line of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 29 at a point 312 feet South of the Northwest
corner thereof, all in Township 9 North, Range 7 East of
the Fourth Principal meridian; situated in the County of
Peoria, and State of Illinois.
AND, ALSO, all that part of the East Half of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 29 which lies Southerly of Kickapoo
Creek; and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter

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of Section 29; and all that part of the West Half of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 29 which lies Southerly of
Kickapoo Creek; and, also the Southeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 29, all in Township 9 North,
Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; situated in
the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent
Index Number: 13-29-100-008.)
Tract 10: A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7
East of the Fourth Principal Meridian in Kickapoo Township,
Peoria County, Illinois, described as follows: Beginning
at the center of Section 30, thence West 521 feet; thence
North 147 feet; thence East 521 feet; thence South 147 feet
to the Place of Beginning, containing 1.75 acres, more or
less, EXCEPTING any portion used by or dedicated for public
road right of way. (Permanent Index Number:
13-30-100-004.)
Tract 11: The Northwest Quarter of Section 30, township 9
North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian
situated in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois;
EXCEPTING THEREFROM a part of the Southeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 30 in Township 9 North, Range
7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, more particularly
bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the center

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of said Section 30 and running thence North along the East
line of said Northwest Quarter 147 feet to the Place of
Beginning of the tract to be described; and from said Point
of Beginning running thence West 620 feet; thence North 560
feet; thence East 620 feet to the East line of said
Northwest Quarter and thence South along the East line of
said Northwest Quarter 560 feet to the Place Beginning; and
further EXCEPTING THEREFROM a tract of land in the
Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the fourth Principal
Meridian in Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois,
described as follows: Beginning at the center of Section
30, thence West 521 feet; thence North 147 feet; thence
East 521 feet; thence South 147 feet to the Point of
Beginning, containing 1.75 acres, more or less; further
EXCEPTING any portion used by or dedicated for public road
right of way.
ALSO, a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 30 in Township 9 North, Range 7 East of
the Fourth Principal Meridian, more particularly bounded
and described as follows: Commencing at the center of said
Section 30, and running thence North along the East line of
said Northwest Quarter 147 feet to the Place of Beginning
of the tract to be described; and from said Place of
Beginning running thence West 620 feet; thence North 560

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feet; thence East 620 feet to the East line of said
Northwest Quarter and thence South along the East line of
said Northwest Quarter, 560 feet to the Place of Beginning,
in the County of Peoria, in the State of Illinois;
EXCEPTING any portion used by or dedicated for public road
right of way.
AND, ALSO, the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian in Kickapoo Township, Peoria County,
Illinois, containing 40 acres, more or less, EXCEPTING any
portion used by or dedicated for public road right of way.
(Permanent Index Number: 13-30-100-006.)
Tract 12: A part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of
the Fourth Principal meridian, Peoria County, Illinois,
described as follows: all that portion lying in the
Northwest portion of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, lying North and West of the
centerline of Old Taylor Road, South of Kickapoo Creek,
containing 16.03 acres. (Permanent Index Number:
13-30-200-001.)
Tract 13: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of

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the Fourth Principal Meridian, more particularly bounded
and described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast
corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
said Section 30, running thence South 89°21'30" West along
the South line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 180 feet; thence
North 427.69 feet; thence South 87°39' West, a distance of
200 feet; thence North to a point on the North line of the
tract described in the deed from Mable E. Chapman, et al to
Esther E. Magnuson, et al, dated October 1, 1957, and
recorded October 9, 1957 in Book 1099, Page 369; thence in
a Northeasterly direction along the Northerly line of the
tract so conveyed to Esther E. Magnuson, et al, to a point
on the East Line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, that is 860.81 feet North of the
Place of Beginning; thence South along the East line of the
said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 860.81
feet to the Place of Beginning, situated in the County of
Peoria and the State of Illinois. (Permanent Index Number:
13-30-200-005.)
Tract 14: That portion of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 30, in Township 9 North, Range
7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, which lies South
of the Kickapoo Creek and Northerly of a line described as
follows: commencing at the Southeast corner of the

