(5 ILCS 544/1.5)

Sec. 1.5. Authorization to accept retrocession.

(a) Under the provisions of Section 2683 of Title 10 of the United States Code, the State of Illinois authorizes acceptance of retrocession by the United States of America of exclusive legislative jurisdiction, to the extent such jurisdiction has not previously been retroceded to the State of Illinois, the United States retaining a federal proprietary interest only, over lands consisting of the O'Hare IAP Air Reserve Station, located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, more particularly described as follows:

THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THAT PART OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTHERLY OF HIGGINS ROAD AND EASTERLY AND NORTHERLY OF A LINE BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD 33.00 FEET WEST OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTER LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID SECTION 32 A DISTANCE OF 938.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 13 MINUTES WEST WITH REFERENCE TO THE CENTER LINE OF SAID SECTION 32 (ASSUMED HEREIN A NORTH AND SOUTH BASE LINE) A DISTANCE OF 1465.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 5 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF 949.60 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF 1945.20 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH A FENCE LINE EXTENDED WEST; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER LINE AND ALONG THE AFORESAID FENCE LINE TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 5, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS;

EXCEPTING THE FOLLOWING PARCELS FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND:

EXCEPTION PARCEL 1 THAT PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID:

THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 33.00 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 20.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 40.93 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST 218.83 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF A LINE DRAWN 280.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 7 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY EXTENSION, 38.94 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE AFORESAID LINE DRAWN 280.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID, 840.04 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST 127.28 FEET TO A POINT 370 FEET (MEASURED PERPENDICULARLY) WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 48 SECONDS WEST 730 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 1100 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE 545.10 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, 468.74 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE CONVEX NORTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 8105.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 74 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST 468.67 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD SOUTH 72 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST TANGENT TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CURVED LINE 678.48 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE 527.91 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, ALONG A LINE DRAWN PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, 33.03 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 33 FEET OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, 610 FEET TO THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

EXCEPTION PARCEL 2 THE SOUTH 610.00 FEET OF THE EAST 33.00 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

EXCEPTION PARCEL 3 CONVEYED TO CITY OF CHICAGO BY DEED DOCUMENT NO. 89499209, RECORDED OCTOBER 20, 1989 SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 102.48 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, 58.68 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST, 1904.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 30.11 FEET, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5 AFORESAID; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST, 1802.58 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

EXCEPTION PARCEL 4 THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THAT PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF A LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32 AND WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD, BEING A LINE 33.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 938.00 FEET ALONG SAID LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 1465.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 97.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 1356.00 FEET TO SAID LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 164.00 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE TO THE HEREINABOVE DESIGNATED POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

LEASEHOLD PARCELS:

AIR FORCE LEASEHOLD:

THAT PART OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF A LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD, BEING A LINE 33.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 938.00 FEET ALONG SAID LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 1465.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 97.19 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 852.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 1945.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH A LINE DRAWN SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST FROM A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE AFORESAID SECTION 5, SAID POINT BEING 102.48 FEET (AS MEASURED ALONG SAID EAST LINE) SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 2.60 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST, 1301.94 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, 1261.87 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH A LINE DRAWN SOUTH 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST FROM THE AFORESAID POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST 437.23 FEET TO SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

AREA = 1,517,445 SQ. FT. OR 34.8357 ACRES

ACCESS ROAD LEASEHOLD:

SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, BEING A STRIP OF LAND 60.00 FEET IN WIDTH IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 40.86 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 184.24 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 51.63 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE STRIP OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS; THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST, 2272.59 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 255.55 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE CONVEX TO THE NORTHEAST AND TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 330.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 57 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 249.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH A LINE DRAWN 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 189.74 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 374.48 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE CONVEX TO THE NORTHEAST AND TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 270.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 39 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, 345.18 FEET; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, 2261.30 FEET ALONG A LINE TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, 61.05 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

AREA = 153,243 SQ. FT. OR 3.5179 ACRES

ANTENNAE FARM LEASEHOLD:

SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 32, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 40.86 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE LANDS HEREIN DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 184.24 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 1218.27 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, 725.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, 475.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, 800.00 FEET TO A POINT 30.00 FEET EAST (AS MEASURED PERPENDICULARLY) OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31 AFORESAID; THENCE ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, 860.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 1376.73 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

AREA = 1,507,150 SQ. FT. OR 34.5994 ACRES

Further, the State of Illinois accepts retrocession of and authorizes acceptance of retrocession over all those lands owned by the United States that may subsequently be identified by the Department of the Air Force as part of the O'Hare IAP Air Reserve Station, although not included within the legal description contained in this subsection, to the extent exclusive jurisdiction has not previously been retroceded to the State of Illinois. Any additional land over which the State accepts retrocession of jurisdiction shall be identified in a notice filed by the Governor as provided in subsection (d).

(b) By retaining in the subject lands a federal proprietary interest only, there exists a right of the United States to perform the functions delegated to it by the United States Constitution and directed by statutory enactment of the United States Congress without interference from any source. The State of Illinois may not impose its regulatory power directly upon the United States and may not tax the land under the federal proprietary interest; however, the State of Illinois may tax a lessee's interest in the land to the extent State law permits.

(c) Subject to subsection (b), the State of Illinois accepts cession of exclusive federal legislative jurisdiction from the United States, and the State of Illinois retains all the legislative jurisdiction over the area it would have if a private individual rather than the United States owned the land.

(d) The Governor of the State of Illinois is authorized to accept the retrocession of exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the subject lands by filing a notice of acceptance with the Illinois Secretary of State.

(e) Upon transfer by deed of subject lands, or any portion thereof, by the United States of America, the proprietary interest retained by the United States shall expire as to the particular property transferred.

(Source: P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)