Public Act 098-0475
 
HB3120 EnrolledLRB098 11162 HEP 41864 b



    AN ACT concerning real 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 certain real property in Cass County, Illinois, 
hereinafter referred to as Parcel 1, for certain real property 
of equal or greater value in Cass County, Illinois, hereinafter 
referred to as Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as 
follows:
 
    PARCEL 1:
 
    All that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
    Quarter of Section 27, Township 19 North, Range 11 West of 
    the Third Principal Meridian, Cass County, Illinois, lying 
    South of the mean high water mark on the South bank of the 
    new Sangamon River Cut or Channel, containing 15.0 acres, 
    more or less.
 
    ALSO,
 
    All that part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
    Section 26, Township 19 North, Range 11 West of the Third 
    Principal Meridian, Cass County, Illinois, lying South of 
    the mean high water mark on the South bank of the new 
    Sangamon River Cut or Channel, containing 4.0 acres, more 
    or less.
 
    PARCEL 2:
 
    Tract 1:

    All that land lying North of the center line of the new 
    Sangamon River Cut as presently located in the Southwest 
    Quarter (SW1/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 
    Twenty-seven (27), Township Nineteen (19) North, Range 
    Eleven (11) West of the Third Principal Meridian, Cass 
    County, Illinois, containing 6.0 acres, more or less.

 
    ALSO,
 
    Tract 2:

    All that land lying North of the center line of the new 
    Sangamon River Cut as presently located in the South 
    One-Half (S1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of the 
    Southwest  One-Quarter (SW1/4) of Section Twenty-seven 
    (27), Township Nineteen (19) North, Range Eleven (11) West 
    of the Third Principal Meridian, Cass County, Illinois, 
    containing 14.0 acres, more or less.

 
    Section 10. This transaction will be to the mutual 
advantages of both parties. Each party shall be responsible for 
any and all title costs associated with their respective 
properties.
 
    Section 15. The conveyance of Parcel 1 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 the Department of Natural 
Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney 
General certifying that the State of Illinois will receive 
merchantable title to the real property herein referred to as 
Parcel 2.
 
    Section 25. The Director of the Department of Natural 
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to 
execute and deliver to Oquawka Township, an Illinois Unit of 
Local Government, of the County of Henderson, State of 
Illinois, for and in consideration of $1 paid to the 
Department, a quit claim deed to the following described real 
property:
 
    The Ida E. Rust Parcel, being known as the Delabar State 
    Park Entrance Road and being more particularly described as 
    follows:
 
    A strip of land 100 feet of even width, the South line of 
    which is 1405.2 feet North 00 degrees 19 minutes East of 
    the Southwest corner of said Section 11, where the West 
    line of said Section 11 intersects the property line of 
    Delabar State Park and extending Easterly for a distance of 
    2,640 feet, more or less, to the West right of way line of 
    State Aid Route 3, in Section 11, Township 11 North, Range 
    5 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian in the County of 
    Henderson, State of Illinois.
 
    Section 30. The conveyance of real property authorized by 
Section 25 shall be made subject to:  (1) existing public 
utilities and any and all reservations, easements, 
encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record; and (2) the 
express condition that if the real property ceases to be used 
for public road purposes, it shall revert to the Department of 
Natural Resources of the State of Illinois.
 
    Section 35. 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.