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92_SB1166eng SB1166 Engrossed LRB9207862MWtmA 1 AN ACT concerning real estate. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Savanna Army Depot Retrocession Law. 6 Section 5. Authorization to accept retrocession. 7 (a) Under the provisions of Section 2683 of Title 10 of 8 the United States Code, the State of Illinois authorizes 9 acceptance of retrocession by the United States of America of 10 concurrent legislative jurisdiction over lands consisting of 11 the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna Military Reservation, Jo 12 Daviess County and Carroll County, Illinois, being more 13 particularly described as follows: 14 Situate in the State of Illinois, Jo Daviess County and 15 Carroll County, in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12 16 of Township 25 north, Range 2 east and sections 18, 19, 17 20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Township 26 north, 18 Range 2 east and Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, and 36 of 20 Township 26 north, Range 1 east, and section 6 of 21 Township 25 north, Range 3 east, all of the Fourth 22 Principal Meridian, and more particularly described as 23 follows. 24 Beginning at a concrete monument at the intersection of 25 the east bank of the Mississippi River and the north line 26 of section 5, Township 26 north, Range 1 east; thence 27 with said north line 28 Easterly 3,141 feet to a buggy axle at the northeast 29 corner of section 5; thence with the north line of 30 section 4 31 Easterly 2,640 feet to a 2 inch shafting at the north SB1166 Engrossed -2- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 quarter corner of Section 4; thence 2 Easterly 1,002 feet to a monument on the westerly 3 right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 4 Railroad; thence crossing section 4 with said 5 right-of-way line as it generally follows a southeasterly 6 direction 7 Southeasterly 2,335 feet, more or less, to point on the 8 west line of Section 3, said point being located South 9 1,588 feet from the northwest corner of section 3; thence 10 crossing a portion of section 3 11 Southeasterly 2,845 feet, more or less, to a monument on 12 the boundary of the village of Blanding; thence with the 13 common boundary of the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna 14 and village of Blanding 15 South 43° 50' West 372 feet to a monument 16 South 46° 10' East 131 feet to a monument 17 North 60° 30' East 387 feet to a monument on said 18 westerly railroad right-of-way line; thence crossing 19 section 3 with said right-of-way line as it generally 20 follows a southeasterly direction 21 Southeasterly 2,430 feet, more or less to a point on the 22 north line of Section 10, said point being located West 23 1,332 feet from a monument at the northeast corner of 24 Section 10; thence crossing Section 10 and a portion of 25 Section 11 26 Southeasterly 5,010 feet, more or less, to a monument on 27 the north and south quarter line through Section 11, said 28 point being located North 3,102 feet from a stone on the 29 south line of Section 11; thence crossing Section 11 30 Southeasterly 3,000 feet, more or less, to a monument on 31 the east line of Section 11, said monument being located 32 North 2,277 feet from the southeast corner of said 33 Section 11; thence crossing Section 12 34 Southeasterly 3,880 feet, more or less, to a point on the SB1166 Engrossed -3- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 north line of Section 13, said point being located East 2 393 feet from a stone at the north quarter corner of 3 Section 13; thence crossing Section 13 and a portion of 4 Section 18 5 Southeasterly 3,950 feet, more or less, to a monument on 6 the east and west quarter line in Section 18, Township 26 7 north, Range 2 east, said monument being located East 452 8 feet from a stone at the west quarter corner of Section 9 18; thence crossing Section 18 10 Southeasterly 3,585 feet, more or less, to a monument on 11 the north line of Section 19, said monument being located 12 West 2 feet from the north quarter corner of Section 19; 13 thence crossing Section 19 14 Southeasterly 4,320 feet, more or less, to a monument on 15 the west line of Section 20; thence crossing Section 20 16 Southeasterly 2,787 feet, more or less, to a monument on 17 the north line of Section 29; thence crossing Sections 29 18 and 