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Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section
30; thence running North along the East line of said
Section 30, a distance of 860.81 feet to the Point of
Beginning of the line to be described; thence running South
69 degrees 59 minutes West, 152.20 feet; thence South 77
degrees 29 minutes West, 172.99; thence South 84 degrees 49
minutes West, 177.61 feet; thence South 82 degrees 11
minutes West, 256.39 feet; thence South 89 degrees 21
minutes West, 327.56 feet; thence North 76 degrees 54
minutes West, 117.99 feet; thence North 39 degrees 47
minutes West, 86.70 feet; thence North 47 degrees 43
minutes West, 126.08 feet to the terminus of the line being
described; situated in the County of Peoria, and State of
Illinois. (Permanent Index Number: 13-30-200-013.)
Tract 15: The Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 9
North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian;
situated in the County of Peoria, and the State of
Illinois; subject to that portion used for or dedicated as
public right of way.
ALSO, all the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 30, EXCEPT that part lying Southwesterly of a line
that is parallel to and 130 feet Northeasterly of the
centerline of Mine Road as it is now located; situated in
the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois; ALSO, that

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part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 9
North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian,
Peoria County, Illinois, more particularly described as
follows: All of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 30 lying southeasterly of the centerline of Taylor
Road and Northeasterly of a line that is parallel to and
130 feet Northeasterly of the centerline of Mine Road as it
is now located. Both parts being situated in Township 9
North, Range 7 East of the fourth Principal Meridian,
Peoria County, Illinois, and containing 82.3 acres, more or
less.
AND, ALSO, part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of
the Fourth Principal Meridian, more particularly bounded
and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the
Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of said Section 30, and running thence South 89
degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds West along the South line of
the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 30, a distance of 180 feet, which is the Place of
Beginning of the tract to be described; and from said Place
of Beginning running thence North 427.69 feet; thence South
87 degrees 39 minutes West 603.76 feet; thence on a curve
to the right with a radius of 228.35 feet and a central
angle of 52 degrees 34 minutes, an arc distance of 209.5

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feet; thence North 39 degrees 47 minutes West, 426.88 feet;
thence North 47 degrees 43 minutes West, 126.08 feet to a
point on the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of said Section 30; thence south along
the West line of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
Quarter, 943.5 feet to the Southwest corner of the
Northeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter; thence
running North 89 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds East along
the South line of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
Quarter, 1153.0 feet to the Place of Beginning, such
described premises constituting 13 acres, more or less,
being in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois.
(Permanent Index Number: 13-30-400-003.)
Tract 16: A part of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter
of Section 19, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, being more particularly described as
follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 19; thence Westerly along
the South line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 19,
a distance of 110 feet, more or less, to a point on the
Easterly right of way line of County Highway No. 18; thence
Northwesterly along the Easterly right of way line of
County Highway No. 18, a distance of 990 feet, more or
less, to a point on the Easterly right of way line of
County Highway No. 18 being 135 feet, more or less, normal

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distance Northeasterly of the survey line of County Highway
No. 18 at Station 181+25; thence Northerly along the
Easterly right of way line of County Highway No. 18, a
distance of 810 feet, more or less, to a point on the South
right of way line of Illinois State Route No. 8; thence
Easterly along the South right of way line of Illinois
State Route No. 8, a distance of 330 feet, more or less, to
a point on the East line of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 19; thence Southerly along the East line of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 19, a distance of 1750
feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning; situate,
lying and being in the County of Peoria and State of
Illinois. AND ALSO, a part of the East Half of the
Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 9 North, Range 7
East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, being more
particularly described as follows: Commencing at the
Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
19; thence Northerly along the East line of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 19, a distance of 1830 feet, more
or less, to a point on the Northerly right of way line of
Illinois State Route No. 8, said point being the Point of
Beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing
Northerly along the East line of the Southwest Quarter of
said Section 19, a distance of 230 feet, more or less, to a
point on the South right of way line of Powder Mill Road
(Old Southport Road); thence in a Southwesterly direction

