HB2097 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
 

 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2097
 
Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


     Authorizes the Director of Corrections to execute and deliver a quit claim deed for specified real property located in Will County to the City of Crest Hill upon the payment of $1, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning property.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. Property. The Director of Corrections, on 
5behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute and 
6deliver to the City of Crest Hill, for and in consideration of 
7$1 paid to the Department of Corrections, a quit claim deed to 
8the following described real property:
 
9    That part of the East half of the Northeast quarter of 
10    Section thirty two (32), lying North of the right of the 
11    way of the Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railway Company, 
12    now the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, 
13    excepting therefrom a strip of land twenty four (24) feet 
14    in width off the West side thereof, containing in said 
15    tract hereby conveyed twenty five (25) acres, more or 
16    less.
 
17    Section 10. Conveyance.
18    (a) Upon the payment of the sum of $1 to the Department of 
19Corrections, and subject to the conditions set forth in 
20subsection (b), the Director of Corrections, on behalf of the 
21State of Illinois and the Department of Corrections, shall 
22convey by quit claim deed all right, title, and interest of the 
 
 
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1State of Illinois and the Department of Corrections in and to 
2the real property described in Section 5 to the City of Crest 
3Hill.
4    (b) The conveyance of real property authorized by Section 
55 shall be made subject to existing public utilities, existing 
6public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, 
7encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.
8    (c) The quit claim deed to the City of Crest Hill shall 
9state on its face and be subject to the conditions that the 
10real property shall be used by the City of Crest Hill for a 
11Lake Michigan water receiving station and other public 
12purposes, and that if the real property is used for any other 
13purposes, or if an attempt is made to sell the property, then 
14title shall revert without further action to the State of 
15Illinois. 
 
16    Section 15. Recording. The Director of Corrections shall 
17prepare one or more quit claim deeds to convey the real 
18property. The Director may also record a certified copy of 
19this Act. Each quit claim deed shall reference this Act and 
20contain the reversionary language from subsection (c) of 
21Section 10. All documents of conveyance shall be recorded in 
22the county in which the land is located.
 
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.