SB1625 authorizes the Director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice to transfer a specified parcel of state-owned land in Logan County to the City of Lincoln for $1. The conveyance is by quitclaim deed and applies to a described parcel identified by parcel number and legal description in the bill.
The transfer is conditioned on the property remaining subject to existing utilities, roads, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record. The bill also requires that if the City of Lincoln stops using the property, ownership reverts to the State of Illinois, specifically the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Director must record the certified act in the county recorder’s office after receiving payment, and the bill takes effect immediately.
Impact
The bill would change the ownership of a specific parcel of state land from the Department of Juvenile Justice to the City of Lincoln, while preserving recorded property interests and imposing a reversionary interest in favor of the state. It does not broadly amend statewide policy, but it creates a one-time statutory authorization for a local government land conveyance and directs the administrative steps needed to complete and record the transfer.
Sentiment
Based on the bill text and the absence of committee testimony or recorded votes, the measure appears routine and administrative rather than controversial. Its purpose is narrowly focused on a single land transaction, suggesting a generally practical or neutral legislative posture. No opposition or support is documented in the provided materials.
Contention
No specific points of contention are shown in the available record because there are no committee transcripts or votes. The only potential issues inherent in the bill are the nominal $1 sale price, the state’s loss of title to public land, and the reversion clause if the city ceases using the property. Those terms are standard safeguards in public land transfers and do not appear to have generated documented dispute here.