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Public Act 1045 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 094-1045

SB0613 Enrolled LRB094 10169 AJO 40434 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.

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

    Section 3. The Director of Corrections, on behalf of the
State of Illinois, is authorized, prior to a date 3 years after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly, to lease the real property, buildings, and other
improvements comprising the Hopkins Park Correctional Center
to the Village of Hopkins Park for a term of 99 years for the
sum of $1 per year, subject to the following conditions:
        (1) The Village of Hopkins Park may use the leased
    property only for lawful purposes.
        (2) The Village of Hopkins Park may sublease the
    property, without the consent of the State of Illinois, to
    any party only for lawful purposes.
        (3) The Village of Hopkins Park must hold the State of
    Illinois harmless, for the duration of the lease, from any
    liability and any and all claims of any kind relating to
    the leased property.
        (4) If any provision of this Section is violated by the
    Village of Hopkins Park or a sublessee, the leased property
    shall revert back to the State of Illinois without further
    action by the State of Illinois.

    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2705-565 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-565 new)
    Sec. 2705-565. North Chicago property; study; conveyance.
    (a) The Department shall perform a study of property owned
by the Department consisting of approximately 160 acres located
in North Chicago, south of IL Route 137, between IL Route 43
and US Route 41. The study shall include, but not be limited
to, a survey of the property for the purpose of delineating
jurisdictional wetlands in accordance with the Interagency
Wetland Policy Act of 1989 and identifying threatened and
endangered species in accordance with the Illinois Endangered
Species Protection Act, for the purpose of identifying property
no longer needed for highway purposes.
    (b) Upon completion of the study and for a period ending 3
years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly, the City of North Chicago shall have an
exclusive option to purchase for public purposes those portions
of the property no longer needed for highway purposes for a
consideration, which may be de minimus, negotiated by the
parties. The Department of Transportation is authorized to
convey the excess property to the City of North Chicago
pursuant to this Section within 3 years after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, but
may not otherwise convey or transfer the property during that
period.
    (c) Any conveyance to the City of North Chicago under this
Section shall provide (i) that title to the property reverts to
the State of Illinois if the property ceases to be used for
public purposes and (ii) the City of North Chicago may lease
the property but may not convey its ownership of the property
to any party, other than the State of Illinois.

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

Effective Date: 7/24/2006

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