SB1103sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

Filed: 5/10/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1103

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1103 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to release by quitclaim deed a certain scenic easement in Scott County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcel 1, in exchange for consideration of replacement property rights of equal or greater value.

PARCEL 1:

All that part of the South Half of Section 34, Township 15 North, Range 14 West of the Third Principal Meridian in Scott County, Illinois, bounded as follows: on the North by the Southerly right of way line of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company; on the West by the Easterly bank of the Illinois River, including any riparian rights or accretions thereto; on the East by the centerline of the top of the levee along the Easterly bank of the Illinois River.

Section 10. This transaction is deemed be to the mutual advantage of both parties, and each party shall be responsible for any and all title costs associated with that party's respective properties.

Section 15. The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by Section 5 shall be made subject to: existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.

Section 20. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the Illinois Attorney General certifying that the State of Illinois will receive merchantable title to the replacement real property or scenic easement.

Section 25. This Act is inoperative if consideration is not acceptable to the Department of Natural Resources.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".