102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3419
 
Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. Win Stoller
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


     Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to deliver a quitclaim deed for 4 properties at the Bishop Hill Historic Site for $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. The Director of the Department of Natural 
5Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized 
6to execute and deliver to the Bishop Hill Heritage Association 
7a quitclaim deed for 4 properties at the Bishop Hill Historic 
8Site, including Colony Church, the Bjorklund Hotel, the Ox 
9Boy's Dormitory, and the 1849 Colony Park, for and in 
10consideration of $1.
 
11    Section 10. 
12    (a) Upon the payment of the sum of $1 to the State of 
13Illinois, and subject to the conditions set forth in 
14subsection (b), the Director of the Department of Natural 
15Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois and the 
16Department of Natural Resources, shall convey by quitclaim 
17deed all right, title, and interest of the State of Illinois 
18and the Department of Natural Resources in and to the 
19properties listed in Section 5 to the Bishop Hill Heritage 
20Association.
21    (b) The conveyance of real property authorized by Section 
225 shall be made subject to existing public utilities, existing 
23public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, 
 
 
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1encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.
2    (c) The quitclaim deed to the Bishop Hill Heritage 
3Association shall state on its face and be subject to the 
4conditions that the properties shall be used by the Bishop 
5Hill Heritage Association for the remodeling and renovation of 
6the properties to keep with the historic nature of the Bishop 
7Hill Historic Site in consultation with the Department of 
8Natural Resources and that if the Bishop Hill Historic Site 
9ceases to exist, if the properties are used for any purposes 
10other than the remodeling and renovation of the properties to 
11keep with the historic nature of the Bishop Hill Historic 
12Site, or if an attempt is made to sell the properties, then 
13title shall revert without further action to the State of 
14Illinois.
 
15    Section 15. The Director of the Department of Natural 
16Resources shall prepare one or more quitclaim deeds to convey 
17the properties. The Director may also record a certified copy 
18of this Act. Each quitclaim deed shall reference this Act and 
19contain the reversionary language from subsection (c) of 
20Section 10. All documents of conveyance shall be recorded in 
21the county in which the land is located.
 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.