28 19 Southeasterly 7,180 feet, more or less, to a point on the 20 north line of Section 33, said point being located North 21 86° 45' East 731.3 feet from a stone at the northwest 22 corner of Section 33; thence crossing a portion of 23 Section 33 24 Southeasterly 4,170 feet, more or less, to a point on the 25 east and west quarter line through said Section 33, said 26 point being located East 1,141 feet from the center of 27 said Section 33; thence crossing Sections 33 and 34 28 Southeasterly 4,740 feet, more or less, to a point on the 29 north line of Section 3, Township 25 north, Range 2 east; 30 thence crossing said right-of-way with said north line of 31 Section 3 32 Easterly 305 feet to a monument on the north quarter 33 corner of Section 3; thence continuing with said north 34 line of Section 3 SB1166 Engrossed -4- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 Easterly 2,678 feet to the northwest corner of Section 2; 2 thence with the north line of Section 2 3 Easterly 2,181.5 feet to a monument on the westerly bank 4 of the Apple River; thence with said westerly bank 5 Southerly to a point 100 feet north of and parallel to 6 the east and west quarter line of Section 2; thence with 7 a line 100 feet north of and parallel to the east and 8 west quarter line of Section 2 9 Easterly 80 feet, more or less, to a point on the 10 centerline of the Apple River, said point being the 11 northwest corner of U.S. Tract No. S-10; thence with the 12 north boundary of U.S. Tract No. S-10 (north line of the 13 access road to the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna) 14 Easterly 824.7 feet, more or less, to a point on the west 15 line of Section 1; thence crossing Section 1 with a line 16 100 feet north of and parallel to the east and west 17 quarter line of Section one 18 Easterly along a line comprising the northern boundaries 19 of U.S. Tract Nos. S-7, S-6, S-5, S-4, S-3, and S-2, 20 respectively, passing the east line of Section 1, to the 21 southwest right-of-way line Illinois Highway No. 84; 22 thence with said right-of-way line 23 Southeasterly 115 feet, more or less, to a point on the 24 extended east and west quarter line of Section 1, 25 Township 25 north, Range 2 east; thence with said 26 extended line 27 Westerly to the east quarter corner of Section 1, 28 Township 25 north, Range 2 east; thence along the east 29 and west quarter line of said Section 1 30 Westerly to a point at the center of Section 1; thence 31 continuing along the said east and west quarter line 32 Westerly 1,942.1 feet (passing a point at 1925.4 feet on 33 the centerline of the old access road, hereafter referred 34 to as Point "A") to a point on the west right-of-way line SB1166 Engrossed -5- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 of the old access road to the U.S. Army Depot Activity 2 Savanna; thence with said west right-of-way 3 Southwesterly to a point 20 feet south of and parallel to 4 the east and west quarter line of Section 1, said point 5 also being the southeast corner of U.S. Tract No. S-9A; 6 thence along the south boundary of said U.S. Tract No. 7 S-9A 8 Westerly to a point on the west line of Section 1, thence 9 along a line 20.0 south of and parallel to the east and 10 west quarter line of Section 2, Township 25 north, Range 11 2 east 12 Westerly 855 feet, more or less, to a point on the 13 westerly bank of the Apple River; thence along the 14 westerly bank of the Apple River 15 Southeasterly to the Mississippi River; thence along the 16 meanders of the Mississippi River 17 Northwesterly to the Southeast corner of a tract of land 18 transferred to Mississippi Lock and Dam No.12; thence 19 with the common boundary of Lock and Dam No.12 and said 20 Army Depot 21 North 73° 05' East 1,251.4 feet, more or less, to a 22 point; thence 23 North 61° 58' East 5,524.0 feet, to a point on the south 24 line of Section 4, Township 26 north, Range 1 east; 25 thence with said south line 26 North 88° 53' East 333.3 feet to the southwest corner of 27 Section 3; thence with the south line of Section 3 28 South 88° 40' East 780.6 feet; thence 29 North 28° 29' West 1,466.1 feet to a point on the north 30 line of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 31 said Section 3; thence along said north line 32 North 88° 21' West 75.0 feet to the northwest corner of 33 the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said 34 Section 