Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
Filed: 3/23/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1655




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1655 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:





  
 
4    "Section 5. Conveyance to City of Morris. 
5    (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, 
6on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute 
7and deliver to the City of Morris, a municipality organized 
8and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the 
9County of Grundy, State of Illinois, for and in consideration 
10of $1 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following 
11described real property:
 
12    That part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve 
13    located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 33 
14    North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City 
15    of Morris, County of Grundy, State of Illinois, more 
16    particularly described as follows:
 
 
 
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1    Commencing at a PK Nail marking the Northwest corner of 
2    said Section 9; thence South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09 
3    seconds East along the West line of said Section 9, 147.22 
4    feet (147.30 feet record)to a brass disk in concrete 
5    marking the North Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; 
6    thence continuing South 00 degrees 58 minutes 09 seconds 
7    East along said West line, 251.80 feet (251.82 feet 
8    record) to a brass disk in concrete marking the South 
9    Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence South 88 
10    degrees 02 minutes 40 degrees East along the South 
11    Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve, 2335.20 feet to the 
12    Point of Beginning; thence North 01 degrees 09 minutes 50 
13    seconds East, 42.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 57 
14    minutes 24 seconds East, 318.82 feet to the East line of 
15    the Northwest Quarter of said Section 9; thence South 01 
16    degrees 00 minutes 36 seconds East along the East line of 
17    said Northwest Quarter, 52.97 feet to a point on the South 
18    line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve; thence 
19    North 88 degrees 02 minutes 48 seconds West along the 
20    South line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Reserve, 
21    320.80 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 15,221 
22    square feet 0.349 acres, more or less.
23    (b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject 
24to:
25        (1) Existing public utilities, existing public roads, 
 
 
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1    and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, 
2    covenants, and restrictions of record.
3        (2) The express condition that if the real property 
4    ceases to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to 
5    the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.
6        (3) The right, title, and interest of the United 
7    States of America, if any, in and to any of the subject 
8    parcel as a reversionary interest or otherwise under 
9    Congressional Acts of March 30, 1822, March 25, 1827, July 
10    1, 1947 and any others, if applicable.
11    (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a 
12certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the 
13title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this 
14Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon 
15receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall 
16deliver to the City of Morris to record the certified document 
17and quitclaim deed in the Recorder's Office in the county in 
18which the land is located.
 
19    Section 10. Conveyance to the Forest Preserve District of 
20Cook County. 
21    (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, 
22on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute 
23and deliver to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, a 
24forest preserve district organized and existing under the laws 
25of the State of Illinois, of the County of Cook, State of 
 
 
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1Illinois, for and in consideration of $1 paid to said 
2Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real 
3property:
 
4    Tract 1
5    Part of "26th Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according 
6    to the plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as 
7    document 9051579, in Book 218 of Plats, Page 8; and part of 
8    "31st Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according to the 
9    plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as document 
10    9051580, in Book 218 of Plats, page 7, all in Fractional 
11    Section 30, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third 
12    Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois, described more 
13    particularly as follows:
 
14    Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 30 also 
15    being the platted intersection of the centerlines of 31st 
16    Street and Wolf Road, thence North 02 degrees 37 minutes 
17    22 seconds West , 664.10 feet along the centerline of Wolf 
18    Road to the intersection of the centerline of 30th Street; 
19    thence South 88 degrees 04 minutes 58 seconds West along 
20    the centerline of 30th Street, 50.00 feet to the West 
21    right of way line of Wolf Road, also being the Point of 
22    Beginning; thence continuing South 88 degrees 04 minutes 
23    58 seconds West along the centerline of 30th Street, 
24    950.41 feet to the intersection of the centerline of 
 
 
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1    Woodlawn Avenue; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 
2    seconds West along the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue 
3    663.77 feet to the intersection of the centerline of 29th 
4    Street; thence North 88 degrees 03 minutes 53 seconds East 
5    along the centerline of 29th Street, 333.17 feet to the 
6    intersection of the centerline of Park Avenue; thence 
7    North 02 degrees 34 minutes 50 seconds West along the 
8    centerline of Park Avenue, 663.88 feet to the intersection 
9    of the centerline of 28th Street; thence South 88 degrees 
10    02 minutes 47 seconds West along the centerline of 28th 
11    Street, 332.72 feet to the intersection of the centerline 
12    of Woodlawn Avenue; thence North 02 degrees 32 minutes 47 
13    seconds West along the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue, 
14    623.77 feet to the South right of way line of Constitution 
15    Drive (formerly 26th Street); thence North 88 degrees 01 
16    minutes 41 seconds East along the South right of way line 
17    of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street), 573.86 feet 
18    to the Northwest corner of Lot 2 in Block 2; thence South 
19    02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds East along the West line of 
20    Lot 2 in Block 2 extended, 135.01 feet to the centerline of 
21    an alley; thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds 
22    East along the centerline of an alley, 91.28 feet to the 
23    intersection of the centerline of Drake Avenue; thence 
24    North 02 degree 35 minutes 46 seconds West along the 
25    centerline of Drake Avenue, 135.37 feet to the South right 
26    of way line of Constitution Drive (formerly 26th Street); 
 
