Public Act 100-0470
 
HB0534 EnrolledLRB100 05820 HEP 15843 b


  
    AN ACT concerning property.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
    Section 5. The Director of the Department of Natural 
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to 
exchange the interest in certain real properties in Lake 
County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcels 1 and 2, 
for certain real property of equal or greater value in Lake 
County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcel 3, such 
Parcels being described as follows:
 
PARCEL 1:
    A parcel of land being part of an area known as Site 4 
    acquired jointly by agreement between Lake County Forest 
    Preserve District and the State of Illinois Department of 
    Transportation, Division of Water Resources (now the State 
    of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources) by a Judgment 
    Order filed May 1 1980 in the Circuit Clerks Office of Lake 
    County, Case number 78 ED 52, more particularly described 
    as:
 
    That part of Section 20 and 29, in township 44 North, Range 
    12 East of the 3rd P. M., described as follows:  Beginning 
    at a point on the North line of the South 1478.4 feet 
    (22.40 chains) of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 20, 
    which point is 459.63 feet East of the Northwest corner of 
    the South 1478.4 feet of the Southwest Quarter of said 
    Section 20, said point also being on the Easterly line of 
    the Commonwealth Edison Company right-of-way and also 
    being the Southwest corner of "The Terrace" being H.O. 
    Stone and Company's Subdivision Recorded September 28, 
    1925, as Document 265877; thence Southeasterly along the 
    Easterly line of said Commonwealth Edison Company 
    right-of-way 3754.84 feet, more or less, to the 
    Northwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago and North 
    Western Railway (Mayfair Branch); thence Northeasterly 
    along the Northwesterly line of said Chicago and North 
    Western Railway (Mayfair Branch) to a point on the South 
    line of said Section 20; thence West along the South line 
    of Section 20 a distance of 810 feet, more or less to a 
    point which is 700 feet West of the East line of the 
    Southwest Quarter of said Section 20; thence North along a 
    line parallel to and 700 feet West of the West line of the 
    East Half of said Section 20 to the Southerly line of "The 
    Terrace" Subdivision; which is also the North line of the 
    South 22.40 chains of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 
    20; thence West along the last described line to the place 
    of beginning, in Lake County, Illinois, containing 84.5 
    acres, more or less.
 
PARCEL 2:
    A parcel of land being part of an area known as Site 18 
    acquired jointly by agreement between Lake County Forest 
    Preserve District and the State of Illinois Department of 
    Transportation, Division of Water Resources (now the State 
    of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources) by a Judgment 
    Order filed November 14 1977 in the Circuit Clerks Office 
    of Lake County, Case number 76 ED 98, more particularly 
    described as:
 
    That part of the North Half of Section 17 and the Northeast 
    Quarter of Section 18, Township 43 North, Range 12 East of 
    the 3rd P. M., described as follows:  Commencing at the 
    intersection of the North line of Section 18 with the 
    Easterly right of way line of Waukegan Road (State Route 
    43); thence Southeasterly along the said Easterly right of 
    way line of Waukegan Road to the south line of the North 
    Half of said Section 17; thence East along said South line 
    of Section 17 to the center line of the West Skokie 
    Drainage Ditch; thence Northerly and Northwesterly along 
    the center line of said West Skokie Drainage Ditch to the 
    North line of said Section 17; thence West along said North 
    line to the place of beginning, (excepting therefrom that 
    part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
    Section 17, described as follows: Beginning  at a point on 
    the North line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
    Quarter 343.34 feet West of the Northeast corner of said 
    Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence South at 
    right angle to said North line of the Northwest Quarter of 
    the Northwest Quarter a distance of 298.0 feet; thence West 
    at right angle to the last described course, a distance of 
    247.0 feet; thence North at right angle to the last 
    described course, a distance of 298.0 feet to said North 
    line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; 
    thence East on said North line of the Northwest Quarter of 
    the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 247.0 feet to the 
    point of beginning, all in Township 43 North, Range 12 East 
    of the 3rd P.M.) and also (excepting the West 3 acres of 
    the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
    Quarter of Section 17, Township 43 North, Range 12 East of 
    the 3rd P.M.) and also (excepting the East 660 feet of the 
    South 132 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, 
    Township 43 North, Range 12 East of the 3rd P. M.) and also 
    (excepting that part of the East Half of the Northwest 
    Quarter of Section 17, Township 43 North, Range 12 East of 
    the 3rd P. M., described as follows: Beginning at a point 
    in the North line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
    Quarter of said Section 17 which is 197.6 feet East of the 
    Northwest corner thereof, being the Northeast corner of the 
    West 3.0 acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter 
    of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17; thence South along 
    the East line of said 3.0 acre tract and the East line 
    extended, 1029.8 feet; thence East parallel with the North 
    line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
    said Section 17, 423.0 feet; thence North 1029.8 feet to a 
    point in the North line of the Northeast Quarter of the 
    Northwest Quarter of said Section 17, which is 423.0 feet 
    East of the place of beginning and thence West along said 
    North line 423.0 feet to the place of beginning) and also  
    (excepting therefrom all parts thereof previously 
    dedicated or used for public highways or drainage ditch) 
    all in Lake County, Illinois.
 
PARCEL 3:
    A parcel of land acquired by the Lake County Forest 
    Preserve District by a Corporate Warranty Deed, dated  
    October 12, 2006 recorded October 19, 2006 as document 
    number 6076619 
 
    That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 
    44 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 
    lying Westerly of the center line of Darrell Road in Lake 
    County, Illinois.
 
    Section 10. With respect to the transaction under Section 
5, each party shall be responsible for any and all title costs 
associated with their respective properties.
 
    Section 15. The conveyance of Parcels 1 and 2 and the 
acceptance of Parcel 3 as 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 20. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain 
a certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the 
title, the enacting clause, the effective date, the appropriate 
Section or Sections containing the land descriptions of the 
property to be conveyed, and this Section within 60 days after 
its effective date and, upon receipt of the payment required by 
the Section or Sections, if any payment is required, shall 
record the certified document 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.