§ 9-1907. Process for clearing title.\n 1. Within thirty days of the effective date of this section, the\ndepartment shall submit a written request to the county tax assessor for\na certified list, to be prepared from the most current tax roll, of the\nnames and addresses of all persons who claim title to the disputed\nparcels listed in section 9-1905 of this title. The assessor shall\nprepare such a list within seven days after receiving the department's\nrequest, and include on the list the names and addresses of all persons\non the most current tax roll and the names and addresses of all persons\nwho, not less than seven days prior to the date on which the assessor\nreceived the department's request, notified the assessor that they claim\ntitle to a disputed parcel. The department shall be entitled to rely\nupon the information contained in the certified list, and failure by the\ndepartment to give notice to any person claiming title who is not\nincluded on the list or is not at the address included on the list shall\nnot invalidate any proceeding or actions authorized by this title.\nWithin thirty days after receipt of the certified list from the\nassessor, the department shall send, by first class mail, a letter to\neach person included on the list, informing the person that a\nconstitutional amendment has been adopted and legislation enacted that\nauthorizes a resolution of title issues on disputed parcels in township\nforty, including the disputed parcel to which the person claims\nownership rights. The department shall send a separate letter to each\nperson claiming title to each disputed parcel. Such letter shall\ndescribe the process for resolving title set forth in this title and\nstate that, until such time as the state is estopped from asserting its\nclaim of title to the disputed parcel pursuant to subdivision seven of\nthis section, any person claiming title to the disputed parcel shall\nassume all the risk with respect to subdividing or adding new structures\nor improvements to the disputed parcel. The department shall provide a\ncopy of each such letter to the attorney general. The department shall\nalso, within thirty days after receipt of the list from the assessor,\npublish written notice of the process to clear title, including a list\nby tax lot number of the parcels listed in section 9-1905 of this title,\nin the state register, the environmental notice bulletin and a newspaper\nof general circulation in township forty.\n 2. Within ninety days of the receipt of the department's letter,\npursuant to subdivision one of this section, for each disputed parcel, a\nperson shall provide to the department, with copies to the office of the\nattorney general and the town, a separate notarized statement as set\nforth in section 9-1915 of this title, notifying the department either:\n a. that he or she will participate in the process set forth in this\ntitle to resolve title to the disputed parcel or parcels, and, if so,\nwhether he or she intends to provide as a gift to the state a specified\nportion of a disputed parcel in fee simple without reservations for\ninclusion in the forest preserve or a conservation easement to the town\nrestricting development over all or a specified portion of a disputed\nparcel, with a secondary right of enforcement in the state; or\n b. that he or she declines to participate in the process established\nby this title to resolve title to disputed parcels.\n 3. With respect to a parcel or conservation easement which the person\nintends to provide as a gift to the state or the town, respectively, as\nspecified in paragraph a of subdivision two of this section, the town\nshall provide the person with an assessed value of the proposed\nconveyance, with a copy to the department, within one hundred twenty\ndays of the town's receipt of a copy of the notification concerning such\ngift.\n 4. Within twelve months of the date of the letters sent by the\ndepartment pursuant to subdivision o
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