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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 15-7.5 and by changing Section 15-18 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/15-7.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 15-7.5. Sale of common school lands to a government |
| 8 | | entity. Notwithstanding Section 15-7 of this Code, township |
| 9 | | land commissioners or trustees of schools that have title to |
| 10 | | any school real estate or lands may authorize by resolution the |
| 11 | | sale of common school lands to a government entity. The |
| 12 | | resolution shall include, but is not limited to, a declaration |
| 13 | | that the lands are a surplus, pertinent information describing |
| 14 | | the lands, and the terms of the sale. If two-thirds of the |
| 15 | | township land commissioners or trustees of schools holding |
| 16 | | office at the time of the proposed sale approve the resolution, |
| 17 | | a certified copy of the resolution must be delivered to the |
| 18 | | regional superintendent of schools of the county in which the |
| 19 | | lands are located within a 7-day period. The regional |
| 20 | | superintendent shall complete the sale and deliver to the |
| 21 | | government entity a certificate of purchase under Section 15-16 |
| 22 | | of this Code. Sections 15-8 through 15-13 of this Code do not |
| 23 | | apply to a sale under this Section.
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/15-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-18)
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| 2 | | Sec. 15-18. Copies of lost certificates or patents.
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| 3 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, |
| 4 | | purchasers Purchasers of common school lands, and their heirs |
| 5 | | or assigns, may
obtain certified copies or certificates of |
| 6 | | purchase and patents upon filing
an affidavit with the county |
| 7 | | superintendent in respect to certificates and
with the |
| 8 | | Secretary of State in respect to patents, proving the loss or
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| 9 | | destruction of the originals, which copies shall have the |
| 10 | | effect of
originals.
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| 11 | | (b) A purchaser of common school lands, or its assigns, |
| 12 | | under Section 15-7.5 of this Code may obtain a copy of a |
| 13 | | certificate of purchase or patent by (i) for a certificate of |
| 14 | | purchase, filing an affidavit with the regional superintendent |
| 15 | | of schools in which the lands are located proving the loss or |
| 16 | | destruction of the original; (ii) for a patent, filing an |
| 17 | | affidavit with the Secretary of State proving loss or |
| 18 | | destruction of the original; and (iii) presenting a copy of the |
| 19 | | certified resolution approving the sale that has been filed by |
| 20 | | the township land commissioners or trustees of schools with the |
| 21 | | county recorder of deeds to the regional superintendent or |
| 22 | | Secretary of State. Upon presentation of all required documents |
| 23 | | under this subsection (b), the regional superintendent or the |
| 24 | | Secretary of State shall issue a replacement certificate or |
| 25 | | patent, which shall have the effect of the originals and shall |