SB3704 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3704

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Karina Villa

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quit claim deed to Shabbonna Lake State Park in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning property.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. Property. In consideration of the lands reserved for Chief Shab-eh-nay by the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of July 29, 1829, as well as the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's historic connection to those lands and the surrounding area, the Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, shall convey to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation a quit claim deed to the Shabbonna Lake State Park located in DeKalb County, to wit:

Parcels 13-22-200-008, 13-22-200-009, 13-22-200-010, 13-23-300-008, 13-23-400-012, 13-25-100-014, 13-26-100-015, 13-26-100-016, 13-27-200-004, so long as the conveyance to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation does not violate any federal funding restrictions, nor violate the terms of any federal grant, nor require the Department to reimburse, refund, or provide replacement land to the federal government (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, or the U.S. Department of the Interior) for federal grant funds awarded to the Department to acquire property, construct infrastructure, and enhance the natural habitat or provide recreational opportunities for public use at the Shabbona Lake State Park.

Section 10. The conveyance of real property authorized by Section 5 shall be made subject to existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.

Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a certified copy of this Act within 60 days after its effective date. The Department shall ensure that a certified copy of this Act and any quit claim deed executed pursuant to this Act that is provided to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation shall be recorded by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in the recorder's office in the county in which the land is located.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.