Bill Text: IL SB3940 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Thomson United States Penitentiary Cession Act. Cedes to the United States concurrent jurisdiction over the Thomson United States Penitentiary. Specifies that cession shall be effective upon the filing of an acceptance by the United States with the Governor of the State of Illinois. Prohibits the Act from being construed to deprive the State of Illinois of jurisdiction over the described lands. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3940 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3940-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3940 Introduced 11/27/2012, by Sen. Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Thomson United States Penitentiary Cession Act. Cedes to the United States concurrent jurisdiction over the Thomson United States Penitentiary. Specifies that cession shall be effective upon the filing of an acceptance by the United States with the Governor of the State of Illinois. Prohibits the Act from being construed to deprive the State of Illinois of jurisdiction over the described lands. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Thomson United States Penitentiary Cession Act.
Section 5. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction. The State of
Illinois hereby cedes to the United States concurrent
jurisdiction in and over the following land comprising the site
of the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, described as
follows:
A part of the southeast quarter and southwest quarter of
section 13 and part of the northeast quarter and northwest
quarter of section 24 all in township 23 north range 3 east
of the fourth principal meridian Carroll County, Illinois.
More particularly described as follows: Commencing at the
southwest corner of the southwest quarter of said section
13 as the point of beginning of the tract to be described:
from the point of beginning. Thence North 01°08'51" west,
(bearings are for descriptive purposes only) along the west
line of said southwest quarter of section 13, a distance of
942.27 feet; thence north 87°45'03" east, a distance of
2,733.29 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of the

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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; thence south
06°34'13" east along said westerly right-of-way line, a
distance of 1,916.34 feet; thence south 87°47'21" west, a
distance of 348.55 feet; thence south 02°14'57" east, a
distance of 380.05 feet to a point on the south line of the
north half of the northwest quarter of section 24; thence
south 87°45'03" west along said south line of the north
half of the northwest quarter of section 24, a distance of
2,589.84 feet to the southwest corner of the north half of
the northwest quarter of section 24; thence north 00°26'24"
west, along the west line of the north half of the
northwest quarter of said section 24, a distance of
1,349.28 feet to the point of beginning, in Carroll County,
Illinois. Containing 146.541 acres.
Section 10. Acceptance. Cession shall be effective upon the
filing of an acceptance by the United States with the Governor
of the State of Illinois in accordance with the requirements of
40 U.S.C. 3112. Federal jurisdiction shall end whenever the
United States shall cease to own, lease, or use for national
purposes the lands or improvements thereon.
Section 15. Retention of jurisdiction. Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to deprive the State of Illinois of any of
its jurisdiction over the above described lands.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.