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]

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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. Conveyance to City of Morris.
(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 Morris, a municipality organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the
County of Grundy, State of Illinois, for and in consideration
of $1 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following
described real property:
That part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve
located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 33
North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City
of Morris, County of Grundy, State of Illinois, more
particularly described as follows:
Commencing at a PK Nail marking the Northwest corner of
said Section 9; thence South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09
seconds East along the West line of said Section 9, 147.22
feet (147.30 feet record)to a brass disk in concrete
marking the North Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve;
thence continuing South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09 seconds

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East along said West line, 251.80 feet (251.82 feet
record) to a brass disk in concrete marking the South
Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence South 88
degrees 02 minutes 40 degrees East along the South
Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve, 2335.20 feet to the
Point of Beginning; thence North 01 degrees 09 minutes 50
seconds East, 42.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 57
minutes 24 seconds East, 318.82 feet to the East line of
the Northwest Quarter of said Section 9; thence South 01
degrees 00 minutes 36 seconds East along the East line of
said Northwest Quarter, 52.97 feet to a point on the South
line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence
North 88 degrees 02 minutes 48 seconds West along the
South line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve,
320.80 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 15,221
square feet 0.349 acres, more or less.
(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.
(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.
(3) The right, title, and interest of the United
States of America, if any, in and to any of the subject

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

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

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centerline of Park Avenue, 663.88 feet to the intersection
of the centerline of 28th Street; thence South 88 degrees
02 minutes 47 seconds West along the centerline of 28th
Street, 332.72 feet to the intersection of the centerline
of Woodlawn Avenue; thence North 02 degrees 32 minutes 47
seconds West along the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue,
623.77 feet to the South right of way line of Constitution
Drive (formerly 26th Street); thence North 88 degrees 01
minutes 41 seconds East along the South right of way line
of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street), 573.86 feet
to the Northwest corner of Lot 2 in Block 2; thence South
02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds East along the West line of
Lot 2 in Block 2 extended, 135.01 feet to the centerline of
an alley; thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds
East along the centerline of an alley, 91.28 feet to the
intersection of the centerline of Drake Avenue; thence
North 02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds West along the
centerline of Drake Avenue, 135.37 feet to the South right
of way line of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street);
thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds East along
the South right of way line of Constitution Drive
(formerly 26th Street), 282.57 feet to the West right of
way line of Wolf Road; thence South 02 degrees 37 minutes
22 seconds East along the West right of way line of Wolf
Road, 1952.25 feet to the Point of Beginning.

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

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Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
in Cook County, Illinois.
ALSO,
The South half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
in Cook County, Illinois.
ALSO,
The South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
in Cook County, Illinois.
AND,
Tract 1:
The North half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in
Cook County, Illinois.

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Tract 2:
Easement for the ingress and egress for the benefit of
Tract 1 aforesaid as created by Grant from Joseph C.
Steiner and Georgianna Steiner, his wife and Catholic
Bishop of Chicago to Albert B. Bunta dated October 11,
1966 and recorded December 21, 1966 as Document 20027273,
over and across the West 40.0 feet of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township
39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
lying South of and adjoining above described property and
extending South to 31st Street, all in Cook County,
Illinois (EXCEPT that part falling in Tract 1 aforesaid).
(b) The conveyances of real property authorized by this
Section 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.
(c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the

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

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minutes East, 252.11 feet, thence South 30 degrees 53
minutes East, 496.13 feet; thence South 44 degrees 20
minutes East, 89.20 feet; thence South 59 degrees 39
minutes East, 251.10 feet to the true Point of Beginning;
comprising 2.13 acres, more or less.
(b) The conveyance of real property authorized by this
Section 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
said real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
Resources.
(c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the
county in which the land is located.
Section 20. "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:

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(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
June 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817531024 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
the patients of the facility, the community, and the general
public.
(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)
Section 25. "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

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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
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,

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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:
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

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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."
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

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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.