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along the Southerly right of way line of Old Southport
Road, a distance of 380 feet, more or less, to a point on
the Northerly right of way line of Illinois State Route No.
8; thence Easterly along the Northerly right of way line of
Illinois State Route No. 8, a distance of 320 feet, more or
less, to the Point of Beginning; situate, lying and being
in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois; EXCEPT,
that part of the above-described real estate that lies
within the right of way of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad; FURTHER EXCEPTING the coal and other
minerals underlying the surface of said land and all rights
and easements in favor of the estate of said coal and
minerals. (Permanent Index Number: 13-19-376-001.)
Tract 17: All that part of the West Half of the Southeast
Quarter of Section 19 that lies South of the public road
sometimes referred to as the Old Southport Road, that runs
in an Easterly and Westerly direction near the North line
of the South Half of said Section 19, situated in Township
9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian;
situated in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois,
EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part that lies within the right of
way of the CB&Q RR, also EXCEPT the coal and other minerals
underlying the surface of said land and all rights and
easements in favor of the estate of said coal and minerals
(Permanent Index Number: 13-19-451-002.)

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Tracts 18 & 19:
A part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 21, and part of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 28, all in Township 9 North,
Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, more
particularly described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a
point where the East line of the Southwest Quarter of said
Section 21 intersects the right-of-way of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, running thence south to the
centerline of Kickapoo Creek, running thence in a
Northwesterly direction along the centerline of said
Kickapoo Creek to the West line of the Northeast Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter of said Section 28, running thence
North along the West line of said Northeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 28, and continuing North
along the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 21, to the right-of-way
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, thence in a
Southeasterly direction along the right-of-way of said
railroad to the place of beginning; EXCEPTING, however,
from said tract 20 acres of even width extending from the
right-of-way of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
on the North to the centerline of Kickapoo Creek on the
South off of the East side of said tract, premises herein
conveyed being 25 acres, more or less; situate, lying and

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being in the County of Peoria, and State of Illinois, said
real estate being shown in a tract of survey of said
premises dated April 29, 1971, and filed for record in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds of Peoria County, Illinois,
on June 15, 1971, in Tract Survey Plat Book Volume 3 at
page 13. (Permanent Index Numbers: 13-28-100-002 and
13-21-300-008.)
Tract 20: Part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 30, in Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, more particularly bounded and
described as follow, to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast
corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 30 and running thence West along the North line of
the Northeast Quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 889
feet, thence in a Southeasterly direction to a point in the
East line of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter that is
175 feet South of the point of beginning, and thence North
along the East line of the West Half of said Northeast
Quarter 175 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the
County of Peoria, and State of Illinois, EXCEPTING
THEREFROM any and all coal and mineral rights previously
reserved in or conveyed to others, and excepting that
property previously conveyed for highway purposes.
(Permanent Index Number: 13-30-200-002.)

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Section 10. Conveyance of personal property to the Forest
Park Foundation.
(a) Any conveyance made pursuant to Section 5 of this Act
shall include the conveyance and transfer to the Forest Park
Foundation of all right, title, and interest in the tools,
vehicles, computers, records, equipment, supplies, animals,
furniture, fixtures, and any other personal property owned by
the State of Illinois and utilized in operation and management
of Wildlife Prairie State Park that the Director of the
Department of Central Management Services determines are not
needed and cannot be used by any State agency pursuant to
subsection (b) of this Section.
(b) Within 30 calendar days after the effective date of
this Act, the Department of Natural Resources shall provide the
Director of the Department of Central Management Services with
an inventory of all property eligible to be transferred under
this Section. Within 30 calendar days after the receipt of the
inventory, the Director of the Department of Central Management
Services shall determine whether the items in the inventory are
needed or can be used by a State agency and shall provide his
or her determination in writing to the Department of Natural
Resources.
Section 15. Agreement. Prior to the return by conveyance of
any real property to the Forest Park Foundation, the Director
of Natural Resources shall enter into an agreement with the

