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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/4/2006
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LRB094 16640 WGH 58797 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4442
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4442, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 3. The Director of Corrections, on behalf of the |
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| State of Illinois, is authorized, prior to a date 3 years after |
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly, to lease the real property, buildings, and other |
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| improvements comprising the Hopkins Park Correctional Center |
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| to the Village of Hopkins Park for a term of 99 years for the |
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| sum of $1 per year, subject to the following conditions: |
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| (1) The Village of Hopkins Park may use the leased |
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| property only for lawful purposes. |
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| (2) The Village of Hopkins Park may sublease the |
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| property, without the consent of the State of Illinois, to |
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| any party only for lawful purposes. |
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| (3) The Village of Hopkins Park must hold the State of |
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| Illinois harmless, for the duration of the lease, from any |
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| liability and any and all claims of any kind relating to |
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| the leased property. |
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| (4) If any provision of this Section is violated by the |
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| Village of Hopkins Park or a sublessee, the leased property |
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| shall revert back to the State of Illinois without further |
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| action by the State of Illinois.
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| Section 5. 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.
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