 
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1    thence North 88 degree 01 minutes 41 seconds East along 
2    the South right of way line of Constitution Drive 
3    (formerly 26th Street), 282.57 feet to the West right of 
4    way line of Wolf  Road; thence South 02 degrees 37 minutes 
5    22 seconds East along the West right of way line of Wolf 
6    Road, 1952.25 feet to the Point of Beginning.
 
7    Tract 2
8    Part of "31st Street and Wolf Road Subdivision", according 
9    to the plat thereof, recorded September 30, 1925, as 
10    document 9051580, in Book 218 of Plats, page 7, all in 
11    Fractional Section 30, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of 
12    the Third Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois, 
13    described more particularly as follows:
 
14    Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 30 also 
15    being the platted intersection of the centerlines of 31st 
16    Street and Wolf Road, thence North along the centerline of 
17    Wolf Road to the North right of way line of 31st Street 
18    extended easterly; thence West along said North right of 
19    way line of 31st Street to the Southeast corner of Lot 24 
20    of Block 8, being the Point of Beginning; thence 
21    continuing West along the North right of way line of 31st 
22    Street to the Southwest corner of Lot 25 of Block 8; thence 
23    North along the West line of Lot 25, Block 8 extended to 
24    the centerline of a 20.00 wide alley; thence East along 
 
 
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1    the centerline of said alley to the intersection of the 
2    East line of Lot 24 of Block 8 extended; thence South along 
3    said East line to the Point of Beginning.
 
4    ALSO,
 
5    The West half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
6    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 
7    39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
8    in Cook County, Illinois.
 
9    ALSO,
 
10    The South half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
11    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 
12    39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
13    in Cook County, Illinois. 
 
14    ALSO,
 
15    The South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
16    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 
17    39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
18    in Cook County, Illinois.
 
19    AND,
 
 
 
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1    Tract 1:
2    The North half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
3    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 
4    39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in 
5    Cook County, Illinois.
 
6    Tract 2:
7    Easement for the ingress and egress for the benefit of 
8    Tract 1 aforesaid as created by Grant from Joseph C. 
9    Steiner and Georgianna Steiner, his wife and Catholic 
10    Bishop of Chicago to Albert B. Bunta dated October 11, 
11    1966 and recorded December 21, 1966 as Document 20027273, 
12    over and across the West 40.0 feet of the Southwest 
13    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 
14    39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
15    lying South of and adjoining above described property and 
16    extending South to 31st Street, all in Cook County, 
17    Illinois (EXCEPT that part falling in Tract 1 aforesaid).
18    (b) The conveyances of real property authorized by this 
19Section shall be made subject to:  (1) existing public 
20utilities, existing public roads, and any and all 
21reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and 
22restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if 
23the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it 
24shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural 
 
 
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1Resources.
2    (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a 
3certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the 
4title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this 
5Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon 
6receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall 
7record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the 
8county in which the land is located.
 
9    Section 15. Conveyance to the City of Staunton. 
10    (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, 
11on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute 
12and deliver to the City of Staunton, a municipality organized 
13and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the 
14County of Macoupin, State of Illinois, for and in 
15consideration of $1 paid to said Department, a quitclaim deed 
16to the following described real property:
 
17    Parcel #3 of the former Consolidation Coal Company #14, 
18    being part of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 
19    30, Township 7 North, Range 6 West of the 3rd Principal 
20    Meridian, Macoupin County, Illinois, more particularly 
21    described as follows:
 
22    Commencing at the Northeast Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of 
23    the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 30, Township 7 North, 
 
 
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1    Range 6 West; thence South 0 degrees 38 minutes East, 
2    1826.72 feet along the Quarter-Quarter Section Line to the 
3    true Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 0 degrees 
4    38 minutes East, 9.10 feet; thence North 67 degrees 49 
5    minutes West, 324.53 feet; thence North 53 degrees 35 
6    minutes West, 437.20 feet; thence North 41 degrees 31 
7    minutes West, 72.19 feet; thence North 41 degrees 18 
8    minutes East, 252.11 feet, thence South 30 degrees 53 
9    minutes East, 496.13 feet; thence South 44 degrees 20 
10    minutes East, 89.20 feet; thence South 59 degrees 39 
11    minutes East, 251.10 feet to the true Point of Beginning; 
12    comprising 2.13 acres, more or less.
13    (b) The conveyance of real property authorized by this 
14Section shall be made subject to:  (1) existing public 
15utilities, existing public roads, and any and all 
16reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and 
17restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if 
18said real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it 
19shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural 
20Resources.
21    (c) The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a 
22certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the 
23title, the enacting clause, the effective date, and this 
24Section within 60 days after its effective date and, upon 
25receipt of the payment required by subsection (a), shall 
26record the certified document in the Recorder's Office in the 
 
 
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1county in which the land is located.
 
