Public Act 096-0316
 
HB4075 Enrolled LRB096 04448 AJO 22486 b

    AN ACT concerning property.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. Arcola conveyance. The Director of the
Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to the City of Arcola, an Illinois Unit
of Local Government, of the County of Douglas, State of
Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property lying
    between Locust Street and Collins Street in the City of
    Arcola, and all that part of the following described
    property running from Jacques Street, in the City of
    Arcola, in an easterly direction approximately two (2)
    miles, to wit:
 
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209;
 
        EXCEPT that part thereof required by the Illinois
    Department of Transportation for the future widening of
    Interstate 57.
 
    Section 10. Arthur conveyance. The Director of the
Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to the Village of Arthur, an Illinois
Unit of Local Government, of the Counties of Douglas and
Moultrie, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property lying
    westerly of the East line of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4)
    of Section 30, Township 15 North, Range 7 East of the Third
    Principal Meridian, Douglas County, Illinois, as extended
    across the former right-of-way of the abandoned Penn
    Central Railroad, and easterly of the West right of way
    line of Glasgow Street in the Village of Arthur, Moultrie
    County, Illinois, as extended across said railroad
    right-of-way, to wit:
 
        Part of Section 25 Township 15 North, Range 6 East of
    the Third Principal Meridian, Moultrie County, Illinois
    and part of Section 30, Township 15 North, Range 7 East of
    the Third Principal Meridian, Douglas County, Illinois,
    being all those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, lying within said Sections 25 and 30, as
    granted to The People of the State of Illinois, Department
    of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed dated September 20,
    1991, recorded in the Moultrie County Recorder's Office as
    document #228680, recorded in the Douglas County
    Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page 238, and
    recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in Volume
    771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 15. Hindsboro conveyance. The Director of the
Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to the Village of Hindsboro, an
Illinois Unit of Local Government, of the County of Douglas,
State of Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar
($1.00) paid to said Department, a quit claim deed to the
following described real property, to wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property lying
    within the limits of the Village of Hindsboro, to wit:
 
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 20. Lovington conveyance. The Director of the
Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to the Village of Lovington, an
Illinois Unit of Local Government, of the County of Moultrie,
State of Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar
($1.00) paid to said Department, a quit claim deed to the
following described real property, to wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property
    running from the Illinois Route 32 river bridge, eastward
    through Lovington and to the East line of Lovington
    Township, to wit:
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 25. Lovington Township conveyance. The Director of
the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to Lovington Township, an Illinois Unit
of Local Government, of the County of Moultrie, State of
Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
        All that part of the following described property
    running from Washington Street to Broadway Street in the
    Village of Lovington, and all that part of the following
    described property running from County Road 700 East,
    eastwardly approximately 600 feet, to wit:
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 30. East Oakland Township conveyance. The Director
of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State
of Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in
Section 50, execute and deliver to East Oakland Township, an
Illinois Unit of Local Government, of the County of Coles,
State of Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar
($1.00) paid to said Department, a quit claim deed to the
following described real property, to wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property
    running from Main Street in Oakland, westerly to County
    Road 2300 East, to wit:
 
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 35. Bourbon Township conveyance. The Director of
the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to Bourbon Township, an Illinois Unit
of Local Government, of the County of Douglas, State of
Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
        All that part of the following described property
    located within the limits of Bourbon Township, to wit:
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
        ALSO,
 
        That tract or parcel of land previously conveyed from
    Lorenzo S. Stewart and his wife to the People of the State
    of Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Warranty Deed
    recorded in the Recorder's Office of Douglas County,
    Illinois, on March 12, 1992, in Book 223 of Deeds at page
    135, as Document No. 188627, said tract or parcel being
    described as follows:
        That portion of the Penn Central Corporations's Peoria
    Secondary Line of Railroad (now abandoned) lying between
    the centerline of Bourbon Road (Station No. 3093 + 20) and
    the East line of Section 35, Township 15 North, Range 7
    East of the Third Principal Meridian (Station No. 3079 +
    75), containing 3.86 acres, more or less, and being a part
    of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 35.
 
