Military Property Act (20 ILCS 1810/)

Chapter 20 — Executive Branch

Dpt of Military Affairs

This text is maintained by the Legislative Reference Bureau for legislative drafting purposes and is NOT the official text of the Illinois Compiled Statutes; the only official copy is the printed copy maintained by the Secretary of State.

Sec. 1.

The Adjutant General, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to accept conveyance of all right, title and interest of the United States in and to any real property useful to the State of Illinois for military purposes. Such conveyance may be accepted subject to any one or all of the following conditions:

(a) that title to such property will revert to the United States if and when the property is no longer used for the training of the National Guard or other military purposes, unless other use by this State is authorized by the federal government;

(b) that buildings or other improvements on the property at the time of conveyance will not be disposed of without approval of the federal government;

(c) that the United States may, in the event of a declared war, use such property without charge for the duration of such war and six months thereafter, except that the United States shall, during the period of such use, maintain the property and pay a fair rental for the use of structures or other improvements which have been added thereto without federal aid.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 468.)

Sec. 2.

With the written approval of the Governor, the Adjutant General, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to accept from any grantor, public or private, the conveyance of all right, title and interest of such grantor in and to any real property useful to the State of Illinois for military purposes.

Such conveyance may be accepted subject to the condition that title to such property will revert to the grantor or his heirs should such property cease to be used by the State of Illinois for military purposes.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 927.)

Sec. 3. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Military Property Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)