3; thence SB1166 Engrossed -6- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 South 46° 48' West 839.1 feet 2 South 61° 58' West 5,541.0 feet 3 South 73° 05' West 1287.6 feet, more or less, to the 4 Mississippi River; thence with the meanders of the 5 Mississippi River 6 Northwesterly to the point of beginning, inclusive of 7 Apple River island in Section 10 and 11, sand bars in 8 Sections 3, 4, and 5, all in Township 25 north, Range 2 9 east, Island No. 9 in Section 31, Township 26 north, 10 Range 2 east, and in Section 25, Township 26 north, Range 11 1 east, Island No. 7 in Sections 25 and 26, Township 26 12 north, Range 1 east, and Section 31, Township 26 North, 13 Range 2 east, Island No. 4 in Section 22 and 27; Island 14 No. 2 in Section 8, 9 and 16; and Island No. 1, in 15 Section 5; all in Township 26 north, Range 1 east, 16 excepting that portion of the railroad right-of-way in 17 Sections 2, 3, and 11, Township 25 north, Range 2 east, 18 and also the following, lying 15 feet on both sides of 19 the following described centerline: 20 Beginning at the aforesaid Point "A" said point being on 21 the centerline of a strip of land 30 feet in width, 22 thence with said centerline and an angle of 116° 07' to 23 the right with said east and west quarter line of Section 24 1 25 Southwesterly 387.8 feet; thence with a deflection angle 26 to the right of 04° 27 Southwesterly 190 feet; thence with a deflection angle to 28 the right of 37° 29 Southwesterly 145 feet; thence with a deflection angle to 30 the right of 20° 47' 31 Westerly 371.6 feet, more or less, to a point on the east 32 line of Section 2, Township 25 north, Range 2 east, being 33 located South 591 feet from the west quarter corner of 34 said Section 2; thence with an angle to the left of 94° SB1166 Engrossed -7- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 33' with said west line of Section 2 2 Westerly 578.4 feet to a point on the centerline of a 3 strip of land 100 feet in width, lying 50 feet on both 4 sides of the following described centerline; thence with 5 a deflection angle to the right of 12° 34' 6 Westerly 499.3 feet to the east bank of the Apple River, 7 containing a total of 13,060.94 acres, more or less, for 8 all of the above described lands. 9 Further, the State of Illinois accepts retrocession of 10 and authorizes acceptance of retrocession of concurrent 11 legislative jurisdiction over all those lands owned by the 12 United States that may subsequently be identified by the 13 Department of the Army as part of the U.S. Army Depot 14 Activity Savanna Military Reservation, Jo Davies County and 15 Carroll County, Illinois, although not included within the 16 legal description contained in this subsection, to the extent 17 concurrent jurisdiction has not previously been retroceded to 18 the State of Illinois. Any additional land over which the 19 State accepts retrocession of concurrent jurisdiction shall 20 be identified in a notice filed by the Governor as provided 21 in subsection (d). 22 (b) Pursuant to concurrent legislative jurisdiction, both 23 State and federal laws are applicable. Since most major 24 crimes violate both federal and State laws, both may punish 25 an offender for an offense committed in the area. The State 26 of Illinois, subject to the exemption of the federal 27 government, has the right to tax. The regulatory powers of 28 the State of Illinois may be exercised in the area, but not 29 in such a manner as to interfere with federal functions. 30 Persons residing on the area under concurrent legislative 31 jurisdiction are ensured important rights and privileges of 32 citizenship, such as the right to vote and access to the 33 Illinois courts. 34 (c) Subject to subsection (b), the State of Illinois SB1166 Engrossed -8- LRB9207862MWtmA 1 accepts cession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction from 2 the United States. 3 (d) The Governor of the State of Illinois is authorized 4 to accept the retrocession of concurrent legislative 5 jurisdiction over the subject lands by filing a notice of 6 acceptance with the Illinois Secretary of State. 7 (e) Upon transfer by deed of the subject lands, or any 8 portion thereof, by the United States of America, the 9 concurrent jurisdiction retained by the United States shall 10 expire as to the particular property transferred. 11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 12 becoming law.