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90_SB0862enr

      605 ILCS 5/4-508          from Ch. 121, par. 4-508
          Amends the Illinois Highway Code.  Provides that  if  the
      Department of Transportation obtains an interest in any land,
      right,  or other property and must comply with the provisions
      of the Land and Water Conservation  Fund  Act  of  1965,  the
      Historic  Bridge  Program, the National Historic Preservation
      Act, the Interagency Wetland  Policy  Act  of  1989,  or  the
      Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act, it
      may,   with   the   written  approval  of  the  Governor  and
      concurrence of the grantee, convey its title or  interest  to
      another  governmental  agency, a not-for-profit organization,
      or a private conservation  organization  that  will  use  the
      land,  right,  or  property  for purposes consistent with the
      appropriate law.  Provides that  the  Department  may  retain
      rights to protect the public interest. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Highway Code by changing
 2    Section 4-508.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Highway  Code  is amended by
 6    changing Section 4-508 as follows:
 7        (605 ILCS 5/4-508) (from Ch. 121, par. 4-508)
 8        Sec. 4-508.  (a) Except as provided in paragraph  (c)  of
 9    this  Section,  and  subject  to  the written approval of the
10    Governor, the Department may dispose of, by public  sale,  at
11    auction  or  by  sealed  bids,  any  land,  rights  or  other
12    properties,  real  or  personal,  acquired  for but no longer
13    needed for highway purposes or remanents acquired  under  the
14    provisions  of  Section 4-501, provided that no such sale may
15    be made for less than the fair appraised value of such  land,
16    rights, or property.
17        (b)  Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section,
18    and  subject  to  the  written  approval of the Governor, the
19    Department may exchange  any  land,  rights  or  property  no
20    longer  needed  for  highway purposes, or remanents, acquired
21    under the provisions  of  Section  4-501  of  this  Code  for
22    equivalent  interests  in land, rights or property needed for
23    highway purposes. Where such interests are not of  equivalent
24    value  cash  may  be  paid  or received for the difference in
25    value.
26        (c)  If at the time any property previously determined by
27    the Department to be needed for highway purposes is  declared
28    no  longer needed for such purposes, and the person from whom
29    such property was acquired still owns  and  has  continuously
30    owned  land  abutting  such property since the acquisition by
31    the Department, the Department before making any  disposition
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 1    of  that  property shall first offer in writing that property
 2    to the person from whom such property  was  acquired  at  the
 3    current  appraised  value  of  the property.  If the offer is
 4    accepted in writing within 60 days of the date of the written
 5    offer, the Department, subject to the written approval of the
 6    Governor, is authorized to dispose of such  property  to  the
 7    person  from  whom such property was acquired upon payment of
 8    the appraised value.  If the offer is not accepted in writing
 9    within 60 days of the date of the written offer,  all  rights
10    under this paragraph shall terminate.
11        (d)  Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section,
12    if    the Department obtains or obtained fee simple title to,
13    or any lesser interest, in any land, right, or other property
14    and must comply with subdivision (f)(3) of Section 6 of Title
15    I of the Land and Water Conservation Fund  Act  of  1965  (16
16    U.S.C.   460   l-8(f)(3)),   the   Historic   Bridge  Program
17    established under Title 23, United States Code, Section  144,
18    subsection  (o)  (23  U.S.C.  144(o)),  the National Historic
19    Preservation  Act  (16  U.S.C.  Sec.  470),  the  Interagency
20    Wetland Policy Act of 1989,  or  the  Illinois  State  Agency
21    Historic  Resources Preservation Act, the Department, subject
22    to the written approval of the Governor  and  concurrence  of
23    the grantee, is authorized to convey the title or interest in
24    the  land,  right,  or other property to another governmental
25    agency,  or a not-for-profit organization that will  use  the
26    property for purposes consistent with the appropriate law.
27        The  Department  may  retain rights to protect the public
28    interest.
29    (Source: P.A. 83-312.)
30        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
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 1    becoming law.

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