2    Section 20. "An Act concerning civil law", approved August 
322, 2005 (Public Act 94-653), as amended by "An Act concerning 
4civil law, approved December 13, 2019 (Public Act 101-607), is 
5amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5)

7    Sec. 5. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Human 
8Services is hereby authorized to grant and convey and 
9quitclaim any and all rights held under the terms of a Grant of 
10Conservation Right and Easement dated May 7, 2008 and recorded 
11June 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817531024 in the Recorder's 
12Office of Cook County, Illinois permanent conservation 
13easement to the Chicago Park District, a park district 
14organized and existing under the laws of the State of 
15Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources or to the 
16Chicago Park District on a parcel containing 30 acres, more
or 
17less, that is located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 
1813 East of the third principal meridian, Cook County, 
19Illinois, situated to the West and South of the Chicago Read 
20Mental Health Center, for the purpose of preserving and 
21protecting the wetlands and forested area for the benefit of 
22the patients of the
facility, the community, and the general 
23public.



24(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)
 
 
 
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1    Section 25. "An Act concerning property", approved August 
29, 2019, Public Act 101-361, is amended by changing Sections 
315 and 30 as follows:
 
4    (P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15)

5    Sec. 15. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural 
6Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized 
7to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality 
8organized and existing under the laws of the State of 
9Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in 
10consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim 
11deed to the following described real property, to wit:
 
12    A tract conveyed to the State of Illinois, Department of 
13    Conservation (now Department of Natural Resources) by deed 
14    dated February 10, 1969, and recorded July 17, 1969, as 
15    (Document Number 53205 in the Recorder's Office of Stark 
16    County, Illinois and ) described as: 
 
17    All of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 
18    Company's abandoned right of way in Lot 1, Block 10; and 
19    part of Lot 3, Block 9 of Giles C. in Dana's Addition to 
20    Town City of Wyoming lying 50 feet on each side of the 
21    Railroad Company's main track centerline as formerly 
22    located. 
 
 
 
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1    Situated in Section l, Township 12 North, Range 6 East, of 
2    the 4th 46 Principal Meridian, Stark County, Illinois.
 
3    (b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject 
4to:  (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and 
5any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, 
6and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that 
7if the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it 
8shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural 
9Resources.

10(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
11    (P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30)

12    Sec. 30. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural 
13Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized 
14to exchange certain real property in Pulaski County, Illinois, 
15hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 1, for 
16certain real property of equal or greater value in Pulaski 
17County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as 
18Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:
 
19    PARCEL 1:
 
20    The North 86 106 feet of the following described tract of 
21    land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois, 
 
 
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1    Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, IL., by 
2    Warranty Deed dated June 19, 2009, recorded June 25, 2009, 
3    Document No. 24582, in Book 257, Page 816, described as 
4    follows to-wit:
 
5    "A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
6    Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of 
7    the 3rd P.M., more particularly described as follows: 
8    Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter 
9    of the Northwest Quarter, thence South along the West 
10    Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section, a distance 
11    of 20 feet for a point of beginning; thence East a distance 
12    of 272 feet along a line parallel to the Northerly Section 
13    line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South a 
14    distance of 320 feet and 3 inches on a line parallel to the 
15    West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence 
16    West a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the 
17    North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
18    Quarter; thence North a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches 
19    following the Westerly line of said Quarter-Quarter 
20    Section to the point of beginning, containing 2 acres, 
21    more or less, situated in the County of Pulaski and State 
22    of Illinois."
 
23    PARCEL 2:
 
 
 
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1    The South 86 106 feet of the North 426.25 feet of the West 
2    272 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
3    of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd 
4    P.M., situated in the County of Pulaski and State of 
5    Illinois.
 
6    (b) The transaction under this Section will be to the 
7mutual advantages of both parties. Each party shall be 
8responsible for any and all title costs associated with their 
9respective properties.
10    (c) The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by this 
11Section shall be made subject to existing public utilities, 
12existing public roads, and any and all reservations, 
13easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of 
14record.
15    (d) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources 
16shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney General 
17certifying that the State of Illinois will receive 
18merchantable title to the real property in this Section 
19referred to as Parcel 2.

20(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)
 

21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.".