Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/3/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2049




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2049, AS AMENDED, 
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immediately above Section 5, by inserting the following:

 
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    "Section 4. The Department of Transportation Law of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
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Section 2705-565 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-565  new)
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    Sec. 2705-565. North Chicago property; study; conveyance.

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    (a) The Department shall perform a study of property owned 
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by the Department consisting of approximately 160 acres located 
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in North Chicago, south of IL Route 137, between IL Route 43 
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and US Route 41. The study shall include, but not be limited 
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to, a survey of the property for the purpose of delineating 
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jurisdictional wetlands in accordance with the Interagency 
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Wetland Policy Act of 1989 and identifying threatened and 
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endangered species in accordance with the Illinois Endangered 
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Species Protection Act, for the purpose of identifying property 
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no longer needed for highway purposes.
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    (b) Upon completion of the study and for a period ending 3 
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years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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94th General Assembly, the City of North Chicago shall have an 
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exclusive option to purchase for public purposes those portions 
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of the property no longer needed for highway purposes for a 
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consideration, which may be de minimus, negotiated by the 
 


 






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parties. The Department of Transportation is authorized to 
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convey the excess property to the City of North Chicago 
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pursuant to this Section within 3 years after the effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, but 
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may not otherwise convey or transfer the property during that 
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period.
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    (c) Any conveyance to the City of North Chicago under this 
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Section shall provide (i) that title to the property reverts to 
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the State of Illinois if the property ceases to be used for 
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public purposes and (ii) the City of North Chicago may lease 
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the property but may not convey its ownership of the property 
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to any party, other than the State of Illinois.".