Public Act 0078 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1067 Enrolled LRB103 05966 DTM 50988 b

Public Act 103-0078

AN ACT concerning government.

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 execute and deliver to Fulton Township, a unit of local government organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the County of Whiteside, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of $1 paid to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following described real property, to wit:

A part of a parcel of land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois by Order Vesting Title filed as Case Number 84 ED 515, more particularly described as:

The West 85 feet as measured perpendicular to the Westerly right of way line of the abandoned Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad lying Westerly of the abandoned right of way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad as it extends over and across the East Half of Section 11, Township 22 North Range 3 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian in Whiteside County Illinois, excepting that part thereof conveyed to Fulton Flood Control District, Whiteside County, Illinois, described as follows, to wit: All of the 100-foot wide right of way to Burlington Northern, Inc.'s former Fulton to Ebner, Illinois Branch Line as it crosses the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Southerly 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 22 North, Range 3 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Whiteside County, Illinois, in a Northeasterly and Southwesterly direction.

Section 10. The conveyance of real property authorized by Section 5 shall be made subject to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if said real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.

Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a certified copy of the portions of this Act after its effective date and, upon receipt of the payment required by Section 5, 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.

Effective Date: 6/9/2023