95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1895


 
Introduced 1/10/2008, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













735 ILCS 30/Art. 25, Pt. 5 heading






735 ILCS 30/25-5-5 new











    Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Grants quick-take eminent domain powers for a period of one year to the Village of Johnsburg for the construction of a METRA rail station and rail storage yard. Effective immediately.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning civil law.

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



 
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    Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing 
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the heading of Part 5 of Article 25 and by adding Section 
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25-5-5 as follows:
 
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    (735 ILCS 30/Art. 25, Pt. 5 heading)
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Part 5. New Quick-take Powers
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(Reserved)
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(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
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    (735 ILCS 30/25-5-5  new)
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    Sec. 25-5-5. Quick-take; Village of Johnsburg. Quick-take 
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proceedings under Article 20 may be used for a period of no 
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more than one year after the effective date of this amendatory 
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Act of the 95th General Assembly by the Village of Johnsburg, 
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McHenry County for the acquisition of the following described 
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property for the purpose of constructing a METRA rail station 
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and rail storage yard:
 
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    PARCEL 1: 
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    That part of the of the Southwest Quarter, part of the 
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    Southeast Quarter of Section 15 and part of the Northeast 
 


 






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    Quarter of Section 22, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of 
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    the Third Principal Meridian, McHenry County, Illinois 
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    more particularly described as follows:  Beginning at the 
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    intersection of the North line of the said Southwest 
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    Quarter and the westerly line of the Chicago and 
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    Northwestern Railroad; thence southerly along said 
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    westerly line to the intersection of the East line of said 
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    Southwest Quarter and said westerly line; thence 
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    continuing southerly along said westerly line to the 
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    intersection of the South line of said Southeast Quarter 
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    and said westerly line; thence continuing southerly along 
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    said westerly line to the northerly line of F.A.P. Route 
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    420; thence northwesterly along said northerly line to a 
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    line lying 530.00 feet westerly of and parallel with the 
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    said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern 
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    Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to a 
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    line lying 392.00 feet southerly of and parallel with the 
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    said North line of the Southwest Quarter; thence northerly 
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    along a line which intersects with the said North line of 
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    said Southwest Quarter and a line lying 412.05 feet 
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    westerly of and parallel with the said westerly line of the 
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    Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence easterly along 
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    said North line to the point of beginning. 
 
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    PARCEL 2:
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    That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 
 


 






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    45 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
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    McHenry County, Illinois more particularly described as 
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    follows:  Beginning at the intersection of the North line of 
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    the South Half of said Northwest Quarter and the westerly 
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    line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence 
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    southerly along said westerly line to the South line of the 
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    said Northwest Quarter; thence westerly along said South 
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    line to a line lying 412.05 feet westerly of and parallel 
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    with the said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern 
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    Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to said 
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    North line of the said South Half; thence easterly along 
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    said North line of said South Half to the point of 
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    beginning.
 
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    PARCEL 3:
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    PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, 
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    RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING 
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    DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:  COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 
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    THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID 
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    SECTION 22;  THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 04 SECONDS 
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    EAST, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF 
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    F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND THE POINT 
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    OF BEGINNING;  THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS 
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    EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 96.43 FEET;  
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    THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST ALONG 
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    SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 149.31 FEET TO THE 
 


 






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    NORTHWEST LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO. 
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    98R0015236; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 28 SECONDS 
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    WEST ALONG SAID LINE, 106.38 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 
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    23 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID 
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    PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT 98R0015236, 1,675.00 FEET 
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    TO THE OLD CENTERLINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD; THENCE NORTH 
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    36 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID 
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    CENTERLINE, 292.63 FEET TO A LINE 30.00 FEET EAST OF AND 
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    PARALLEL WITH THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO 
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    AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 37 
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    MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 621.31 
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    FEET;  THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 666.70 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL 
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    LINE, BEING A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 
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    5,809.58 FEET, CHORD LENGTH OF 666.34 FEET, AND BEARS NORTH 
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    15 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTH 19 
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    DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE SAID 
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    RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 165.20 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A 
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    DRAINAGE DITCH;  THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37 
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    SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID DRAINAGE DITCH, 433.61 FEET TO THE 
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    SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420;  THENCE 
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    SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID 
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    SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 109.26 FEET, TO THE PLACE OF 
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    BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
 
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    PARCEL 4:
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    PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF 
 


 






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    SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD 
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    PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:   COMMENCING 
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    AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 
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    NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 00 
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    DEGREES 14 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE 
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    THEREOF, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF 
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    F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F. A. ROUTE 201); THENCE 
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    NORTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID 
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    RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 109.26 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A  
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    DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 60 
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    DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE 
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    433.61 FEET TO A LINE 30 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE 
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    EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN 
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    RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS 
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    WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 572.26 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY 
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    RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420; THENCE SOUTH 61 
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    DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY 
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    RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 505.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 
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    MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY 
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    LINE 147.78 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY 
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    COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
 
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    PARCEL 5:
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    A 30 FOOT STRIP OF LAND LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE 
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    EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN 
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    RAILROAD, BEING PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 
 


 






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    22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 
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    MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF 
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    F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND NORTH OF 
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    THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD, 
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    IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
 

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