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Forest Park Foundation and with the Friends of Wildlife Prairie
State Park, a not-for-profit Illinois corporation, the
intended subsequent owner or operator of the property to be
returned to the Forest Park Foundation, that includes, but is
not limited to, provisions that serve the following purposes:
(1) ensuring that the property returned to the Forest
Park Foundation shall in perpetuity be used for
educational, conservation, scientific, Illinois historic
preservation, and public park purposes, and the promotion
of natural resources, including the propagation of wild
plants and flowers and domestic and wild animals; and
(2) providing, that lodging, resort, recreational
facilities, and other commercial purposes, shall be
allowable if, and only if, consistent and in furtherance of
the public purpose uses described in item 1 of this
Section; and
(3) requires the Forest Park Foundation to transfer
Wildlife Prairie State Park and all personal property
transferred pursuant to Section 10 of this Act to Friends
of Wildlife Prairie State Park.
Section 20. Recording. The Director of Natural Resources
shall obtain a certified copy of the portion of this Act
containing the title, enacting clause, the effective date, and
Section 5 which contains the land description of the property
to be transferred or otherwise affected under this Act within

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69 days after the execution of the agreement specified in
Section 15 and, upon receipt of payment required by the Section
5, shall record the certified document in the recorder's office
in the county in which the land is located.
Section 25. Return of real property. Upon the payment of
the sum of $10 to the State of Illinois, and subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 30 of this Act, the Director of
Natural Resources is authorized to return the land that was
initially conveyed to the State of Illinois from the Pleasure
Driveway and Park District of Peoria by a warranty deed
executed on May 14, 2003, by conveying by quitclaim deed all
right, title, and interest in and to the following described
land in Peoria County, Illinois to the Pleasure Driveway and
Park District of Peoria:
Tract 1: The Northerly 661 feet of the West Half of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 9 North, Range 7
East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Peoria County,
Illinois. (Permanent Index Number: 13-20-200-003).
Tract 2: The East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section
20, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois, EXCEPT a strip one and
one-half rods wide at the widest point, off the Southwest
corner of said East Half.

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The West One-Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois.
The East Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of
Section 20, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian; situated in the County of Peoria, and
State of Illinois, EXCEPT for that portion thereof conveyed
to or otherwise used by the State of Illinois for highway
purposes for State Route No. 8, AND EXCEPT for that portion
thereof within the CB&Q railroad right of way; AND EXCEPT
for a tract commencing at the East Quarter corner of said
Section 20, thence South 0 degrees 20 minutes 27 seconds
East, 1686.50 feet to a point on the existing centerline of
FAS Route 384 (S.A. Route 11) (Illinois Marked Route 8);
thence Westerly along a curve of the said centerline
concave to the South, an arc distance of 72.70 feet, said
curve having a radius of 7813.06 feet, and a long chord of
72.70 feet bearing North 87 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds
West; thence North 87 degrees 56 minutes 29 seconds West,
599.89 feet along said centerline; thence North 0 degrees
02 minutes 33 seconds West, 30.02 feet to a point on the
existing Northerly right of way line of said FAS Route 384,
said point being 30.0 feet normally distant Northerly of
said centerline and also the Point of Beginning; from said

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Point of Beginning, thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 33
seconds West, 30.02 feet to a point 60.00 feet normally
distant Northerly of said centerline; thence South 87
degrees 56 minutes 29 seconds East, 69.86 feet parallel
with said centerline; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes 31
seconds West, 30.00 feet to a point on the existing
Northerly right-of-way line; thence North 87 degrees 56
minutes 29 seconds West, 68.75 feet along said Northerly
right of way to the Point of Beginning. (Permanent Index
Number: 13-20-200-007)
Tract 3: The East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 9 North, Range 7
East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; EXCEPT a strip
commencing on the East line of said tract ten rods North of
the Southeast corner of the same; thence West 40 rods;
thence North one rod; thence East 40 rods; thence South one
rod to the Place of Beginning; situated in the County of
Peoria, and State of Illinois. (Permanent Index Number:
13-29-200-007)
Tract 4: The East One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of
Section 17, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth
Principal Meridian, EXCEPT that part of said tract conveyed
to the State of Illinois for highway purposes, described as
follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast

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Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, said
point being 21.8 feet distant Southwesterly at right angles
from the survey line of Federal Aid Interstate Route 74;
running thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes East, 433.07
feet along the Northerly line of said Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17 to a point which
is 180.0 feet distant, Northeasterly at right angles, from
the survey line of said Route 74; thence South 62 degrees
16 minutes East, 1000.21 feet to the Easterly line of said
Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section
17, at a point thereon which is 180.0 feet distant,
Northeasterly at right angles, from the survey line of said
Route 74; thence South 0 degrees 52 minutes West, 381.14
feet along the Easterly line of said Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, to a point which
is 160.0 feet distant Southwesterly at right angles from
the survey line of said Route 74; thence North 62 degrees
16 minutes West, 1,484.71 feet to the Southwesterly line of
said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said
Section 17 at a point thereon which is 160.0 feet distant
Southwesterly at right angles from the survey line of said
Route 74; thence North 0 degrees 34 minutes East, 155.34
feet along the Westerly line of said Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17 to the Point of
Beginning; situated in the County of Peoria, and State of
Illinois.

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ALSO, the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 16,
Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois, EXCEPT that part of said
tract conveyed to the State of Illinois for highway
purposes, described as follows: Commencing at the
Northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of said Section
16, running thence South 0 degrees 52 minutes West, 466.12
feet, along the West line of said Southwest Quarter of said
Section 16, to a point which is 180.0 feet distant,
Northeasterly, at right angles, from the survey line of
Federal Aid Interstate Route 74, said point being the Point
of Beginning; from the Point of Beginning, running thence
South 59 degrees 01 minute East, 530.39 feet, to a point
which is 150.0 feet distant Northeasterly, at right angles,
from the survey line of said Route 74; thence South 62
degrees 16 minutes East, 400.0 feet to a point which is
150.0 feet distant Northeasterly, at right angles, from the
survey line of said Route 74; thence South 72 degrees 53
minutes East, 406.97 feet to a point which is 225.0 feet
distant Northeasterly, at right angles, from the survey
line of said Route 74; thence South 47 degrees 00 minutes
East, 170.94 feet, to the East line of the West Half of
said Southwest Quarter of said Section 16, at a point
thereon which is 180.0 feet distant Northeasterly, at right
angles, from the survey line of said Route 74; thence South

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1 degree 08 minutes West, 385.84 feet, along the East line
of said West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
16, to a point which is 165.0 feet distant Southwesterly,
at right angles, from the survey line of said Route 74;
thence North 79 degrees 46 minutes West, 249.23 feet, to a
point which is 240.0 feet distant Southwesterly, at right
angles, from the survey line of said Route 74; thence North
31 degrees 18 minutes West, 174.93 feet, to a point which
is 150.0 feet distant Southwesterly, at right angles, from
the survey line of said Route 74; thence North 62 degrees
47 minutes West, 1,107.33 feet, to the West line of the
Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 at a point which is
160.0 feet distant Southwesterly, at right angles, from the
survey line of said Route 74; thence North 0 degrees 52
minutes East, 381.14 feet, along the West line of said
Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 to the Point of
Beginning. (Permanent Index Number: 13-17-426-003)
Tract 5: An easement for ingress and egress 30 feet in
width, more particularly described as follows: Commencing
at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section
21, Township 9 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Peoria County, Illinois; running thence South
along the West line of said Section 21 to Illinois State
Route 8; running thence Easterly along the North line of
said State Route 8 to a point which is 30 feet East of the

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West line of said Section 21; running thence North and
parallel with the West line of said Section 21 to the North
line of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21; running thence
West along said North line of the Southwest Quarter 30 feet
to the Point of Beginning. (Permanent Index Number: Part of
13-21-300-025)
Section 30. Recording. The Director of Natural Resources
shall obtain a certified copy of the portion of this Act
containing the title, enacting clause, the effective date, and
Section 25 which contains the land description of the property
to be transferred or otherwise affected under this Act within
69 days after the effective date and, upon receipt of payment
required by the Section 25, shall record the certified document
in the recorder's office in the county in which the land is
located.