        ALSO,
 
        That permanent irrevocable easement previously
    conveyed from OKAW Buildings, Inc., an Illinois
    Corporation, to the People of the State of Illinois,
    Department of Conservation, by Deed Granting Easement
    recorded October 24, 1994, in the Recorder's Office of
    Douglas County, Illinois, in Book 346 of Records at page
    346, as Document No. 198983, over, under, upon and along
    the following described real estate for the purpose of
    constructing, maintaining, repairing and operating the
    Prairie Wind State Trail, to wit:
        GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Easterly 75 feet, and the
    Northerly 20 feet of the following described tract of land:
        All that parcel of land situate in the Township of
    Bourbon, County of Douglas, State of Illinois, being part
    of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
    Section 35, Township 15 North, Range 7 East of the Third
    Principal Meridian, and being all of the right, title and
    interest of the Grantor herein and to all those certain
    pieces or parcels of land and premises, easements,
    right-of-way and any other rights of any kind whatsoever
    appurtenant to or used in conjunction therewith on and
    along that portion of the former Peoria Secondary of the
    Penn Central Corporation, described as follows: Beginning
    at the West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
    Quarter of Section 35 as extended across the right-of-way
    of said Peoria Secondary through a point in the centerline
    thereof at Railroad Valuation Station 3119+55, the same
    being within the limits of East Street; thence extending in
    a Southeasterly direction along the centerline of said
    railroad a distance of 777 feet, more or less, to a line
    coincident with the Easterly face of the backwall for
    Bridge No. 58/86 as extended across the right-of-way of
    said Peoria Secondary through a point in the centerline
    thereof at Railroad Valuation Station 3111+80, the same
    being the place of ending, situated in the County of
    Douglas, in the State of Illinois;
        DETAIL DESCRIPTION: Part of the Southeast Quarter of
    the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 15 North,
    Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, more
    particularly described as follows:
        Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 9, Rork's
    Subdivision, Chesterville, Illinois; thence South 74
    degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East (an assumed bearing) on
    the Southerly right-of-way line of the former Peoria
    Secondary of the Penn Central Corporation, 520.52 feet to a
    point on the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the
    Northwest Quarter of said Section 35; thence North 00
    degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on the West line of said
    Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 31.24 feet to
    the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of
    Beginning, North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on
    the West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
    Quarter, 20.68 feet to a point on the Northerly
    right-of-way line of the former Peoria Secondary of the
    Penn Central Corporation; thence South 74 degrees 20
    minutes 00 seconds East on said Northerly right-of-way
    line, 758.47 feet to a point; thence South 15 degrees 40
    minutes 00 seconds West, 50.00 feet to a point on the
    Southerly right-of-way line of the former Peoria Secondary
    of the Penn Central Corporation; thence North 74 degrees 20
    minutes 00 seconds West on said Southerly right-of-way
    line, 75.00 feet to a point; thence North 15 degrees 40
    minutes 00 seconds East, 30.00 feet to a point; thence
    North 74 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 677.88 feet to
    the Point of Beginning, containing 0.40 acres, more or
    less, all situated in the County of Douglas, in the State
    of Illinois.
 
        ALSO,
 
        Three (3) Tracts of land previously conveyed from
    Robert D. Stewart and wife to the People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Warranty Deed
    recorded in the Recorder's Office of Douglas County,
    Illinois, on March 8, 1993, in Book 287 of Records at page
    242, as Document 192675, said Tracts being described as
    follows:
        Tract I:
        All that strip or parcel of land, 100 feet wide,
    situate in the Township of Bourbon, County of Douglas,
    State of Illinois, being part of the Northeast Quarter and
    part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 15
    North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian and
    being that portion of the former Peoria Secondary of the
    Penn Central Corporation further bounded and described
    according to a plan of survey made by W. Justin Grady,
    Registered Land Surveyor No. 2259, dated November 6, 1990,
    as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the South
    Right of Way Line of said Peoria Secondary with the East
    Line of said Section 34; thence Northwesterly along said
    South Right of Way Line on an Azimuth of 285 degrees 03
    minutes, a distance of 3,402.62 feet; thence North crossing
    said property to the North Right of Way Line of said Peoria
    Secondary along a line on an Azimuth of 0 degrees 00
    minutes, a distance of 103.60 feet; thence Southeasterly
    along said North Right of way Line on an Azimuth of 105
    degrees 03 minutes, a distance of 3,402.62 feet; thence
    South along the East Line of said Section 34 on an Azimuth
    of 180 degrees 00 minutes, a distance of 103.60 feet to the
    point of beginning.
        Tract II:
        All that parcel of land situate in the Village of
    Chesterville, County of Douglas, State of Illinois, being
    part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
    Section 35, Township 15 North, Range 7 East of the Third
    Principal Meridian and being all of the right, title and
    interest of the Grantor herein and to all those certain
    pieces of parcels of land and premises, easements, rights
    of way and any other rights of any kind whatsoever
    appurtenant thereto or used in conjunction therewith on and
    along that portion of the former Peoria Secondary Track of
    the Penn Central Corporation, described as follows:
    Beginning at the West line of said Section 35 as extended
    across the right of way of said Peoria Secondary through a
    point in the centerline thereof at Railroad Valuation
    Station 3133+10, more or less, thence extending in a
    Southeasterly direction along the centerline of said
    railroad a distance of 790 feet, more or less, to the
    centerline of the first north/south thru street as extended
    across the right of way of said Peoria Secondary through a
    point in the centerline thereof at Railroad Valuation
    Station 3125+20, the place of ending.
        Tract III:
        Lot 13 of original town of Chesterville, Douglas
    County, Illinois.
 
