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1		AN ACT concerning property.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. Conveyance to City of Morris.
5		(a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
6		on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
7		and deliver to the City of Morris, a municipality organized
8		and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the
9		County of Grundy, State of Illinois, for and in consideration
10		of $1 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following
11		described 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
18		to:
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
5		certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
6		title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
7		Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
8		receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
9		deliver to the City of Morris to record the certified document
10		and quitclaim deed in the Recorder's Office in the county in
11		which the land is located.
12		Section 10. Conveyance to the Forest Preserve District of
13		Cook County.
14		(a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources,
15		on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
16		and deliver to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, a
17		forest preserve district organized and existing under the laws
18		of the State of Illinois, of the County of Cook, State of
19		Illinois, for and in consideration of $1 paid to said
20		Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real
21		property:
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
14		Section shall be made subject to: (1) existing public
15		utilities, existing public roads, and any and all
16		reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and
17		restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if
18		the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
19		shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
20		Resources.
21		(c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
22		certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
23		title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
24		Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
25		receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
26		record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the

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1		county 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,
4		on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute
5		and deliver to the City of Staunton, a municipality organized
6		and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the
7		County of Macoupin, State of Illinois, for and in
8		consideration of $1 paid to said Department, a quitclaim deed
9		to 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
7		Section shall be made subject to: (1) existing public
8		utilities, existing public roads, and any and all
9		reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and
10		restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if
11		said real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it
12		shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural
13		Resources.
14		(c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
15		certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
16		title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this
17		Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon
18		receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall
19		record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the
20		county in which the land is located.
21		Section 20. "An Act concerning civil law", approved August
22		22, 2005 (Public Act 94-653), as amended by "An Act concerning
23		civil law, approved December 13, 2019 (Public Act 101-607), is
24		amended 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
3		Services is hereby authorized to grant and convey and
4		quitclaim any and all rights held under the terms of a Grant of
5		Conservation Right and Easement dated May 7, 2008 and recorded
6		June 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817531024 in the Recorder's
7		Office of Cook County, Illinois permanent conservation
8		easement to the Chicago Park District, a park district
9		organized and existing under the laws of the State of
10		Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources or to the
11		Chicago Park District on a parcel containing 30 acres, more or
12		less, that is located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range
13		13 East of the third principal meridian, Cook County,
14		Illinois, situated to the West and South of the Chicago Read
15		Mental Health Center, for the purpose of preserving and
16		protecting the wetlands and forested area for the benefit of
17		the patients of the facility, the community, and the general
18		public.
19		(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)
20		Section 25. "An Act concerning property", approved August
21		9, 2019, Public Act 101-361, is amended by changing Sections
22		15 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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1		Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized
2		to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality
3		organized and existing under the laws of the State of
4		Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in
5		consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim
6		deed 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
21		to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and
22		any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants,

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