Full Text of HB4718 103rd General Assembly
HB4718 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning property. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. In consideration of the lands reserved for | 5 | | Chief Shab-eh-nay by the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of July 29, | 6 | | 1829, as well as the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's historic | 7 | | connection to those lands and the surrounding area, the | 8 | | Director of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of | 9 | | Illinois, shall convey to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation a | 10 | | quit claim deed to the Shabbona Lake State Park located in | 11 | | DeKalb 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 | 4 | | Section 5 shall be made subject to existing public utilities, | 5 | | existing public roads, and any and all reservations, | 6 | | easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of | 7 | | record. | 8 | | Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain | 9 | | a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its effective | 10 | | date. The Department of Natural Resources shall ensure that a | 11 | | certified copy of this Act and any quit claim deed executed | 12 | | pursuant to this Act that is provided to the Prairie Band | 13 | | Potawatomi Nation shall be recorded by the Prairie Band | 14 | | Potawatomi Nation in the Recorder's Office of the county in | 15 | | which the land is located. | 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law. |
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