Sen. Rachel Ventura
Filed: 3/12/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1698 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1698 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Director of Corrections, on behalf of the 
5State of Illinois, is authorized to execute and deliver to the 
6Forest Preserve District of Will County, Illinois, for and in 
7consideration of $1 paid to the Department of Corrections, a 
8quit claim deed to the following described real property owned 
9by the State of Illinois:
 
10    LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 11 (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE E. J. & E. 
11    RAILROAD) ALL IN ASSESSOR'S SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 3, 
12    TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 
13    MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 
14    28, 1861 IN BOOK 73, PAGE 464 1/2, IN WILL COUNTY, 
15    ILLINOIS, EXCEPT THAT PART OF SAID LOT 1 LYING IN THE 
16    NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST QUARTERS OF SAID SECTION 3 AND 
 
 
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1    EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 
2    BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER 
3    OF SAID SECTION 3; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 11 
4    SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SAID NORTHEAST 
5    QUARTER, 606.03 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 
6    51 SECONDS EAST, 209.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 10 
7    MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, 83.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 
8    DEGREES 49 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST, 58.21 FEET; THENCE 
9    SOUTH 64 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, 89.00 FEET; 
10    THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 65.96 
11    FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 
12    74.37 FEET; SOUTH 01 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 
13    92.61 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF 
14    THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 
15    NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING ALSO THE NORTH 
16    LINE OF A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN A QUIT CLAIM DEED 
17    RECORDED JANUARY 17, 1977 AS DOCUMENT R77-01681; THENCE 
18    NORTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID 
19    NORTH LINE 237.88 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 88 DEGREES 
20    09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID 
21    TRACT, BEING ALSO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 
22    OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 
23    NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, A DISTANCE OF 330.79 
24    FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 
25    01 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE 
 
 
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1    OF SAID TRACT, BEING ALSO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 
2    QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 
3    OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, A DISTANCE OF 
4    320.26 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 35 SECONDS 
5    EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID TRACT, BEING ALSO THE EAST 
6    LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF 
7    THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID 
8    SECTION 3, A DISTANCE OF 5.59 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT 
9    OF WAY LINE OF WOODRUFF ROAD (66 FEET WIDE AS STAKED AND 
10    OCCUPIED), BEING ALSO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; 
11    THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST, ALONG 
12    SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING ALSO THE SOUTHERLY 
13    LINE OF SAID TRACT, 630.79 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID 
14    LINE; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 22 SECONDS WEST 
15    ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND SAID SOUTHERLY 
16    TRACT LINE, 41.88 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 
17    QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER 
18    OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING ALSO THE 
19    SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 11 
20    MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SAID WEST LINE, 65.90 
21    FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF AFORESAID LOT 1 IN ASSESSOR'S 
22    SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 22 SECONDS 
23    WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE 330.96 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF 
24    THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3; THENCE NORTH 01 
25    DEGREES 10 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE 
26    181.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL 
 
 
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1    CONTAINING 149.209 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
 
2    Section 10. Conveyance. Upon the payment of the sum of $1 
3to the Department of Corrections, and subject to the 
4conditions set forth herein, the Director of Corrections, on 
5behalf of the State of Illinois and the Department of 
6Corrections, shall convey by quit claim deed all right, title, 
7and interest of the State of Illinois and the Department of 
8Corrections in and to the real property described in Section 5 
9to the Forest Preserve District of Will County, Illinois. The 
10conveyance of real property authorized by Section 5 shall be 
11made subject to existing public utilities, existing public 
12roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, 
13licenses, covenants, and restrictions of record.
 
14    Section 15. Recording. The Director of Corrections shall 
15obtain a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its 
16effective date. The Department of Corrections shall ensure 
17that a certified copy of this Act and any quit claim deed 
18executed pursuant to this Act that is provided to the Forest 
19Preserve of Will County, Illinois, shall be recorded by the 
20Forest Preserve of Will County, Illinois, in the Recorder's 
21Office of the county in which the land is located.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.".