SB3379 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3379

Introduced 2/4/2026, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

Authorizes the Director of Department of Natural Resources to convey a nonexclusive easement in Knox County to Nancy J. and Robert D. Moore, co-trustees of the Dean Moore Family Trust. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning property.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. Upon the payment of the sum of $1.00 to the State of Illinois, the Director of Natural Resources is authorized to convey a nonexclusive easement to Nancy J. and Robert D. Moore, co-trustees of the Dean Moore Family Trust, and their successors or assigns, more particularly described as follows:

A 25-FT WIDE INGRESS/EGRESS EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST AND PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THE CENTERLINE OF SAID EASEMENT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT A 5/8" IRON ROD FOUND AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST HALF OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL NUMBER 11-13-400-006 (SAID PARCEL CURRENTLY HELD IN FEE TITLE BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PER WARRANTY DEED AS FILED ON JANUARY 16, 2003 IN BOOK 2889, PAGE 298 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS);

THENCE NORTH 01°01'09" EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 318.05 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SAID CENTERLINE;

THENCE SOUTH 86°12'17" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 93.94 FEET;

THENCE ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWEST, WITH AN ARC LENGTH OF 81.66 FEET, WITH A RADIUS OF 177.10 FEET, WITH A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 76°17'39" EAST, WITH A CHORD LENGTH OF 80.94 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 48°47'17" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 157.50 FEET;

THENCE ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEAST, WITH AN ARC LENGTH OF 73.95 FEET, WITH A RADIUS OF 80.92 FEET, WITH A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 74°42'25" EAST, WITH A CHORD LENGTH OF 71.41 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 83°41'12" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 81.15 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 87°27'35" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 98.46 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 81°33'24" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 178.41 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 87°46'38" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 118.22 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 80°49'46" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 72.15 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 88°32'21" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 221.48 FEET;

THENCE ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWEST, WITH AN ARC LENGTH OF 79.95 FEET, WITH A RADIUS OF 105.00 FEET, WITH A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 73°03'08" EAST, WITH A CHORD LENGTH OF 78.03 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 54°09'34" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 112.94 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 46°44'22" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 46.06 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 33°25'58" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 15.42 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13;

THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 33°25'58" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 13.07 FEET AND THERE TERMINATING.

THE SIDELINES OF SAID EASEMENT SHALL BE EXTENDED OR TRUNCATED TO TERMINATE ON THE SOUTH LINE OF PARCEL 11-13-400-006 AND THE SOUTH LINE OF PARCEL 12-18-100-001. THE SOUTH LINE OF 12-18-100-001 IS THE COMMON LINE TO PARCEL 12-18-300-001 AS EVIDENCED BY AN EXISTING FENCE LINE AND IS THE ACCEPTED PROPERTY LINE REGARDLESS OF THE MINOR DIFFERENCE AS INDICATED IN THE GOVERNMENT LAND OFFICE SURVEY AND PUBLISHED PLATS DEPICTING THE 26.6 LINKS (17.74 FEET) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUARTER-CORNERS OF SECTIONS 13 AND 18 AND SHOWN ON THE ANNEXED PLAT.

THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE HAVING AN AREA OF 0.83 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

Section 10. The conveyance of the easement authorized by Section 5 is made subject to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record; (2) the entering into of a shared maintenance agreement for the land listed in Section 5 that is the subject of the easement between the Department of Natural Resources and Nancy J. and Robert D. Moore, co-trustees of the Dean Moore Family Trust, and their successors or assigns; and (3) the express condition that if either the Department of Natural Resources or Nancy J. and Robert D. Moore, co-trustees of the Dean Moore Family Trust, and their successors or assigns, ceases to have a shared maintenance agreement for the land that is the subject of the easement in Section 5, the easement automatically terminates and the land reverts to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.

Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after the Act becomes law and record the Act in the Recorder's Office of Knox County, Illinois after the Department of Natural Resources and Nancy J. and Robert D. Moore have entered into a shared maintenance agreement as required in Section 10.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.