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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
4    Section 5. The Director of the Department of Natural 
5Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to 
6release by quitclaim deed a certain scenic easement in Scott 
7County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as Parcel 1, in 
8exchange for consideration of replacement property rights of 
9equal or greater value.
10    PARCEL 1:
11    All that part of the South Half of Section 34, Township 15 
12    North, Range 14 West of the Third Principal Meridian in 
13    Scott County, Illinois, bounded as follows: on the North by 
14    the Southerly right of way line of the Norfolk and Western 
15    Railway Company; on the West by the Easterly bank of the 
16    Illinois River, including any riparian rights or 
17    accretions thereto; on the East by the centerline of the 
18    top of the levee along the Easterly bank of the Illinois 
19    River.
 
20    Section 10. This transaction is deemed to be to the mutual 
21advantage of both parties, and each party shall be responsible 
22for any and all title costs associated with that party's 
23respective properties.
 
 
 
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1    Section 15. The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by 
2Section 5 shall be made subject to:  existing public utilities, 
3existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, 
4encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.
 
5    Section 20. The Director of the Department of Natural 
6Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the Illinois 
7Attorney General certifying that the State of Illinois will 
8receive merchantable title to the replacement real property or 
9scenic easement.
 
10    Section 25. This Act is inoperative if consideration is not 
11acceptable to the Department of Natural Resources. 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.