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| Public Act 098-1154 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Director of the Department of Natural | ||||
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to | ||||
execute and deliver to Sangamon County, an Illinois unit of | ||||
local government, State of Illinois, for and in consideration | ||||
of $1 paid to the Department, a quit claim deed to the | ||||
following described real property: | ||||
All that portion of the right of way and appurtenances of
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the abandoned portion of the Madison Subdivision of Union
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Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Chicago and North
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Western Transportation Company), now known as the Sangamon
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Valley Trail Bikeway, described as Beginning at the North
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line of Township 12 North, Range 6 West of the Third
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Principal Meridian, and thence running in a northerly
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direction along the centerline of said abandoned railroad
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to the North line of Section 19, Township 17 North, Range 5
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West of the Third Principal Meridian, and also that portion
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of the said abandoned railroad within the County of
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Sangamon in Sections 6 and 7, Township 17 North, Range 5
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West of the Third Principal Meridian and Section 31,
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Township 18 North, Range 5 West of the Third Principal
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Meridian as measured along said centerline of said
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abandoned railroad as originally surveyed, all being
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situated in the County of Sangamon and the State of
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Illinois. EXCEPTING THEREFROM: All that portion of the
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right of way and appurtenances of the abandoned portion of
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the Madison Subdivision of Union Pacific Railroad Company
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(formerly the Chicago and North Western Transportation
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Company), now known as the Sangamon Valley Trail Bikeway,
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described as Beginning at the South line of Section 10,
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Township 15 North, Range 6 West of the Third Principal
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Meridian, and thence running in a northerly direction along
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the centerline of said abandoned railroad to a line being
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parallel to and 200 feet North of the North line of the
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Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 16 North, Range 5
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West of the Third Principal Meridian, as measured along
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said centerline of said abandoned railroad as originally
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surveyed, all being situated in the County of Sangamon and
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the State of Illinois. | ||
Section 10. The conveyance of real property authorized by | ||
Section 5 shall be made subject to: (1) existing public | ||
utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, | ||
easements, encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record; | ||
and (2) the express condition that if the real property ceases | ||
to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to the State of | ||
Illinois, Department of Natural Resources. | ||
Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain | ||
a
certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the | ||
title,
the enacting clause, the effective date, the appropriate | ||
Section
or Sections containing the land descriptions of the | ||
property to
be conveyed, and this Section within 60 days after | ||
its effective
date and, upon receipt of the payment required by | ||
the Section or
Sections, if any payment is required, shall | ||
record the certified
document in the Recorder's Office in the | ||
County in which the
land is located.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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