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| Public Act 104-0208 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. Legislative findings. | ||||
(a) The Bethalto Community Unit School District No. 8, | ||||
Madison County, Illinois was the grantor of a quitclaim deed | ||||
for nonprofit purposes as approved by the General Assembly in | ||||
Public Act 90-71 to the Community Hope Center, Inc., in | ||||
Madison County, Illinois and recorded on October 3, 1997, in | ||||
Book 4171, Page 2127 in the Madison County Recorder's Office | ||||
in which the District retained a reversionary interest. | ||||
(b) The deed restrictions contained in the quitclaim deed | ||||
as established by the District and the General Assembly are no | ||||
longer necessary or effective for the marketable use of the | ||||
property, and it is in the best interest of the District and | ||||
the constituents it serves that the property be free and clear | ||||
of any and all restrictions set forth in the quitclaim deed and | ||||
Public Act 90-71. | ||||
(c) The District, by resolution on April 24, 2025, | ||||
released, withdrew, extinguished, and forgave all deed | ||||
restrictions and reversionary rights and privileges present in | ||||
the property that were not required or established by Public | ||||
Act 90-71, including, but not limited to, the tax-exempt | ||||
qualification requirement; the reversionary interest in the | ||||
event of abandonment, conveyance of any part or interest in | ||
the property without the District's written approval; and the | ||
District's written approval of any subsequent sale, | ||
conveyance, or other transfer of any or any part of the | ||
property or any interest therein. The resolution directed and | ||
authorized the Superintendent or designee to record a copy of | ||
the resolution with the Madison County Recorder's Office and | ||
execute any additional and necessary documents to effectuate | ||
that purpose. | ||
Section 10. The legal description of the property in | ||
Public Act 90-71 and affected by this Act is as follows: | ||
A tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of the | ||
Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 5 North, Range 9 | ||
West of the Third Principal Meridian, in Madison County, | ||
Illinois, described as follows: | ||
Beginning at a point 277.33 feet South and 16 1/2 feet | ||
East of the Northwest corner of said Section 2; thence | ||
Easterly on a line parallel to the North line of said | ||
Section 2, a distance of 431.8 feet to a point; thence | ||
South on a line parallel to the West line of said Section | ||
2, a distance of 1121.07 feet to a point on the South line | ||
of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence | ||
Westerly along said South line, a distance of 431.8 feet | ||
to a point 16 1/2 feet East on the West line of said | ||
Section 2; thence North on a line parallel to the West line | ||
of said Section 2, and 16 1/2 feet East thereof, a distance | ||
of 1109.07 feet to the place of beginning. | ||
also, | ||
A strip of land 33.5 feet wide and 277.33 feet long in | ||
the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section | ||
2, Township 5 North, Range 9 West of the Third Principal | ||
Meridian, in Madison County, Illinois, more particularly | ||
described as follows: | ||
Beginning at a point on the North line of said Section | ||
2, said point being 16.5 feet East of the Northwest corner | ||
of said Section; thence South on a line parallel to the | ||
West line of said Section 2, and 16 1/2 feet East thereof, | ||
a distance of 277.33 feet to a point; thence East on a line | ||
parallel to the North line of said Section 2, a distance of | ||
33.5 feet to a point; thence North on a line parallel to | ||
the West line of said Section 2, a distance of 277.33 feet | ||
to a point on the North line of said Section; thence West | ||
along the North line of said Section, a distance of 33.5 | ||
feet to the place of beginning. | ||
Situated in the Township of Wood River, County of | ||
Madison and State of Illinois. | ||
PPN: 19-1-08-02-00-000-003 | ||
Section 15. "An Act concerning the conveyance of school | ||
property", approved July 8, 1997, Public Act 90-71, is amended | ||
by changing Section 7 as follows: | ||
(P.A. 90-71, Sec. 7) | ||
Sec. 7. The secretary of the school board of Bethalto | ||
Community Unit School District No. 8, Madison County, Illinois | ||
shall prepare or cause to be prepared a quitclaim deed to | ||
release any and all interest in the real property and to | ||
release the covenant and condition previously recorded as a | ||
lien or other interest in or against the property. The | ||
secretary shall also record or cause to be recorded a | ||
certified copy of this Act. Each quitclaim deed shall | ||
reference this Act and the reversionary language being | ||
rescinded. All documents shall be recorded in Madison County, | ||
Illinois. The conveyance authorized by this Act is subject to | ||
the following covenant and condition, which shall run with the | ||
land and be set forth in the quitclaim deed conveying the above | ||
described real estate: In the event the grantee named in the | ||
deed enters into any lease of or sells, conveys, or otherwise | ||
transfers all or any part of the above described real estate or | ||
any interest therein to any other person, partnership, | ||
association, corporation, or other entity, Bethalto Community | ||
Unit School District No. 8, Madison County, Illinois shall | ||
thereupon be entitled to receive, and Community Hope Center, | ||
Inc. shall be required to pay over to Bethalto Community Unit | ||
School District No. 8, Madison County, Illinois all rentals | ||
from time to time becoming due and payable under the terms of | ||
any such lease and all net proceeds resulting from any such | ||
sale, conveyance, or other transfer of all or any part of the | ||
above described real estate or any interest therein. | ||
(Source: P.A. 90-71, eff. 7-8-97.) | ||