103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4718
 
Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Mark L. Walker
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
    Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, 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. In consideration of the lands reserved for 
5Chief Shab-eh-nay by the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of July 29, 
61829, as well as the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's historic 
7connection to those lands and the surrounding area, the 
8Director of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of 
9Illinois, shall convey to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation a 
10quit claim deed to the Shabbona Lake State Park located in 
11DeKalb County namely:
 
12    Parcels 13-22-200-008, 13-22-200-009, 13-22-200-010, 
13    13-23-300-008, 13-23-400-012, 13-25-100-014, 
14    13-26-100-015, 13-26-100-016, 13-27-200-004, so long as 
15    the conveyance to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation does 
16    not violate any federal funding restrictions, nor violate 
17    the terms of any federal grant, nor require the Department 
18    to reimburse, refund, or provide replacement land to the 
19    federal government (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
20    National Park Service, or the U.S. Department of the 
21    Interior) for federal grant funds awarded to the 
22    Department to acquire property, construct infrastructure 
23    and enhance the natural habitat or provide recreational 
 
 
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1    opportunities for public use at the Shabbona Lake State 
2    Park.
 
3    Section 10. The conveyance of real property authorized by 
4Section 5 shall be made subject to existing public utilities, 
5existing public roads, and any and all reservations, 
6easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of 
7record.
 
8    Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain 
9a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its effective 
10date. The Department of Natural Resources shall ensure that a 
11certified copy of this Act and any quit claim deed executed 
12pursuant to this Act that is provided to the Prairie Band 
13Potawatomi Nation shall be recorded by the Prairie Band 
14Potawatomi Nation in the Recorder's Office of the county in 
15which the land is located.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.