    Section 40. City of Oakland conveyance. The Director of the
Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to City of Oakland, an Illinois Unit of
Local Government, of the County of Coles for and in
consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid to said Department, a
quit claim deed to the following described real property, to
wit:
 
        All that part of the following described property
    situated in Coles County, Illinois, to wit:
 
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 45. Lowe Road District conveyance. The Director of
the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of
Illinois, shall, pursuant to the conditions stated in Section
50, execute and deliver to Lowe Road District, an Illinois Unit
of Local Government, of the County of Moultrie, State of
Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
 
        Three (3) parcels in Lowe Township, one parcel starting
    at the East side of Section 28 and running westerly
    approximately 726 feet, another parcel running from one end
    of Williamsburg to the other, and another parcel in Section
    27 behind Effingham Equity Fertilizer Plant, said parcels
    being parts of the following described property, to wit:
 
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land and
    premises, easements, rights-of-way and any other rights of
    any kind whatsoever appurtenant thereto or used in
    conjunction therewith on and along that portion of the
    former Peoria Secondary Track of the Penn Central
    Corporation, as granted to The People of the State of
    Illinois, Department of Conservation, by Quit Claim Deed
    dated September 20, 1991, recorded in the Moultrie County
    Recorder's Office as document #228680, recorded in the
    Douglas County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 221 at Page
    238, and recorded in the Coles County Recorder's Office in
    Volume 771 at Page 209.
 
    Section 50. Restrictions and conditions.
    (a) For a parcel of real property described in Section 5,
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 45, that is not subject to any
litigation, the entity designated to receive real property
described in that Section shall within 30 days after the
effective date of this Act receive from the Department of
Natural Resources a written notice of first refusal to receive
that property and if the entity designated to receive real
property described in that Section then gives written notice to
the Director of the Department of Natural Resources that the
entity will accept the described real property as grantee and
will tender the consideration of $1.00, the conveyance of the
parcel of real property shall be made pursuant to the
applicable Section and Section 55 and subject to existing
public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all
reservations, easements, covenants and restrictions of record.
    (b) The conveyance of a parcel of real property authorized
by Section 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 45, shall be made
as follows: if the property described in the appropriate
Section is included in whole or in part in a judgment in, or a
settlement or other resolution of litigation that is favorable
to the State of Illinois or the Department of Natural
Resources, as a party, concerning the property described in the
respective Section of this Act in the case of: Ag Farms, Inc.
v. American Premier Underwriters and the Illinois Department of
Natural Resources (2002-MR-6) in Moultrie County; or Hemingway
v. American Premier Underwriters the Illinois Department of
Natural Resources (97-MR-5) in Douglas County, then the entity
designated to receive real property described in that Section
shall receive, within 60 days after the conclusion of that
litigation as to that parcel of property, from the Department
of Natural Resources a written notice of first refusal to
receive that property upon the conclusion, as to that parcel of
property, of that litigation if the entity designated to
receive real property described in that Section gives written
notice to the Director of the Department of Natural Resources
that the entity will accept the described real property as
grantee and will tender the consideration of $1.00; provided
that the conveyance is made subject to existing public
utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations,
easements, encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record.
    (c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Act, for each
Section, the parcel of real property described in that Section
shall not be conveyed so long as there is pending any
litigation concerning the ownership of that parcel of property.
 
    Section 55. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain
a certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
title, the enacting clause, the restrictions and conditions on
the property to be conveyed, the effective date, the
appropriate Section containing the land description of the
property to be conveyed, and this Section, within 60 days after
the entity designated as the grantee of the real property
described in the appropriate Section has delivered a written
notice to the Director of Natural Resources that states that
the entity will accept the described property as grantee and
will pay the consideration of $1.00 and, upon receipt of the
payment required by the Section, shall record the certified
document in the Recorder's Office in the County in which the
land is located.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.