5 ILCS 595

in effect

5 ILCS 595/1

(5 ILCS 595/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 7101) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Great Lakes Naval Base Jurisdiction Act. (Source: P.A. 87-253.)

5 ILCS 595/5 Retrocession of jurisdiction to the State

(5 ILCS 595/5) (from Ch. 1, par. 7105) Sec. 5. Retrocession of jurisdiction to the State. (a) The State of Illinois authorizes acceptance of retrocession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction from the United States to the State of Illinois over all the lands owned or controlled by the United States and used as the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes, located within Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, and 18, Township 34 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, and within Section 33, Township 45 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Lake County, Illinois. The Governor is authorized and directed to accept for the State the retrocession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction when tendered. (b) Retrocession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction shall take effect upon written acceptance by the Governor of the retrocession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction over those lands that are described in the notice of relinquishment from the Secretary of the Navy under Section 707 of P.L. 92-545 of the Ninety-second Congress, amending 10 U.S.C. 2683. (Source: P.A. 87-253.)

5 ILCS 595/10 Cession of jurisdiction to the United States

(5 ILCS 595/10) (from Ch. 1, par. 7110) Sec. 10. Cession of jurisdiction to the United States. (a) The United States owns or controls certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy used as the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois, and concurrent legislative jurisdiction over those lands has not been ceded to the United States by the State of Illinois. The ceding of concurrent legislative jurisdiction to the United States will facilitate the orderly administration of law and justice by the State and by the United States in the Great Lakes Base area. (b) The State of Illinois cedes to the United States concurrent legislative jurisdiction over all the lands and parcels of land owned or controlled or that may from time to time later be owned or controlled by the United States under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy and used as the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes, Lake County, Illinois. (c) Cession shall take effect only upon the filing of an acceptance by the United States. Federal jurisdiction shall end whenever the United States shall cease to own, lease, or use for national purposes the lands or improvements on those lands. (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deprive the State of Illinois of any of its jurisdiction over the described lands, and that jurisdiction shall be concurrent with that of the United States. (Source: P.A. 87-253.)

Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.aspFetched: 10/17/2026