95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1895

 

Introduced 1/10/2008, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 30/Art. 25, Pt. 5 heading
735 ILCS 30/25-5-5 new

    Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Grants quick-take eminent domain powers for a period of one year to the Village of Johnsburg for the construction of a METRA rail station and rail storage yard. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing
5 the heading of Part 5 of Article 25 and by adding Section
6 25-5-5 as follows:
 
7     (735 ILCS 30/Art. 25, Pt. 5 heading)
8
Part 5. New Quick-take Powers
9
(Reserved)
10 (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
11     (735 ILCS 30/25-5-5 new)
12     Sec. 25-5-5. Quick-take; Village of Johnsburg. Quick-take
13 proceedings under Article 20 may be used for a period of no
14 more than one year after the effective date of this amendatory
15 Act of the 95th General Assembly by the Village of Johnsburg,
16 McHenry County for the acquisition of the following described
17 property for the purpose of constructing a METRA rail station
18 and rail storage yard:
 
19     PARCEL 1:
20     That part of the of the Southwest Quarter, part of the
21     Southeast Quarter of Section 15 and part of the Northeast

 

 

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1     Quarter of Section 22, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of
2     the Third Principal Meridian, McHenry County, Illinois
3     more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the
4     intersection of the North line of the said Southwest
5     Quarter and the westerly line of the Chicago and
6     Northwestern Railroad; thence southerly along said
7     westerly line to the intersection of the East line of said
8     Southwest Quarter and said westerly line; thence
9     continuing southerly along said westerly line to the
10     intersection of the South line of said Southeast Quarter
11     and said westerly line; thence continuing southerly along
12     said westerly line to the northerly line of F.A.P. Route
13     420; thence northwesterly along said northerly line to a
14     line lying 530.00 feet westerly of and parallel with the
15     said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern
16     Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to a
17     line lying 392.00 feet southerly of and parallel with the
18     said North line of the Southwest Quarter; thence northerly
19     along a line which intersects with the said North line of
20     said Southwest Quarter and a line lying 412.05 feet
21     westerly of and parallel with the said westerly line of the
22     Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence easterly along
23     said North line to the point of beginning.
 
24     PARCEL 2:
25     That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township

 

 

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1     45 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
2     McHenry County, Illinois more particularly described as
3     follows: Beginning at the intersection of the North line of
4     the South Half of said Northwest Quarter and the westerly
5     line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence
6     southerly along said westerly line to the South line of the
7     said Northwest Quarter; thence westerly along said South
8     line to a line lying 412.05 feet westerly of and parallel
9     with the said westerly line of the Chicago and Northwestern
10     Railroad; thence northerly along said parallel line to said
11     North line of the said South Half; thence easterly along
12     said North line of said South Half to the point of
13     beginning.
 
14     PARCEL 3:
15     PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH,
16     RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING
17     DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
18     THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID
19     SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 04 SECONDS
20     EAST, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
21     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND THE POINT
22     OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS
23     EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 96.43 FEET;
24     THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST ALONG
25     SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 149.31 FEET TO THE

 

 

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1     NORTHWEST LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO.
2     98R0015236; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 28 SECONDS
3     WEST ALONG SAID LINE, 106.38 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES
4     23 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID
5     PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT 98R0015236, 1,675.00 FEET
6     TO THE OLD CENTERLINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD; THENCE NORTH
7     36 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID
8     CENTERLINE, 292.63 FEET TO A LINE 30.00 FEET EAST OF AND
9     PARALLEL WITH THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO
10     AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 37
11     MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 621.31
12     FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 666.70 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL
13     LINE, BEING A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF
14     5,809.58 FEET, CHORD LENGTH OF 666.34 FEET, AND BEARS NORTH
15     15 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTH 19
16     DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE SAID
17     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 165.20 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A
18     DRAINAGE DITCH; THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37
19     SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID DRAINAGE DITCH, 433.61 FEET TO THE
20     SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420; THENCE
21     SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID
22     SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 109.26 FEET, TO THE PLACE OF
23     BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
24     PARCEL 4:
25     PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF

 

 

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1     SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD
2     PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING
3     AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
4     NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 00
5     DEGREES 14 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE
6     THEREOF, 326.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
7     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F. A. ROUTE 201); THENCE
8     NORTH 53 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID
9     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 109.26 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A
10     DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 60
11     DEGREES 19 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE
12     433.61 FEET TO A LINE 30 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE
13     EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
14     RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS
15     WEST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, 572.26 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY
16     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID F.A. ROUTE 420; THENCE SOUTH 61
17     DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY
18     RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 505.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 44
19     MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
20     LINE 147.78 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY
21     COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
22     PARCEL 5:
23     A 30 FOOT STRIP OF LAND LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE
24     EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
25     RAILROAD, BEING PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION

 

 

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1     22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
2     MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
3     F.A. ROUTE 420 (ALSO KNOWN AS F.A. ROUTE 201) AND NORTH OF
4     THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MCCULLOM LAKE ROAD,
5     IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.