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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1917
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1917 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Joliet Correctional Center Transfer Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Authorization to sell. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
| 8 | the Director of Central Management Services, on behalf of the | ||||||
| 9 | State of Illinois, is hereby authorized to sell to the City of | ||||||
| 10 | Joliet the site of the former Joliet Correctional Center, | ||||||
| 11 | including: (i) the property commonly referred to as Prison | ||||||
| 12 | West, which comprises approximately 20 acres on the west side | ||||||
| 13 | of Collins Street in Joliet between Hills Avenue to the north | ||||||
| 14 | and Woodruff Road to the south; (ii) the property commonly | ||||||
| 15 | known as Prison East, which is located on the east side of | ||||||
| 16 | Collins Street in Joliet and extends from Woodruff Road north | ||||||
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| 1 | to Dartmouth Avenue for approximately half a mile between those | ||||||
| 2 | boundaries; and (iii) all structures and improvements thereon. | ||||||
| 3 | The property shall be sold to the City of Joliet for the sum of | ||||||
| 4 | $10. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) Any agreement to sell the former Joliet Correctional | ||||||
| 6 | Center under this Section shall be entered into no later than | ||||||
| 7 | one year after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 8 | Section 10. Remediation. Notwithstanding the sale to the | ||||||
| 9 | City of Joliet under Section 5, subject to appropriation, the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Central Management Services shall be responsible | ||||||
| 11 | for the remediation of all environmental hazards present on the | ||||||
| 12 | effective date of this Act at the property described in Section | ||||||
| 13 | 5. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 15. Liability. Except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
| 15 | Section 10, on and after the effective date of this Act, the | ||||||
| 16 | City of Joliet shall indemnify the State of Illinois, the | ||||||
| 17 | Department of Central Management Services, and the Department | ||||||
| 18 | of Corrections from any and all liability for damages or | ||||||
| 19 | injuries arising on the transferred premises, from any | ||||||
| 20 | condition, hazard, or other danger existing thereon.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.".
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