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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 3. The Director of Corrections, on behalf of the | ||||||
5 | State of Illinois, is authorized, prior to a date 3 years after | ||||||
6 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
7 | Assembly, to lease the real property, buildings, and other | ||||||
8 | improvements comprising the Hopkins Park Correctional Center | ||||||
9 | to the Village of Hopkins Park for a term of 99 years for the | ||||||
10 | sum of $1 per year, subject to the following conditions: | ||||||
11 | (1) The Village of Hopkins Park may use the leased | ||||||
12 | property only for lawful purposes. | ||||||
13 | (2) The Village of Hopkins Park may sublease the | ||||||
14 | property, without the consent of the State of Illinois, to | ||||||
15 | any party only for lawful purposes. | ||||||
16 | (3) The Village of Hopkins Park must hold the State of | ||||||
17 | Illinois harmless, for the duration of the lease, from any | ||||||
18 | liability and any and all claims of any kind relating to | ||||||
19 | the leased property. | ||||||
20 | (4) If any provision of this Section is violated by the | ||||||
21 | Village of Hopkins Park or a sublessee, the leased property | ||||||
22 | shall revert back to the State of Illinois without further | ||||||
23 | action by the State of Illinois. | ||||||
24 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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25 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
26 | Section 2705-565 as follows: | ||||||
27 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-565 new) | ||||||
28 | Sec. 2705-565. North Chicago property; study; conveyance.
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29 | (a) The Department shall perform a study of property owned | ||||||
30 | by the Department consisting of approximately 160 acres located | ||||||
31 | in North Chicago, south of IL Route 137, between IL Route 43 |
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1 | and US Route 41. The study shall include, but not be limited | ||||||
2 | to, a survey of the property for the purpose of delineating | ||||||
3 | jurisdictional wetlands in accordance with the Interagency | ||||||
4 | Wetland Policy Act of 1989 and identifying threatened and | ||||||
5 | endangered species in accordance with the Illinois Endangered | ||||||
6 | Species Protection Act, for the purpose of identifying property | ||||||
7 | no longer needed for highway purposes. | ||||||
8 | (b) Upon completion of the study and for a period ending 3 | ||||||
9 | years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
10 | 94th General Assembly, the City of North Chicago shall have an | ||||||
11 | exclusive option to purchase for public purposes those portions | ||||||
12 | of the property no longer needed for highway purposes for a | ||||||
13 | consideration, which may be de minimus, negotiated by the | ||||||
14 | parties. The Department of Transportation is authorized to | ||||||
15 | convey the excess property to the City of North Chicago | ||||||
16 | pursuant to this Section within 3 years after the effective | ||||||
17 | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, but | ||||||
18 | may not otherwise convey or transfer the property during that | ||||||
19 | period. | ||||||
20 | (c) Any conveyance to the City of North Chicago under this | ||||||
21 | Section shall provide (i) that title to the property reverts to | ||||||
22 | the State of Illinois if the property ceases to be used for | ||||||
23 | public purposes and (ii) the City of North Chicago may lease | ||||||
24 | the property but may not convey its ownership of the property | ||||||
25 | to any party, other than the State of Illinois.
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
27 | becoming law.
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