HB3438ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. LaToya Greenwood

Filed: 3/20/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3438

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3438 on page 2, line 13, by replacing "this Act" with "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"; and

on page 2, immediately below line 16, by inserting the following:

"Section 15. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real property, to wit:

A tract conveyed to the State of Illinois, Department of Conservation (now Department of Natural Resources (Document Number 53205) described as Lot 1, Block 10; and part of Lot 3, Block 9 in Dana's Addition to City of Wyoming in Section l, Township 12 North, Range 6 East, of the 46 Principal Meridian, Stark County, Illinois.

(b) The conveyance of real property 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 20. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute and deliver to the City of Ottawa, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the County of LaSalle, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real property, to wit:

That part of the Fox River Feeder Canal right of way South of Union Addition to Ottawa, North of Railroad Addition to Ottawa, East of the East right of way line of Columbus Street (State Route 23) and West of the East right of way line of Paul Street extended North to the South line of Union Addition to Ottawa, all in the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 33 North, Range 3 East of the Third Principal Meridian, City of Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at an iron pin marking the Northeast corner of Lot 1 of Block 3 of the Union Addition to Ottawa; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 05 seconds West, 41.96 feet to a stone marking the Southeast Corner of said Lot 1, also being on the North right of way line of the Fox River Feeder Canal, thence South 67 degrees 48 minutes 00 seconds West along said North right of way line, 347.75 feet to the intersection of said right of way line and East right of way line of Paul Street extended North also being the Point of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 11 seconds West, 102.38 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 5 of Block 3 of the Railroad Addition of Ottawa, also being on the South right of way line of the Fox River Feeder Canal; thence South 67 degrees 25 minutes 17 seconds West along said South right of way line, 370.18 feet to the East right of way of Columbus Street (State Route 23); thence North 02 degrees 50 minutes 39 seconds East along said East right of way, 107.24 feet to a point on the South line of Lot 16 of Block 3 of Union Addition to Ottawa, also being the North right of way line of the Fox River Feeder Canal; thence North 67 degrees 48 minutes 00 seconds East, 363.66 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.81 acres, more or less.

(b) The conveyance of real property 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 right, title, and interest of the United States of America, if any, in and to any of the subject parcel as a reversionary interest or otherwise under Congressional Acts of March 30, 1822, March 25, 1827, July 1, 1947, and any others, if applicable.

Section 25. (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 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 of 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 roads, 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 30. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to exchange certain real property in Pulaski County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 1, for certain real property of equal or greater value in Pulaski County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:

PARCEL 1:

The North 106 feet of the following described tract of land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, IL., by Warranty Deed dated June 19, 2009, recorded June 25, 2009, Document No. 24582, in Book 257, Page 816, described as follows to-wit:

"A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd P.M., more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, thence South along the West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section, a distance of 20 feet for a point of beginning; thence East a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the Northerly Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches on a line parallel to the West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence West a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence North a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches following the Westerly line of said Quarter-Quarter Section to the point of beginning, containing 2 acres, more or less, situated in the County of Pulaski and State of Illinois."

PARCEL 2:

The South 106 feet of the North 426.25 feet of the West 272 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd P.M., situated in the County of Pulaski and State of Illinois.

(b) The transaction under this Section 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.

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

(d) 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 in this Section referred to as Parcel 2.

Section 35. 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.".