HB2064 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2064

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to exchange certain real property located in St. Clair County for certain real property also located in St. Clair County, subject to specific conditions. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning property.

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

Section 5. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to exchange certain real property in St. Clair County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcel 1, for certain real property of equal or greater value in St. Clair County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:

PARCEL 1:

Legal Description: Part of a tract described in Warranty Deed from the East St. Louis Park District to the People of the State of Illinois, date May 1, 1946 and recorded May 3, 1946 in Book 1044, Page 532 St. Clair County, Illinois, described more particularly as follows: Beginning at an Iron Pin marking the location of a disturbed Stone described in the description of said tract and being the Southeasterly point of Lot 13 of the Final Subdivision Plat of Race Horse Business Park to the Village of Alorton and St. Clair County, Illinois, recorded June 9, 2005 in Plat Book 105, Pages 83-85; thence on an assumed bearing of North 01 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds West along said tract and Lot 13, 1517.66 feet to an iron pin marking the Northeasterly corner of said Lot 13; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 27 seconds East, 150.10 feet; thence South 01 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds East parallel to the East line of said Lot 13, 1683.83 feet to a line of said tract and Northeasterly line of the Final Subdivision Plat of Race Horse Business Park to the Village of Alorton and St. Clair County, Illinois, recorded June 9, 2005 in Plat Book 105, Pages 83-85; thence North 42 degrees 46 minutes 29 seconds West along said tract and subdivision, 227.87 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 5.51 acres, more or less, in St. Clair County, Illinois.

PARCEL 2:

Legal Description: Outlot D of the Final Subdivision Plat of Race Horse Business Park to the Village of Alorton and St. Clair County, Illinois, recorded June 9, 2005 in Plat Book 105, Pages 83-85, also being more particularly described as follows: A part of Lot 3 of the "Cahokia Commonfields" according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book "E" on Pages 16 and 17 in the St. Clair County Recorder's Office and being a part of the U.S. Surveys 130 and 625 and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a pipe at the intersection of the Northeasterly right-of-way line of Illinois Route 15 (new F.A.P. Route 103 - varying width), with the Southeasterly line of the East Side Levee and Sanitary District Project 17 (Harding Ditch); thence on an assumed bearing of North 46 degrees 35 minutes 57 seconds East on said Southeasterly line, 190.99 feet to an iron pin on the Southwesterly line of Lot 3 said "Cahokia Commonfields" and the Point of Beginning; thence continuing North 46 degrees 35 minutes 57 seconds East on said Southeasterly line, 1336.78 feet to a pipe on the Northeasterly line of said Lot 3; thence South 42 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East on said Northeasterly line, 382.75 feet to a pipe on the Northwesterly line of East Side Levee and Sanitary District Project 12; thence South 45 degrees 18 minutes 18 seconds West on said Northwesterly line 1329.54 feet to the Southwesterly line of said Lot 3; thence North 43 degrees 48 minutes 03 seconds West on said Southwesterly line, 412.76 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 12.17 acres, more or less.

(b) The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by this Section shall be made subject to existing public utilities, existing public records, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.

(c) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney General certifying that the State of Illinois will receive merchantable title to the real property referred to in this Section as Parcel 2.

(d) This transaction will be to the mutual advantages of both parties. Each party shall be responsible for any and all title costs associated with their respective properties.

Section 10. 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.

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